iOS 13 release date: when to download the beta and final version?

The question that arises is recurring:When could I install iOS 13 on my iPhone?(and the same for watchOS 6, iPadOS or macOS Catalina).

Already, it is appropriate tocheck if the iPhone is supported, it's here. Then, here are theimportant dates to know regarding the releases of iOS 13, following the teaching of previous versions.

Apple is never very precise when it presents its upcoming new features. This avoids any pressure or potentially missed appointments. It is therefore ageneral public availability of iOS 13 et associated OS announcedfor “autumn”shared by Tim Cook at WWDC 2019.

So Autumn is vast, but there is no reason not to draw the parallel with recent years. Apple has always announced a release of the new iOS for the fall and in practice the release takes place every yearduring September, shortly before the release ofnew iPhones, just after the back-to-school conference, which is held during the first half of September.

How to install iOS 13 before September?

Rest assured, you don't necessarily have to wait until September... Those in a hurry will be able to take advantage of iOS 13 before the general public release date!

Thus, thedevelopers registered with Applehave already been able to install the first test version, called Beta,from this night. This is necessarily and by definition very buggy, it isunaware of installing it on a machine other than those reserved for testing. Find herehow to participate in the public beta program.

Then, Apple has already announced aiOS 13 public beta, it will beduring July officially. In practice, last year, the first beta of iOS 12 was released a little earlier, on June 25. The previous year, the public beta of iOS 11 appeared on June 27. We can therefore hope for a release of the first public iOS 13 beta at the end of June, at the very beginning of July. Here too, this is a test version, it is better to reserve a machine other than the everyday one rather than risk repeated crashes and other annoying bugs.

As you will have understood, the official iOS 13 release date is scheduled for September, and the public beta is already available, so you can download it by following the procedure indicated above.

Also readour summary of the WWDC 2019 conference, as well as the following articles on the new features announced, concerningiOS 13 in particular.

Update July 26, 2019: Beta 3 is available, iOS 13 release date gets closer day by day…

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