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iOS 18 Speculation Thread
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Tim really wants to press the button and is wondering why the engineers are taking so long.
Maybe next week, Tuesday seems likely. They’ve gotta disappoint us one last time just for fun.
Maybe next week, Tuesday seems likely. They’ve gotta disappoint us one last time just for fun.
There is no requirement to have 4,5,6 or 8 betas and there is no such thing as a "standard" beta cycle. Not sure where you are coming up with these long or short cycles or that it needs to be a Thursday because the last ones were on a Thursday. That has zero to do with when Apple will release this. They test this internally and do not really NEED the general public's input to "test" their OS before they release it. Developers will need it at some point to test their own apps with the new APIs and verify they work with this particular version but as far as the Macrumors forums users needing a longer testing cycle to "report bugs" before Apple can release it is just inaccurate. Sorry but we are just not that important contrary to popular belief.
Apple will release it on their time and with how many betas they deem necessary to make it good enough to release.
Well eventually they’ll be right…
Maybe, or maybe there is something in the iOS that’s been hard to compile so it’s needed multiple attempts.
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The worst part of the release would be anything meaningful delayed to 18.5.
While 18.4 only expands existing crap to other non-english languages.
hopefully not...
While 18.4 only expands existing crap to other non-english languages.
hopefully not...
Surprise English is not the only language Apple supports - I would be happy to see finally Apple intelligence here in Germany
What I hope is that after the official launch of Apple Intelligence in more languages, all future features will arrive at the same time in all languages.
I think you’re misunderstanding what I’m saying. I’m not saying our imput is critical or anything. But it is true that Apple will want to provide us with likely at least 3-4 betas to test so that developers actually have time to prepare their apps, and so that Apple can get some feedback and fix bugs where needed. I don’t think we’ve ever had a beta cycle that was less than 4 betas, at least not for an update like this. If Apple releases a beta soon, we will get about 5-6 betas tops before early April release. That would be a normal beta cycle for an update like 18.4. And given the already long gap, I don’t see why they’d want to wait any longer. Developers are going to need some time to update and test their apps, so hopefully we should be getting a beta soon so that they actually have time to do so…There is no requirement to have 4,5,6 or 8 betas and there is no such thing as a "standard" beta cycle. Not sure where you are coming up with these long or short cycles or that it needs to be a Thursday because the last ones were on a Thursday. That has zero to do with when Apple will release this. They test this internally and do not really NEED the general public's input to "test" their OS before they release it. Developers will need it at some point to test their own apps with the new APIs and verify they work with this particular version but as far as the Macrumors forums users needing a longer testing cycle to "report bugs" before Apple can release it is just inaccurate. Sorry but we are just not that important contrary to popular belief.
Are you forgetting that even if you are not actively providing feedback to Apple any issues of unexpected system or process’s is automatically sent and collected by Apple against the greatly expanded device pool with hardware/software variants then what Apple tests internally with? Yes your forgetting what beta testing is mostly about is to capture and documenting rarer situations? Yes it starts with devs, then the even more public testers.There is no requirement to have 4,5,6 or 8 betas and there is no such thing as a "standard" beta cycle. Not sure where you are coming up with these long or short cycles or that it needs to be a Thursday because the last ones were on a Thursday. That has zero to do with when Apple will release this. They test this internally and do not really NEED the general public's input to "test" their OS before they release it. Developers will need it at some point to test their own apps with the new APIs and verify they work with this particular version but as far as the Macrumors forums users needing a longer testing cycle to "report bugs" before Apple can release it is just inaccurate. Sorry but we are just not that important contrary to popular belief.
For all the Gurman fans out there he has giving you hope for a Friday beta release. 🤦🏼♂️
That’s good to hear. And yes, that would be extremely rare, but as others pointed out, the build numbers suggest there have been lots of revisions and delays. They’re probably anxious to finally release this.
For the record Gurman is predicting a Friday beta release with practically nothing new. Let’s see if he’s right.
In my dev team a release on a Friday is a no-go (though we do it nevertheless sometimes). But for a beta... let's see.
Microsoft tends to release Windows Insider betas on Fridays. Linux tends to get a lot of Saturday and Sunday releases.
Well he did give himself an out....
Let’s cross fingers for an beta 1 of iOS 18.4 with Europe Apple Intelligence