Apple has iOS 16.5.1 today, along with iPad OS 16.5.1. It has also released macOS Ventura 13.4.1 and watchOS 9.5.2. So quite a few updates today from Apple. But so far, no word on the iOS 17 Beta 2. An update that a lot of beta testers are eagerly awaiting due to the pretty poor battery life in the first Beta.
iOS 16.5.1 is a pretty small bug fix, since it is a point update. According to the update screen, this is roughly a 283MB bug fixing update. Apple specifically calls out an issue being fixed that was caused when using the Lightning to USB3 Camera adapter. Among other security updates.
So for everyone not on the iOS 17 Beta path, there’s an update for you, on literally every platform. Just head into Settings. Tap on General, and then Software Update.
Where’s iOS 17 Beta 2?
The second beta for iOS 17 is imminent. Prominent Apple leaker, Mark Gurman mentioned on Twitter yesterday that he’d expect Beta 2 to launch today, and the first public beta coming next month. So it could come later today, or tomorrow, or even next week.
Those on the beta are really excited for a second beta, because while the first beta was pretty stable, the battery life was anything but. With many having to charge their iPhone 14s (which are still fairly new) multiple times a day. Including myself. Luckily, I was working on reviewing some Android phones over the last two weeks, so I wasn’t using my iPhone as much. And the terribly battery life didn’t hit me as much.
The stable version of iOS 17 is set to come in September, so there’s still plenty of betas coming ahead of that stable release. Hopefully things get better, especially in the battery department by then. I’d expect to see at least four more betas for iOS 17, before the release candidate.