Apple releases iOS 11 beta 2 to developers
Apple has released iOS 11 beta 2 to developers, available as an over the air update or via Apple’s Developer Center for devices running the original iOS 11 beta first introduced at WWDC at the beginning of the month.
iOS 11 has added an array of new features, from person to person ApplePay payments to an enhanced Siri and fully redesigned App Store. Available to the public in autumn and as a developer preview today, iOS 11 improves the Photos app by adding the ability to loop Live Photos, and to create long-exposure pictures as well as implementing a new compression method known as HEIF that offers higher quality images at half the storage size on devices.
Control Centre receives a huge redesign with the launch of iOS 11, putting all controls onto one page and adding 3D Touch capabilities. – Maps has a new feature called Do Not Disturb While Driving that uses Bluetooth and a Wi-Fi doppler effect to automatically enable a block to stop notifications from disturbing the user while behind the wheel.
WWDC saw the introduction of macOS High Sierra, watchOS 4 and updates to tvOS alongside new Mac and iPad hardware as well as an all new iMac Pro and HomePod home Siri speaker at WWDC. A public beta release of iOS 11 will be available in late June through the Apple Beta Software Program and the official version of the software is expected to roll out to the iPhone 5s and higher in September.