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, ...

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's latest developer beta adds AI-generated Apple Music playlists and early testing for encrypted RCS messaging.

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 ...

Last week Apple released the first beta for iOS 18, but it’s not done with iOS 17 just yet. Today the first developer beta for iOS 17.6 was released, and it is available now for download. Also ...

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.