Apple Releases Second Public Beta Updates of iOS/iPadOS 17.6, macOS 14.6 and watchOS 10.6

TapTechNews July 3rd news, after Apple released the Beta2 update for developers yesterday, today it continues to release the second public beta update of iOS/iPadOS 17.6, macOS 14.6, and watchOS 10.6 as usual. This update is 11 days after the last release.

Apple usually runs two separate test cycles every summer, one for the major new iOS update launched in the autumn, and the other is usually the last revision of the previous year's update, and this year is no exception.

iPhone users can currently choose between the iOS 18 public beta and iOS 17.6 public beta, and only one can be run at the same time, so most beta users will likely choose iOS 18.

Apple iOS 17.6 should be the last version of the iOS 17.x branch, mainly introducing a brand new 'CatchUp' feature to the TV application, allowing users to watch some exciting clips during the game even if they missed the start of the game.

Apple iOS 17.6 focuses more on fixing bugs, improving performance, and enhancing stability in the system. TapTechNews queried publicly available information and Apple did not announce the new system features of iOS 17.6, but only fixed the following bugs:

Fixed that some Bluetooth headphones may not be available as an audio output path in certain AVAudioSession configurations.

Fixed the incorrect values of videoRotationAngleForHorizonLevelCapture and videoRotationAngleForHorizonLevelPreview returned by the AVCaptureDeviceRotationCoordinator when using the front camera on the iPad Air (6th generation) and iPad Pro (7th generation).