Want to check out iOS 18 now? It’s easy enough to get a free developer account and install the beta version on your iPhone. But be aware that you should go into it with realistic expectations of how fragile pre-release versions can be, especially the first ones. The good news is that Apple’s beta releases become more and more consistent in the months leading up to their expected fall releases, starting with the first PUBLIC betas, which do not require a developer account and can be installed by anyone with an Apple Beta account.
It’s a great way to try out new iOS 18 features, such as customizable home and lock screens, text message formatting, satellite messaging, and the redesigned Photos app, (though we don’t expect the features of Apple Intelligence to appear until later in the year ). If you’ve already installed the iOS 18 beta and are having second thoughts, don’t worry. You can go back to iOS 17.
If you’re looking to download and install the iOS 18 public beta, here’s where you can expect Apple to make it available.
When will Apple release the first iOS 18 public beta for iPhone?
If you want to install the updated public beta of iOS 18, the Apple Beta page disappointingly says that it and other beta versions of the operating system are «Coming Soon». Not much more helpful, Apple says in a press release that, «A public beta will be available through the Apple Beta software program next month at beta.apple.com.» But Apple has offered public betas every year since 2015 with iOS 8.3, and those betas have consistently appeared roughly three to four weeks after the first developer betas.
This means that the public beta of iOS 18 could arrive about as soon as possible July 8, 2024.
Here’s when the previous public releases first dropped:
- iOS 17 public beta: July 12, 2023
- iOS 16 public beta: July 11, 2022
- iOS 15 public beta: June 30, 2021
- iOS 14 public beta: July 9, 2020
What about Apple’s other public betas?
iOS tends to generate the most interest, but Apple also releases public beta versions of its other operating systems at the same time. We expect to see iPad OS 18, WatchOS 11, tvOS 18, and even HomePod 18 software appear on or around the same date as iOS 18.
The MacOS public beta, on the other hand, sometimes appears on a different schedule. But the last two releases, Sonoma and Ventura, kept pace with iOS:
- MacOS Sonoma public beta: July 11, 2023
- MacOS Ventura public beta: July 12, 2022
- MacOS Monterey public beta: July 7, 2021
- MacOS Big Sur public beta: August 10, 2020
We wouldn’t be surprised if the MacOS Sequoia public beta also arrives soon July 8, 2024or maybe next week.
Where is Vision OS?
Notably out of sight on the Apple Beta site is Vision OS 2 for Vision Pro. Last year, Apple didn’t release a public beta of Vision OS, so it’s not yet clear if one will arrive this year before the release of Vision OS 2.
For more on what Apple has been up to, we compared Apple’s Find My Network and Google’s Find My Device and what we think might be iOS 18’s most underrated feature.
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