iOS 7 Beta 6 Arriving Next Week as Final Seed Before Golden Master?

ios_7_iconBGR reports that its sources have laid out a rough timeline for the final developer seeds of iOS 7, unsurprisingly noting that Beta 6 should arrive sometime next week, roughly two weeks after the release of Beta 5.

The report indicates that Beta 6 is planned to be the final developer release before Apple finalizes iOS 7 with a golden master build. That golden master is expected to be seeded to internal groups and carrier partners starting on September 5, with the full developer community receiving access on September 10 alongside Apple's iPhone media event.

After iOS 7 beta 6, Apple will be seeding a GM (gold master) version for its employees and partners to test starting around September 5th. This will mostly likely be the software that is released to the public later on in the month of September, barring any major bugs or problems that might be discovered.

After Apple and its partners are comfortable with the gold master build, the company will release it to developers on September 10th, the day of the company’s iPhone event where we should see the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C make their first appearances — and they will of course be the first devices to run iOS 7 out of the box.

If Apple follows the pattern of its last several iPhone launches, the new iPhone hardware could launch in the first round of countries around Friday, September 20, with iOS 7 being made available to the public for existing devices a few days earlier.

Tag: BGR
Related Forum: iOS 7

Top Rated Comments

Cougarcat Avatar
128 months ago
This is by far the most excited I've been for an OS, for like, ever. .

Psh. Going from OS 9 to OS X, that was exciting.
Score: 37 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Plutonius Avatar
128 months ago
Is everyone still complaining about the IOS 7 icons ?
Score: 29 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JaySoul Avatar
128 months ago
Fingers crossed the final release is rock solid - you just know everyone will be gunning for ya, Apple.

Make us proud.
Score: 25 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Kenrik Avatar
128 months ago
The software is far from GM ready. I don't know if they can make that timeline.
Score: 24 Votes (Like | Disagree)
iapplelove Avatar
128 months ago
As someone who has been using beta 1 through beta 5 on 3 different devices

iOS7 has a ways to go before GM imo
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ValSalva Avatar
128 months ago
Is everyone still complaining about the IOS 7 icons ?

Watch Apple change most of them in the GM just to mess with us for three months :D
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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