“Apple today surprisingly released the first developer beta of iOS 13.1, despite the fact that iOS 13 is not yet publicly available,” Chance Miller writes for MacRumors:
One key focus in iOS 13.1 is seemingly restoring features that were initially available in iOS 13 but removed later in the beta testing process. This includes things such as Shortcuts Automations and the Share ETA functionality in Apple Maps.
So what does this release mean for iOS 13? It’s hard to know for sure – but it seems likely that Apple is planning to release iOS 13 sometime next month, followed closely by iOS 13.1 with additional features, bug fixes, and performance improvements.
iOS 13.1 will allow Apple to continue beta testing such features, while also hitting its target for releasing iOS 13 in September.
MacDailyNews Take: Okay, that makes a bit more sense than iOS 13’s initial release being iOS 13.1.
As soon as they put it up they pulled it down.
What, like you do with your pants and rants?
What, did you pull out all your sock puppets to play today?
Still up for me, Thelanos
Still available. Just did it
ThelmoaniusGonadSac is not a reliable source of info on this one. Always check multiple sources of info before reaching into the Sac.
I was wondering what happened. I never got an update notification that it was available – other than seeing the stories that were out. Oops, Apple. Better to pull it early and implement the fixes
Just went from developer beta profile and installed the public profile instead. Don’t want upgrade issues with iOS 13 general release, unless they want to go to 13.1 directly at launch. Not taking the chance.
This stinks. Now I have to make sure that all of my apps even work with 13.1 instead of 13.0. Apple better have a darn good reason for doing this.