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iOS 18 Speculation Thread
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You’re not getting my point: I understand what you are saying. What I am saying is: what if Apple decided that 18.4 was the point where they were going to limit betas to paid developer accounts, say because they really do want to beta test it and not just have it as a free preview?
I’m not saying that’s what’s happening here but it’s also not outside the realm of possibility. My question was to determine if that might be the reason some people were seeing the beta option in their settings and others were not.
By the way: it was not “years ago”, it was literally 18 months ago as iOS 17 was in beta.
Apple: the only company in 2025 that still brings down they're whole webpage to release new products and software...
It's the silliest marketing gimmick.Apple: the only company in 2025 that still brings down they're whole webpage to release new products and software...
maybe we will get the RC today?
18.2 RC1 was released on a thursday....
18.2 RC1 was released on a thursday....
So perhaps the cadence is this: iOS 18.4 needs to get out there, and it needs 18.3 in complete form as a foundation. So 18.3 RC comes today and would be publicly released next Tuesday or Wednesday, followed by 18.4 beta 1 the next day. The other OSes are not as urgent and will go to RC next week, followed by their public releases the following week.
I would find it strange that we get beta 3 for WatchOS and TVOS and then a few days later get an RC for everything else. I still think beta 3 is coming for iOS 18.3.
My theme throughout this thread has been that Apple Intelligence has disrupted any prior thinking we may have had on beta timing and cadence. And 18.4 will probably be the "big one," at least in terms of potential impact, so I am not ruling anything out as to how they will approach this. So, in my mind, a disjointed RC cadence is not out of the question.
It’s possible we may see iOS 18.4 today and 18.3 RC next week… Again in beta 2 there were no issues only fixes in the release notes.
Not sure if you’re speculating or know this, but this does sound plausible.
The reason I think this is that I think Apple has a major PR problem on its hands for the garbled headline summaries and wants to get this fixed ASAP. And get on with 18.4
If not today, then obviously they're skipping beta 3 of iOS and macOS and going to RC next week.
Can't wait to see if these builds.
Update: Seems iOS is 22D5055b, instead of 22D5055a.
So something was found last-minute.
