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Apple Seeds Third iOS 9.1 Beta to Developers

Apple today seeded the third beta of iOS 9.1 to registered developers for testing purposes, three weeks after seeding the first iOS 9.1 beta following its fall "Hey Siri" event and one week after releasing iOS 9.0.1, the first minor update to iOS 9. Apple has also just released iOS 9.0.2, another minor update to iOS.

The new beta of iOS 9.1, build 13B5130b, is available as an over-the-air update and through the Apple Developer Center.

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iOS 9.1 includes new features for the iPad Pro, adding support for accessories like the Smart Keyboard and the Apple Pencil, both of which are deeply integrated into the operating system. It also includes features that will allow the iPhone to interact with the new Apple TV.

iOS 9.1 also includes Unicode 8, adding support for emoji like the taco, burrito, cheese wedge, middle finger, unicorn head, and more, plus a new Messages option in the Settings app, allowing users to disable photos for their contacts.

It is not clear when iOS 9.1 will be released to the public, but it's likely it will come in late October, coinciding with the launch of the new Apple TV.

Update: Apple has also released a third iOS 9.1 beta for public beta testers.

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Top Rated Comments

Tankmaze Avatar
137 months ago
Wow, lots of update today. Still waiting for El Cap.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
137 months ago
Regular 9.0 has all that "Hey Siri" stuff...
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
eicca Avatar
137 months ago
They better have fixed the notification banner lag...
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
$tevejob$ Avatar
137 months ago
also available on the public beta
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
137 months ago
you have to restart your device after deleting the public beta profile. THEN try to find an update.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
137 months ago
It is highly suggested that you do this update using iTunes and not OTA. Otherwise you could get your device bricked, which will require factory restore and could lead to data loss https://twitter.com/mvxlr/status/649550081612353537

See this post from Apple developer forums https://web.archive.org/web/20151002074726/https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/20846 (web archived because apple are shutting that forum down).
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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