We already have a new beta of iOS 17.5 available for the iPhone, you can now download it and enjoy all the new features
Apple just launched the second beta of iOS 17.5 for the iPhone and any user can now download it to their iPhone. We are facing an important update to the iPhone that will be officially launched in a few weeks with very interesting news. An update that has even leaked news about the next iPad Pro.
What’s new in iOS 17.5 beta
At the moment we know that in iOS 17.5 Apple will allow “sideloading” on European iPhones for the first time. This means that we can download an application directly from the developer’s websitewithout having to go through the App Store or an alternative app store.
Web distribution allows authorized developers to distribute their iOS applications to users in the European Union (EU) directly from a website owned by the developer. Apple will provide developers with access to APIs that make it easy to distribute their apps from the web, integrate with system functionality, and backup and restore users’ apps, once they meet certain requirements designed to help to protect users and the integrity of the platform.
In addition to this novelty, they have been found design changes in the Reading Goal icon in the Books app, in the podcast playback widget and a small change in the system settings. They have also been found in the AirTag anti-tracking system.
It is expected that in beta 2 of iOS 17.5 we will find other small news, although it is noticeable that iOS 17 is already at the end of its development and there are very few new features that Apple is working on. Surely the majority of Apple engineers are already working on iOS 18, which will be presented at WWDC24.
How to download iOS 17.5 beta 2 on iPhone
Any user can download an iOS beta on the iPhone, Apple now has a new method and you will simply need a free developer account. These are the steps:
- Sync your Apple ID to Apple Beta Developer Program.
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Go to the General section.
- And now enter the Software Update section.
- Wait a few seconds and click on Beta Updates.
- Select iOS 17 Developer Beta.
- Go back and you can download and install the beta.
- Go back and a new option will appear to download and install the iOS 17.2 beta on your iPhone.
Which iPhone models are compatible with iOS 17.5
iOS 17.5 can be installed on the same iPhones that are compatible with iOS 17. So if you have any of these 20 iPhone models you can install the operating system:
- iPhone 15 Pro Max.
- iPhone 15 Pro.
- iPhone 15 Plus.
- iPhone 15.
- iPhone 14 Pro Max.
- iPhone 14 Pro.
- iPhone 14 Plus.
- iPhone 14.
- iPhone 13 Pro Max.
- iPhone 13 Pro.
- iPhone 13.
- iPhone 13 mini.
- iPhone SE 2022.
- iPhone 12 Pro Max.
- iPhone 12 Pro.
- iPhone 12.
- iPhone 12 mini.
- iPhone SE 2020
- iPhone 11.
- iPhone 11 Pro.
- iPhone 11 Pro Max.
- iPhone XS.
- iPhone XS Max.
- iPhone XR.