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Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 12.4 to Developers

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Apple today seeded the first beta of an upcoming iOS 12.4 update to developers, a few days after the launch of iOS 12.3, a major update that introduced Apple's revamped TV app.

Registered developers can download the new iOS 12.4 beta from Apple's Developer Center or over-the-air once the proper configuration profile has been installed from the Developer Center.

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As a 12.x update, the new software may include more significant features than the smaller 12.x.x updates. iOS 12.4 will mark the the fourth major update to iOS 12 after iOS 12.3, which introduced a redesigned TV app with Apple's new Channels feature for subscribing to and watching third-party subscription content right in the TV app.

We don't yet know what we can expect to see in iOS 12.4, but we'll update this post as soon as we download the software and discover what's new. It's likely that this beta includes some Apple Card-related features, as the Apple Card is set to launch in the summer.

iOS 12.4 may be one of the last updates to the iOS 12 operating system as Apple transitions to iOS 13, which is expected to be introduced at WWDC in June.

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iGeneo Avatar
iGeneo
96 months ago
So nothing is new? What is the point in constantly releasing updates with absolutely nothing new. Please Apple slow it down.
Bug fixes and minor tweaks at this point. Slow it down? By all means no, tweak away and fix the little nuances. if you want "new functionality" just wait for the full versions
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Kaibelf Avatar
Kaibelf
96 months ago
So nothing is new? What is the point in constantly releasing updates with absolutely nothing new. Please Apple slow it down.
Why on earth would you not want incremental updates every few months to address bugs as they are addressed rather than yearly windows of vulnerabilities?
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Smith288 Avatar
Smith288
96 months ago
So nothing is new? What is the point in constantly releasing updates with absolutely nothing new. Please Apple slow it down.
This is the whole reason behind delta updates. To be able to release bug fixes faster. Some people cant be pleased no matter how hard you try.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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lunarworks
96 months ago
Dark mode pls.
Every ****ing beta.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Futurix Avatar
Futurix
96 months ago
Dark mode pls.
Apple is not going to introduce major UI feature in minor point release of iOS.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jonblatho Avatar
jonblatho
96 months ago
A bit surprised that the last three iOS updates are all .x and no .0x iterations, even though the improvements or additions to them are negligible (other than the TV app and some emojis).
Apple does a decent job of following semantic versioning in the A.B.C format (with its own twist). When major, API-breaking changes are made, bump the major version number A by 1 and set B and C to 0. When new functionality is added or functionality is changed which doesn’t involve breaking changes to existing API, bump the minor version number B by 1 while retaining A and set C to 0. For releases that are just bug fixes, bump the patch version number C by 1 while retaining A and B.

Apple's only difference versus the semantic versioning specification for iOS is that when the patch version number is 0, it's omitted. The semantic versioning specification dictates that all three version numbers are included even if the patch version number is 0.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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