More developer beta profiles for you it seems.
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It looks like Apple is working on changes in how it handles iOS betas to prevent people from installing iOS 17 development betas when they aren’t actually developers.
Usually, installing a developer beta version of any iOS software from Apple is a simple matter of getting a developer profile and applying it to your iPhone. That’s apparently about to change, as Apple has already taken steps to ditch profiles in favor of something new.
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MacRumors reports that the first-ever iOS 16.4 developer beta changed the way it works by adding a new menu that allows users to choose whether they want to download public or developer betas to their device. However, the change ensures that the new menu only appears on iPhones signed into Apple ID accounts registered with Apple.
“The menu only appears when a user’s iPhone is signed in with the same Apple ID they used to enroll in Apple’s developer program,” the report said. “In future versions of iOS, Apple says this menu will be the only way to enable developer betas as profiles will no longer work.”
Developer beta profiles have historically been trivially easy to download from the internet, although Apple has shown signs of trying to crack down on such sites in the past.
With Apple expected to announce iOS 17 at WWDC in June and start releasing developer betas right away, it seems the only way to access it on day one is To as an Apple developer. Currently, of course, it costs $99 per year.
For everyone else, the public beta program for iOS 17 is expected to start a month later, in July. The update will finally be available to everyone in September if we refer to previous release plans. At this point, Apple is also expected to announce the iPhone 15 lineup.