Beginning with the iOS 16.4 beta, the iPhone has a new “Beta Updates” menu within the Settings app below Basic → Software program Replace. This menu will enable members of Apple’s Developer Program to allow iOS developer betas straight on an iPhone, while not having to put in a configuration profile from the Apple Developer web site.
The menu will solely seem if a consumer’s iPhone is signed into the identical Apple ID they used to enroll in Apple’s Developer Program. In future iOS releases, Apple says this menu would be the solely option to allow developer betas, as profiles will cease working.
This modification will forestall iPhone customers who aren’t enrolled in Apple’s Developer Program for $99 per yr from putting in the iOS 17 developer beta at no cost when it’s launched at WWDC in June. Till now, anybody may simply set up iOS developer betas at no cost by downloading the profiles from web sites resembling BetaProfiles.dev.
Apple already cracked down on web sites sharing developer beta profiles final yr. BetaProfiles.com shut down in August to keep away from a “authorized battle with Apple,” whereas Apple legal professionals offered Twitter with DMCA takedown notices for over a dozen tweets containing hyperlinks to IPSW.dev. BetaProfiles.dev stays dwell and seems to be a carbon copy of BetaProfiles.com, however it’s unclear if the web site has the identical possession.
iPhone customers who do not need to pay $99 per yr for Apple’s Developer Program should look forward to the general public beta of iOS 17, which is able to probably be launched in July. Customers can enroll in Apple’s public Beta Software program Program at no cost.
Customers should still be capable to set up the iOS 17 developer beta at no cost utilizing an IPSW file, however it stays to be seen if this will likely be an possibility. A few years in the past, Apple solely allowed beta IPSW information to be put in on units registered to an Apple developer account, and Apple may select to reintroduce this former coverage. At a minimal, the elimination of configuration profiles will make the duty extra tedious sooner or later.
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