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iOS 17.2 Beta 2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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iOS 17.2 Beta 2

Release Date ― November 9, 2023
Build Numbers ― 21C5040g
Darwin Kernel Version ― 23.2.0: Fri Nov 3 19:44:04 PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.60.71.0.3~1

iOS 17.2 Beta 2 Release Notes

iOS & iPadOS 17.2 Beta 2 Release Notes​

Update your apps to use new features, and test your apps against API changes.

Overview​

The iOS & iPadOS 17.2 beta 2 SDK provides support to develop apps for iPhone and iPad running iOS & iPadOS 17.2 beta 2. The SDK comes bundled with Xcode 15.1, available from the Mac App Store. For information on the compatibility requirements for Xcode 15.1, see Xcode 15.1 Release Notes.

AirDrop​

Known Issues​

  • Sending an AirDrop or using NameDrop to an 17.0 or 17.1 device might fail sporadically. (117925962)

Apple Music​

Known Issues​

  • The Favorite Songs playlist might take a while to appear on some iOS/iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices. (117219873)
    Workaround: Add a single song to your Apple Music library and the Favorite Songs playlist should appear within a few minutes.

AVKit​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: AVCaptureEventInteraction does not currently respond to the Action button. (112861854)

iMessage Contact Key Verification​

New Features​

  • With iMessage Contact Key Verification, users can choose to further verify that they are messaging only with the people they intend. iMessage Contact Key Verification uses Key Transparency to enable automatic verification that the iMessage key distribution service returns device keys that have been logged to a verifiable and auditable map. When a user enables the feature, they will be notified about any validation errors directly in the Messages conversation transcript and Apple ID Settings.
    For even higher security, iMessage Contact Key Verification users can compare a contact verification code in person, on FaceTime, or through another secure call. They can also choose to create or edit a contact and save a public key to turn on iMessage Contact Key Verification with that person.
    All devices signed into your iCloud account must be on the minimum supported version of iOS 17.2 Beta, macOS 14.2 Beta, or watchOS 10.2 Beta. If you wish to keep using other devices on older versions of the OS, you will need to sign out of iMessage on these devices in order to enable contact key verification. (111356044)

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: After verifying a contact, the verificaton checkmark might not show up in Messages app. (116142336)
  • Fixed: Users might see an error to Turned Off transcript every few hours. (116405131)

Known Issues​

  • The Learn More links do not link to Knowledge Base articles during Beta. (101563811)
  • When verifying another user, Contact Verification Code might not show if one user interrupts the flow. (114462363)
    Workaround: Both users restart the process.
  • Users might see that they’re are not eligible to enable Contact Key Verification on some of their upgraded devices. (117044482)
    Workaround: Retry after waiting at least 30 minutes.

Journal​

New Features​

  • Journal is a new app that helps iPhone users reflect and practice gratitude through journaling. (117631805)

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Setting a schedule for notifications will cause Journaling Suggestions notifications to not trigger. However, user will continue to receive Journal App notifications with the set schedule beginning 3 days after onboarding to Journaling Suggestions. (116999378)
  • Fixed: Users might see duplicate journaling suggestions. (117099386)
  • Fixed: Journaling Suggestions might not get populated. (117170356)

Journaling Suggestions API​

New Features​

  • Journaling Suggestions provides a visual picker interface for iPhone apps. The picker displays personal Moments that occur in someone’s life, such as their workouts and exercise, places they visit, a trip they take, a person they connect with, their photo memory highlights, Photos in their library, a song or podcast they listen to. Only suggestions explicitly added by the user will be shared with an app. If your app donates activities or interactions to SiriKit or CallKit or if someone authorizes your app to save data to HealthKit, some data might show up as part of Journaling Suggestions. (117044228)

Known Issues​

  • Landscape mode is not supported for Journaling Suggestions API. (117154771)
    Workaround: Please use Portrait mode only.

Messages​

Known Issues​

  • Unlocalized string shown for member count in the full screen Map View of Group Messages might appear (e.g. DETAIL_NUMBER_OF_PEOPLE_LABEL). (117287022)

Personal Hotspot​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Certain Android devices might be not be able to connect to iPhone Personal Hotspot due to a known issue with older Android networkstack code. (113517807)

StoreKit​

New Features​

  • New pricing properties price, currency, and currencyCode are now available on Transaction. If an offer was applied to the transaction, a new property offer is available to see information about it (id, type, payment mode), as well as convenience properties offerID, offerType, and offerPaymentMode. (106650768)

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: The StoreKit 2 Transaction properties price, currency, and Offer.paymentMode now have Optional types. (116592563)
  • Fixed: The StoreKit 2 Transaction properties price, currency, and Offer.paymentMode now have Optional types. (116809380)

Known Issues​

  • The productViewControllerDidFinish(_:) method in SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate is called before the page is dismissed. (117113118) (FB13284259)
  • The refund request “Done” button doesn’t dismiss the sheet when using StoreKit Testing in Xcode. (117482750)
  • An issue causes StoreKit 2 deviceVerification to be incorrect, which causes the transaction verification to fail. (117689523) (FB13315344)

StoreKit Testing in Xcode​

New Features​

  • New testing functionality to send Purchase Intents to apps using StoreKit Testing in Xcode from the Transaction Manager. (101034395)

SwiftUI​

New Features​

  • Use _logChanges() to log causes of SwiftUI view updates.
    Call the new debugging method _logChanges() in the body of a SwiftUI view to log information about why the system is updating the view. For example:
    struct MyView: View {
    var body: some View {
    #if DEBUG
    let _ = Self._logChanges()
    #endif
    // … rest of view body …
    }
    }

    As well as the physical property names, “@self” marks that the view value itself has changed, and “@identity” marks that the identity of the view has changed (that is, that the persistent data associated with the view has been recycled for a new instance of the same type).
    The new _logChanges() method is like the existing _printChanges() one, except that the new method uses the system console, which is useful in some debugging workflows.
    Calls to _logChanges() log at the info level to the “com.apple.SwiftUI” subsystem with the category “Changed Body Properties”. (113352555)

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Resolved a possible Swift access conflict crash that could occur with toolbar items. (113992797)

Known Issues​

  • To prevent unintentional implicit dependency cycles, ImageRenderer no longer sends Observable updates when the image it produces changes. This change does not affect the behavior when a dependency is explicitly declared by observing the ImageRenderer’s publisher. (116836341)

WidgetKit​

Known Issues​

  • In widgets Text(_:style:) does not animate its content by default. (107582710)
    Workaround: To explicitly request an animation, use the View.contentTransition(_:) modifier.

New Features & Changes
New Issues
Remaining Issues
Resolved Issues

Additional Notes
How to install beta via OTA?
  1. Enable Beta Updates (Settings>General>Software Updates>Beta Updates)
  2. Check and sign into the right Apple ID to access beta
  3. Select which beta you would like to receive (Public/Developer)
  4. Hit "Back" and pull down to refresh
  5. Do an encrypted backup or iCloud backup before installing the beta from release build
  6. Install the beta
If you no longer wish to receive beta updates:
  1. Turn off the Beta Updates (you can also sign out of your Apple ID to unlink your developer account)
  2. Wait for the next public release or follow the guide below to install the IPSW release build
Troubleshoot: Sometimes, the beta update will not show so you may need to enable/disable Airplane Mode or restart your device before rechecking for update.

How to install beta via IPSW on Mac?
  1. You will need to install either Xcode beta or MobileDevice.pkg which can be extracted from the Xcode beta (tap with two finger or right click to Show Package Content>Contents>Resources>Packages>MobileDevice.pkg - this will work on older Macs that do not support the latest macOS or Xcode beta)
  2. Do an encrypted backup in Finder in case you need to restore your device
  3. Hold down Option + Check for Update and select the appropriate IPSW file for your device (whether you're updating to a newer/beta firmware, reinstalling the same firmware or downgrading to previous firmware while retaining all your data) downloaded from Apple using your free developer account. Note: You must have an active internet connection as it will check the IPSW signing status before it will proceed with the update.
  4. Enter your iPhone passcode once prompted to proceed.
Notes/Tips:
  • Always keep a backup in case you need to restore your data if you restore your device
  • It may be better to close all apps before installing the updates and/or turn off your device for about a minute or restart a few minutes after your device is updated
  • You can also manually select the IPSW if you are restoring your device using Option + Restore iPhone. Restore will wipe all your personal data which you will need to restore your backup either using iCloud backup or Finder/iTunes backup
  • You do not need to install the MobileDevice.pkg from each Xcode beta version unless Finder does not recognize the new iOS beta
  • There is no MobileDevice.pkg equivalent to iTunes for PC which would require a new iTunes to support new/beta iOS
  • If you receive a new iPhone, you can connect to Mac to update or restore your device to the latest iOS before setting up your device.
  • You can also use the Recovery Mode/DFU to update or restore your device by manually selecting IPSW
  • iPhone 15/Plus/Pro/Max: 1.22.02-1
  • iPhone 14/Plus/Pro/Max: 2.20.02
  • iPhone 13/mini/Pro/Max/SE (3rd gen): 3.20.03
  • iPhone 12/mini/Pro/Max: 4.20.03
  • iPhone 11/Pro/Max/SE (2nd gen)/iPad Air (4th gen): 5.00.00
  • iPhone XR/XS/Max: 5.50.04 (down from 6.00.00)
Australia
  • Optus - 51.0
  • Telstra - 55.0
  • Vodafone AU - 51.0
Belgium
  • BASE - 33.0
  • Orange B - 32.5.7
  • Proximus - 45.0
  • Telenet - 44.1
Brazil (updated 17.2 b2)
  • Claro Brasil - 56.5.1
  • Vivo - 56.5
  • TIM -
  • Oi -
Canada
  • Videotron - 53.0
  • Rogers - 56.5
  • Fido - 56.0
  • Bell - 56.5
  • Telus - 54.8.8
  • Public Mobile - 54.8.4
  • Freedom/Shaw Mobile - 54.8.6
  • Fizz - 53.0
  • Virgin Mobile - 50.0
Denmark
  • 3 DK - 46.7.11
  • TDC 54.0
France
  • Bouygues Telecom - 40.0
  • Orange France - 55.0
Germany
  • Vodafone.de - 56.0
  • Telekom.de - 56.0
  • O2-DE - 55.0
Greece:
  • Cosmote - 38.0
Guatemala
  • TIGO GT - 49.0
India
  • Airtel - 54.10
  • Jio - 54.10.2 (iPhone) and 54.8.4 (iPad)
  • Vi India (Vodafone Idea) - 54.0
Ireland
  • Eir - 33.5
  • Vodafone IE - 38.0
Mexico
  • AT&T - 56.0
  • Telcel - 56.0
Morocco
  • Orange - 50.0
Netherlands
  • KPN - 55.0
  • Vodafone NL - 45.0
Poland
  • T-Mobile -
  • Orange - 49.6.3 (Voice & SMS)
  • Play - 31.0
Portugal
  • Vodafone P - 40.0
Romania
  • Orange RO - 55.0
Southeast Asia
  • Singapore Singtel -
  • Philippines Globe - 53.7.2
  • Philippines Globe (iPad) - 38.0
  • Philippines Smart - 56.0
  • Thailand AIS - 53.0
  • Thailand DTAC - 53.0
  • Malaysia Umobile - 33.0
  • Malaysia Maxis -33.0
  • Malaysia Digi -
  • Malaysia celcom -
  • Hong Kong - 32.0
  • Taiwan -
Spain
  • Orange ES - 56.5
  • DIGI ES - 54.8.4
  • Vodafone ES - 54.8.8
  • Movistar -
Sweden
  • Comviq -
  • Tre - 31.0
Switzerland
  • Salt - 53.0
  • Sunrise - 54.0
  • Swisscom - 56.0
Turkey
  • Turkcell (Lifecell) - 36.5.5
  • Vodafone TR - 32.0
  • Turk Telekom - 32.0
United Kingdom
  • EE - 55.0
  • BT-UK (EE MVNO)- 50.0.1
  • Three - 56.0
  • iD Mobile (Three MVNO) - 56.5
  • O2-UK - 50.0
  • Giffgaff (O2 MVNO) - 41.0
  • Sky (O2 MVNO) - 55.0
  • Vodafone UK - 56.0
  • Virgin Mobile (EE MVNO) - 39.5
  • Lebara (Vodafone MVNO) - 56.0
United States
  • AT&T - 56.5.1
  • Boost - 56.0
  • Cricket - 40.5.2
  • FirstNet - 55.0
  • FirstNet (iPad) - 41.7.6
  • Metro (TMO MVNO) - 56.5
  • Spectrum (VZW MVNO) - 56.5.1
  • T-Mobile - 56.5
  • TracFone/Straight Talk/Walmart Family Mobile - 56.5
  • U.S. Cellular - 46.7.24
  • Ultra/Mint Mobile (TMO MVNO) - 55.0
  • Verizon - 56.5.7
  • Verizon (iPad) - 41.0
  • Visible (VZW MVNO) - 51.0.1
  • Xfinity Mobile - 52.0
Finland
  • DNA - 52.7
Other
  • Docomo - 32.5.10
  • AlwaysOnline -

Historical beta release chart

iOS Version History Chart

iOS version history chart
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Would anyone mind checking to confirm that this bug in the Music app is still present in iOS 17.2 (I’m sure it’ll still be there, but I gotta ask):

After you remove an album from your library, the album disappears from the “Recently Played” section in the Listen Now tab. And then, even if you listen to the album again afterwards, it won't reappear under “Recently Played”.

To check this, simply:

• Add any album to your library

• Play a few seconds of a song so that the album appears under “Recently Played”

• Delete the album from your library

• The album no longer appears in the “Recently Played” section. Even if you listen to the album in the future, it will never again appear under “Recently Played”.
 
Still not possible to flash iPhone 15 Pro (Max) using Windows iTunes, so no way to downgrade if the beta is bad. I wonder why no one else seems to have noticed that?
 
TooMuchPhone said:
Have these point updates been historically safe to use as a daily driver?
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It’s really a crapshoot with this question. Everybody’s setups are different and what may be okay for some may completely break someone else’s workflow. The best thing you can do is archive a backup and try it out yourself.

All that said, I’ve always had good luck with betas. Especially the last few years.
 
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Never had an issue with WiFi on my 15 PM


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Knowlege Bomb said:
It’s really a crapshoot with this question. Everybody’s setups are different and what may be okay for some may completely break someone else’s workflow. The best thing you can do is archive a backup and try it out yourself.

All that said, I’ve always had good luck with betas. Especially the last few years.
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Thanks. I’ve been reading issues about restoring 15pm back to official releases - do you know if this is still the case?
 
gwhizkids said:
When you posted initially virtually no one had it downloaded and installed yet.
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Well it was enough time for some to download - if I jump in I’ll run a speed test first thing. 15-20 minute lag time here so yeah there was time .
 
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