The new Beta builds are currently available only for devs

Apr 10, 2017 23:33 GMT  ·  By

Apple released today, April 10, 2017, a new set of Beta builds, the second in the series, for the upcoming iOS 10.3.2, macOS 10.12.5 Sierra, watchOS 3.2.2, and tvOS 10.2.1 operating systems.

The iOS 10.3.2 Beta 2 (14F5075a), macOS 10.12.5 Beta 2 (16F54b), watchOS 3.2.2 Beta 2 (14V5475a), and tvOS 10.2.1 Beta 2 (14W5573a) are currently available only for application developers with an active and paid Apple Developer account, and they can download and install them on their registered devices.

They bring various small bug fixes and improvements over the first Betas. For example, iOS 10.3.2 Beta 2 makes the new SiriKit car commands and third-party VPN (Virtual Private Network) apps work as expected. No new information is provided in the release notes of the Beta 2 of macOS 10.12.5, watchOS 3.2.2, and tvOS 10.2.1.

Public Beta 2 builds coming soon for iOS 10.3.2 and macOS 10.12.5

Registered developers can now download and install the second Beta of macOS 10.12.5 Sierra by running the Sierra Developer Beta Access utility, as well as iOS 10.3.2 Beta 2 and watchOS 3.2.2 Beta 2 builds if they install the respective configuration profile directly on any iOS or Apple Watch device.

But public beta testers will have to wait a bit longer for Apple to release the second Public Beta versions of its upcoming iOS 10.3.2 and macOS 10.12.5 Sierra operating systems. They should be out about 24 hours from the release of the developer Betas, but we don't recommend them for the faint of heart.

In related news, Apple has today stopped signing both iOS 10.2.1 and iOS 10.3 builds, preventing downgrades from its recently introduced Apple File System (APFS). It also appears that the next major release of the operating system, iOS 11, drops support for 32-bit apps, which means that iPhone 5 devices won't be supported.