Apple Seeds Sixth Betas of iOS 13 and iPadOS to Developers

Apple today seeded the sixth betas of iOS 13 and iPadOS to developers for testing purposes, a little over a week after releasing the fifth betas and two months after unveiling the new operating system at the Worldwide Developers Conference.

Registered developers will need to download the profile for the iOS 13 and iPadOS betas from Apple's Developer Center. This beta, like earlier betas, can be downloaded over-the-air once the proper profile has been installed.

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Apple split iOS 13 and iPadOS into separate updates in 2019, one designed for iPhone and one designed for iPad. iPadOS is identical to iOS 13 in almost every way, though there are some iPad-specific features such as new multitasking capabilities. For the most part, the two operating systems share the same features.

iOS 13 is a huge update with a long list of new features. Perhaps the most noticeable outward-facing change is a systemwide Dark Mode that changes the entire look of the operating system from light to dark, darkening everything from system elements to apps.

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Apple overhauled the Photos app, introducing a new ‌Photos‌ tab that curates your entire ‌Photos‌ library and shows you a selection of highlights organized by day, month, or year, and there are revamped Photo editing tools.

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For the first time, you can edit video right in the ‌Photos‌ app, cropping, rotating, applying filters, and adjusting lighting and color. There's a new High-Key Mono lighting effect, and for Portrait Lighting in general, intensity can be adjusted.

There's a less obtrusive volume HUD, a new Find My app that combines ‌Find My‌ ‌iPhone‌ and ‌Find My‌ Friends and lets you track your devices even with they don't have an LTE or WiFi connection.

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A Sign In with Apple feature (not yet active) gives you a convenient and data safe way to sign into apps and websites, providing an alternative to Facebook and Google sign in options. Apple's even able to generate single-use randomized email addresses so you don't have to give your real info to apps and websites.

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Maps features a new street-level "Look Around" mode and a Collections feature for making lists of places, Reminders has been entirely overhauled to make it more functional, there's a profile option in Messages along with new Memoji and Animoji stickers, and Siri has a new voice.

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CarPlay in iOS 13 has been overhauled with a new look, multiple sets of AirPods (or Powerbeats Pro) can be connected to the same phone so you can share music with a friend, ‌Siri‌ on HomePod can detect multiple voices for multi-user support, and ‌HomePod‌ also supports Handoff.

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There are a ton of additional new features and changes coming in iOS 13, and for a full rundown of what you can expect, you should check out our iOS 13 roundup. Each new beta brings new features and changes to iOS 13, and the fifth beta added a new option for adjusting the number of apps on the ‌iPad‌ Home screen, made adjustments to the volume, updated the look of the Share Sheet, and more.

The beta testing period will allow Apple to work out bugs ahead of the release of iOS 13 and iPadOS, and it will let developers build iOS 13 and iPadOS features into their apps ahead of a public release coming in the fall.

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mcbumbersnazzle Avatar
72 months ago
I have been reporting bugs since beta one and neither did I get a response nor did they fix any of my reports :/
You're new here huh
Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree)
chrisk11 Avatar
72 months ago
I hope they finally fixed the mail app.
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Motawa Avatar
72 months ago
I have been reporting bugs since beta one and neither did I get a response nor did they fix any of my reports :/
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Mighuel Avatar
72 months ago
I surely hope Apple Watch battery drain bug is fixed in this one. Waiting for public version...
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Kaibelf Avatar
72 months ago
Thank god volume is back to 16 intervals!!

My button started acting up from pressing it too many times. I couldn't just hold the button down either because it would jump to the max instantaneously causing earache or temporary hearing loss.

Sometimes I wonder what kinda morons are in charge of iOS development.
Since you seem to believe you could do much better, why haven’t you applied to that team and helped fix it?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MauiPa Avatar
72 months ago
I have been reporting bugs since beta one and neither did I get a response nor did they fix any of my reports :/
1) they don't usually respond, don't feel bad
2) your bugs reports have to be reproducible, so you need to write clearly and provide enough data. If you have done that, sometimes the bugs are broader and not easily fixable, and it will take awhile (unusual, but it happens)
3) they fixed all the bugs I reported, but did not respond to me either
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