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Apple Seeds Seventh Beta of iOS 11 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]

Apple today seeded the seventh beta of iOS 11 to developers for testing purposes, just a week after releasing the sixth beta (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/14/apple-seeds-sixth-beta-of-ios-11-to-developers/) and over two months after introducing the new update (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/06/05/first-beta-of-ios-11-now-available/) at the Worldwide Developers Conference.





Registered developers can download the seventh beta of iOS 11 from the Apple Developer Center or over-the-air once the proper configuration profile has been installed.





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Today's beta introduces a new Apple Music icon in the Control Center when no music is playing. It used to be a placeholder iPhone image.





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Apple's release notes say there's a new known issue that could cause users upgrading from iOS 11 beta 5 to beta 6 or later to see their updates stall indefinitely. The fix is to delete the update from Settings > General > iPhone storage and then re-install.





iOS 11 brings quite a few design changes, including a customizable Control Center and a new Lock screen that's been merged with the Notification Center. Peer-to-peer Apple Pay payments are coming in the Messages app, which is also gaining a new App Drawer, and there's a Do Not Disturb While Driving feature that's meant to help drivers stay focused on the road. Siri, Photos, the Camera app, and more are also gaining new features and refinements.





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ARKit for developers will bring a range of new augmented reality apps and games to iOS devices, and a new Core ML SDK will let developers build smarter apps. iOS 11 is also the biggest update ever for the iPad, with a new Dock that introduces much improved multitasking, a Files app for better managing files, improved Apple Pencil support, a revamped App Switcher, and a system-wide drag and drop feature.





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iOS 11 is available for both registered developers and public beta testers and will see a few more weeks of testing ahead of a prospective September release date alongside new iPhones. We are getting closer to the end of the beta testing process and should see a golden master release candidate in just a couple weeks.





For complete details on all of the new features included in iOS 11, make sure to check out our extensive iOS 11 roundup (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ios-11/).





Update: Apple has also released a new iOS 11 public beta for its public beta testers. iOS 11 Public Beta 6 can be downloaded over-the-air immediately.

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Source: Apple Seeds Seventh Beta of iOS 11 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available] (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/21/apple-seeds-ios-11-beta-7-to-developers/)