Apple's iOS 17.2 beta 1 introduces the Journal app, adds a new function to the Action button and more. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and ...

Update: It turns out this was not a bug but an unannounced change in policy, where free developer accounts now have OS beta access. This story has been updated throughout to reflect the change.

Unless you're an app developer, you'll probably want to wait for the iOS 17 public beta in July. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and ...

For years, access to the iOS developer beta and other developer builds has only been available through a $99/year developer account. Shaking things up this year and increasing access in a big way, ...

Apple has made its OS developer beta builds free to download. You can now enroll in the Apple Developer Program for free. This will allow you to download the latest ...

Apple is supposed to release an iOS 17 public beta in July, but some recent changes made the developer betas more accessible this year. The iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma betas were released ...

Apple's not wasting any time getting the newly unveiled iOS 26 on to people's phones. Immediately after previewing the upcoming software update today (June 9) at WWDC 2025, Apple released an iOS 26 ...

Apple has released the first iOS 18 beta to developers, but even non-developers have the opportunity to download beta software updates on their iPhones for free. Keep reading to learn how it's done.