Apple's latest developer beta adds AI-generated Apple Music playlists, early testing for encrypted RCS messaging and a new setting to tone down iOS 26's brighter visual effects.

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 ...

Apple's WWDC event has come and gone, but the buzz around iOS 26 is just getting started. Shortly after the big reveal, Apple rolled out the first developer beta of iOS 26, giving developers and early ...

Apple has released the first iOS 26 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.

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.

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 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 ...