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Beta and Public Release Timeline

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gwhizkids

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This will be a wikithread listing, in reverse order, the release date of each beta (Developer and public) and public release of each version of iOS 16 (and potentially beyond). Although I am aware of the Wikipedia thread with the release date of each (major, minor and "point" release) version of iOS, that post does not list the date the various betas of each version was released, which is a topic of frequent conversation here.

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Developer Betas
Public Betas
General Releases


So here goes:

iOS 16.1 Public Beta 4
  • Release date: Tuesday, October 4, 2022, 1pm PDT
  • Duration: __ days
  • 20B5064c
iOS 16.1 Developer Beta 4
  • Release date: Tuesday, October 4, 2022,10am PDT
  • Duration: __ days
  • 20B5064c
iOS 16.1 Public Beta 3
  • Release date: Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 1pm PDT
  • Duration: 7 days
  • 20B5056e
iOS 16.1 Developer Beta 3
  • Release date: Tuesday, September 27, 2022,10am PDT
  • Duration: 7 days
  • 20B5056e
iOS 16.0.2
  • Release date: Thursday, September 22, 2022,10am PDT
  • 20A380
iOS 16.1 Public Beta 2
  • Release date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 1pm PDT
  • Duration: 7 days
  • 20B5050f

iOS 16.1 Developer Beta 2
  • Release date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022,10am PDT
  • Duration: 7 days
  • 20B5050f
iOS 16.1 Public Beta 1
  • Release date: Thursday, September 15, 2022, 1pm PDT
  • Duration: 6 days
  • 20B5045d

iOS 16.1 Developer Beta 1
  • Release date: Wednesday, September 14, 2022,10am PDT
  • Duration: 6 days
  • 20B5045d
iOS 16.0.1 Public Release (iPhone 14 models only)
  • Release date: Wednesday, September 14, 2022,4pm PDT
  • 20A371
iOS 16 Public Release
  • Release date: Monday, September 12, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: ___days*
  • 20A362


iOS 16 Release Candidate
  • Release date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 12 pm PDT
  • Duration: 5 days (released version)
  • 20A362

iOS 16 Public Beta 6
  • Release date: Monday, August 29, 2022, 1pm PDT
  • Duration: 9 days
  • 20A5358a
iOS 16 Developer Beta 8
  • Release date: Tuesday, August 29, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: 9 days
  • 20A5358a
iOS 16 Public Beta 5
  • Release date: Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 10 am PDT
  • Duration: 5 days*
  • 20A5356a
iOS 16 Developer Beta 7
  • Release date: Tuesday, August 23, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: 6 days*
  • 20A5356a
iOS 16 Public Beta 4
  • Release date: Monday, August 15, 2022, 1 pm PDT
  • Duration: ___days*
  • 20A5349b
iOS 16 Developer Beta 6
  • Release date: Monday, August 15, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: ___days*
  • 20A5349b
iOS 16 Public Beta 3
  • Release date: Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: 6 days*
  • 20A5339d
iOS 16 Developer Beta 5
  • Release date: Monday, August 8, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: 7 days*
  • 20A5339d
iOS 16 Public Beta 2
  • Release date: Thursday, July 28, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: 12 days*
  • 20A5328h
iOS 16 Developer Beta 4
  • Release date: Wednesday, July 27, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: 12 days
  • 20A5328h
iOS 16 Public Beta 1
  • Release date: Monday, July 11, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: 17 days
  • 20A5312j
iOS 16 Developer Preview 3 (UPDATE)
  • Release date: Monday, July 11, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: 16 days
  • (20A5312j)
iOS 16 Developer Preview 3
  • Release date: Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: 5 days
  • 9 builds ahead of DP2 (20A5312g vs 20A5303i)
iOS 16 Developer Preview 2
  • Release date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 10am PDT
  • Duration: 14 days
iOS 16 Developer Preview 1
  • Release date: Monday, June 6, 2022, 1pm PDT
  • Duration: 16 days
*This will be filled in when the next beta (or public release) is made available
 
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mikecwest

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I’m wondering if today is the day beta 2 will be released
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I hope so. I was in the Hospital all last week, and was worried I was gonna get behind if the hospital wifi was too slow..didnt bring my laptop or iPad either.
 
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TimFL1

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mikecwest said:
I hope so. I was in the Hospital all last week, and was worried I was gonna get behind if the hospital wifi was too slow..didnt bring my laptop or iPad either.
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Anyone could‘ve told you that last week is no-beta zone. Your worries were unfounded.
 
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solace

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Beta 2 tomorrow at the earliest, Apple corporate has today off for Juneteenth as a recognized holiday.
 
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pgoelz

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This thread (and especially the first post) serves another useful purpose. It tells you at a glance whether a given public beta has been released. If I want to find out if (for example) ios 16.n PUBLIC beta is released, the only way to do that on this forum is to read EVERY post in the thread to see if someone has posted something like "PB is out". I asked last year if that information could be added to the wiki post (first page for any given ios major version) and my request was dismissed as irrelevant. This thread serves that purpose and I am glad it exists ;)
 
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gwhizkids

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pgoelz said:
This thread (and especially the first post) serves another useful purpose. It tells you at a glance whether a given public beta has been released. If I want to find out if (for example) ios 16.n PUBLIC beta is released, the only way to do that on this forum is to read EVERY post in the thread to see if someone has posted something like "PB is out". I asked last year if that information could be added to the wiki post (first page for any given ios major version) and my request was dismissed as irrelevant. This thread serves that purpose and I am glad it exists ;)
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Thanks for posting this. I was too tired last evening to give the full explanation.

But I give full credit for the idea to @MozMan68. Just wanted to put the timeline in its own place so it would be more accessible. Like you, most will never revisit the first post in a 6,000 post thread.
 
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Pearsey

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pgoelz said:
This thread (and especially the first post) serves another useful purpose. It tells you at a glance whether a given public beta has been released. If I want to find out if (for example) ios 16.n PUBLIC beta is released, the only way to do that on this forum is to read EVERY post in the thread to see if someone has posted something like "PB is out". I asked last year if that information could be added to the wiki post (first page for any given ios major version) and my request was dismissed as irrelevant. This thread serves that purpose and I am glad it exists ;)
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HERE! HERE!
 
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gwhizkids said:
Thanks for posting this. I was too tired last evening to give the full explanation.

But I give full credit for the idea to @MozMan68. Just wanted to put the timeline in its own place so it would be more accessible. Like you, most will never revisit the first post in a 6,000 post thread.
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Would suggest to lock the post for comment and just edit the top og post?
 
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Does anybody know if there are any Twitter accounts to follow that tweet when a public iOS beta is released? Would be good to follow somebody on twitter and set a notification, for when they tweet.
 
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gank41

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H@do6xWFeFHtaeb7NdN2 said:
Does anybody know if there are any Twitter accounts to follow that tweet when a public iOS beta is released? Would be good to follow somebody on twitter and set a notification, for when they tweet.
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iSoftware Updates (@AppleSWUpdates) / Twitter

This is the old username of @iSWUpdates. Follow there to get the latest about Apple’s software updates!
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iSpeedtestOS (@iSpeedtestOS) / Twitter

Speed testing on new iOS updates • Current iOS versions: iOS 16.5, 15.7.6 and 12.5.7, iOS 16.6 Beta 2 and iOS 17 Beta 1
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