Apple Releases Second Public Beta of iOS 17.5

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 updates to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its release. The second public iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 betas come two weeks after Apple released the first betas for public beta testers.

Public beta testers can get the beta by opening up the Settings app, going to the Software Update section, tapping on the "Beta Updates" option, and toggling on the iOS 17 or iPadOS 17 Public Beta. Signing up on Apple's beta testing website is required.

iOS 17.5 is limited on new outward-facing features, focusing primarily on changes in the European Union. App developers in the EU are now able to add their iPhone apps to their website, so that users can download them directly without having to use the App Store.

To offer an app for download from a website in the European Union, developers need to meet specific criteria. Developers need to be a member of the Apple Developer Program for two continuous years or more and must have an app with more than one million first installs on iOS in the European Union in the prior year. Other requirements include submitting to Apple's notarization process and publishing transparent data collection policies.

This feature is limited to the European Union due to the Digital Markets Act and is not available to all users.

iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 also have updates to mobile device management and there are code changes suggesting Battery Health functionality could come to the new iPads and that Apple will soon add alerts for third-party item trackers.

Article Link: Apple Releases Second Public Beta of iOS 17.5

 

[DoctorMesmer]

Looking forward to updating asap after 17.4.1 killed the battery life in both my iPhone 11 Pro Max and iPad Pro 12.9 (5th gen). Lots of posts elsewhere saying the same thing.

 

[Gator5000e]

I'm guessing there is still no compatibility with watchOS 9.6.3.

 

[Minato1990]

Is the files app fixed? This is really ******** thats is unusable with the freezes

 

[Reeneman]

Looking forward to updating asap after 17.4.1 killed the battery life in both my iPhone 11 Pro Max and iPad Pro 12.9 (5th gen). Lots of posts elsewhere saying the same thing.

It’s the same back and forth with every single (small) update. I guess it’s mostly placebo.

 

[phuklok1]

Please add some very simple and useful things that require almost no developer time to accomplish.

Give me the option of putting the App Store and Settings Apps in the control center.

Please allow me to turn of charging like in the 15 (there is no hardware reason to stop this) so my phone is not baking away while doing GPS duty in a car or if I would like to cast a movie at home and have it on a charger - even if it has to be done by an automation script.

Let me set a microphone as default like on MacOs so if I am using a crappy bluetooth speaker I can still speak into the phone to have a conversation. Please allow a normal system wide EQ. Please allow per bluetooth device mono/stereo and eq settings, so if you are using headphones or speakers it will remember the settings.

Please stop showing notifications for automatons if I say I don't want them.

 

[mac38728]

Looking forward to updating asap after 17.4.1 killed the battery life in both my iPhone 11 Pro Max and iPad Pro 12.9 (5th gen). Lots of posts elsewhere saying the same thing.

noticed the same thing with my 15 plus. After updating randomly had a day were my phone nearly died even though the day before had similar screen on time and ended with 40%

 

[DoctorMesmer]

It’s the same back and forth with every single (small) update. I guess it’s mostly placebo.

No placebo at all. My iPhone lasts around half of what it did the day before the update and my iPad (with 100% battery health confirmed by Apple support) gives a maximum of 5 hours screen-on time where before it got 10 hours.
I’ve never had this experience with any other Apple update. Check Apple’s support forums – it’s real (although Apple deletes any critical posts fairly promptly).