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Betas forever? Why Apple’s move to iOS 13.1 makes sense

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<p>On Tuesday, Apple released a new iOS beta for developers, and it was a bit of a shocker (https://www.macworld.com/article/3399866/ios-13-features-release-date-beta-how-to-install.html), because it wasn’t an iOS 13 beta, but an iOS 13.1 beta. This raises a lot of issues about how Apple is approaching its impending releases of new hardware, its relationship with beta testers, and how it approaches overall software quality.</p><h2 id="notthefirsttime">Not the first time</h2>
<p>This is hardly the first time Apple has yanked features it promised when unveiling a new iOS release at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). Last year, Messages in the Cloud (https://www.macworld.com/article/3276353/ios/how-to-enable-messages-in-icloud-on-iphone-ipad-mac.html) was pulled, and Group Facetime (https://www.macworld.com/article/3297699/apples-group-facetime-delay-is-the-right-move.html) and AirPlay 2 also didn’t make it to the ship date, only to return later in the year.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3434559/betas-forever-why-apples-move-to-ios-131-makes-sense.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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