Apple hands developers a new pre-release version of iOS 7.1

Feb 4, 2014 21:02 GMT  ·  By

Apple developers can download iOS 7.1 beta 5 today featuring new, natural-sounding Siri voices in a plurality of languages, new Shift and Caps keys, and possibly more.

The Cupertino company tells registered developers, “This is a pre-release version of iOS 7.1 beta 5 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Devices updated to iOS 7.1 beta 5 can not be restored to earlier versions of iOS.”

According to one person who’s tested out iOS 7.1 build 11D5145e, the new seed adds fresh natural-sounding Siri voices for Australian English, UK English, Japanese, and Chinese (Mandarin).

Another easily noticeable change is the new Shift key for the virtual keyboard. A slightly altered Caps key is also included with this new build.

Registered Apple developers can download iOS 7.1 Build 11D5145e at the iOS Dev Center with their credentials in hand. We’ll report on any other changes if they emerge.