14 DAY TRIAL // The latest Beta over-the-air update for the upcoming iOS 12 has been pulled by Apple after numerous reports regarding slowdowns, crashes, and other problems.
While it’s understandable that development updates are not meant to be stable, necessarily, the latest problems with the Developer beta 7 OTA update are more than just the regular issues that are typically reported in this situations.
Apple releases over-the-air updates for the operating system (OTA), but they are doing it in batches. Not everyone gets the update at once, for a couple of reasons. For one, it would put the servers under a lot of strain, and secondly, Apple needs to make sure that if there is a problem only a few people will be actually affected.
The update has been temporarily pulled
After numerous users have reported slow-downs and various other issues with their devices following the iOS 12 developer beta 7, the OTA update was suspended. It’s no longer available for download, and it’s been removed from the Apple Developer Center as well.
One of the interesting aspects of the latest update, besides the problems already stated, is that it’s also supposed to drop a feature called Group FaceTime, which has been present since the launch of iOS 12. The promise is that it’s going to be added at a later date. It’s not clear if the removal of this feature is the reason for the performance issues.
It’s not as of yet clear if all of the Apple products are affected. The update was also designed to macOS Mojave 10.14, watchOS 5, and tvOS 12 as well, but there is no information on those platforms.
Apple has yet to make any kind of statement, but the update was pulled only hours after the initial release. Some of the issues reported by the users include longer times for app launches, system performance degradation, wonky animations, various issues with the notification center, and much more.
You can find more details about the initial release of Developer beta 7, but it’s possible that Apple might skip to Beta 8 directly.