The third Public Beta of iOS 9 is also available

Aug 6, 2015 19:47 GMT  ·  By

After releasing the sixth Beta build of the anticipated Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan computer operating system to developers worldwide on August 3, Apple started seeding the fifth Beta build of the forthcoming iOS 9 mobile operating system.

Tagged as build 13A4325c, the iOS 9 Beta 5 update is now available for download as IPSW images for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices, installable directly from your Apple Developer account.

"This is a pre-release version of iOS 9 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Devices updated to iOS 9 can not be restored to earlier versions of iOS," says Apple on the new entry published earlier on our Apple Developer account.

The fifth Beta of iOS 9 comes along with new Beta builds of the amazing Xcode IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that lets developers create powerful apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, as well as watchOS 2, the next-generation operating system behind Apple Watch.

The third Public Beta build of iOS 9 is also available

Once again, we remind everyone attempting to install the Beta of iOS 9 that the operating system is still in development and it might cause some problems on various devices. Therefore, install it only on testing devices, not on production ones.

If you're an iOS developer, you will find the new IPSW images for iOS 9 Beta 5 (13A4325c) on your Apple Developer account, along with detailed information about supported iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices and installation instructions.

In related news, Apple also started seeding the third Public Beta build of iOS 9 for users worldwide via OTA (Over the Air) updates, so if you're curious to see some of the new features that landed in iOS 9, we recommend reading that article instead.