Third watchOS 11.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1 betas arrive without iOS, iPadOS, macOS
by Malcolm Owen · AppleInsiderApple has released new third developer betas of watchOS 11.1, tvOS 18.1, and visionOS 2.1 for testing, but without betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, nor macOS Sequoia 15.1.
A new round of betas are available, but they are taking an unusual form. Tuesday's batch includes only the third builds of watchOS 11.1, tvOS 18.1, and visionOS 2.1.
So far, it seems that the sixth round of betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 are not available yet. However, given the number of beta cycles that have already passed for those versions, it may be Apple trying to catch up on beta rounds for its OSes without Apple Intelligence.
Apple may still offer new builds for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Sequoia later in the week.
Apple's tvOS 18.1 beta moves to 22J5557d, watchOS 11.1 is on build 22R5559b, and visionOS 2.1 gets to 22N5558e.
At this early stage, it is unclear what is new in the three just-released builds.
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2 Comments
AppleZulu 2140 comments · 8 Years
About 2 days ago
Any news on iPadOS 18 and m4 iPad Pros?
I waited a bit before installing 18.0 on my various devices, and Apple had already pulled it for m4 iPads, so I'm still waiting to see what (a debugged) 18 will do for that device.
Also: You go first, Indy.
kdupuis77 146 comments · 15 Years
About 1 day ago
AppleZulu said:
Any news on iPadOS 18 and m4 iPad Pros?
I waited a bit before installing 18.0 on my various devices, and Apple had already pulled it for m4 iPads, so I'm still waiting to see what (a debugged) 18 will do for that device.
Also: You go first, Indy.
Given that my M4 iPad Pro is mainly for watching/reading content, and not really a workhorse for me, I ended up just updating it to iOS 18.2 beta. Not only has it been running perfectly fine, it's been fun poking around in the little bits of Apple Intelligence that are there... and finally having a built-in calculator app without ads!
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