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In addition to its own resources and developers, Apple will also use the general public to improve its iOS mobile operating system in the coming months. According to the latest information, the Californian company is going to launch public betas, just like it did with OS X last year.

The OS X Yosemite public testing program has been a huge success, with many users taking advantage of the opportunity to try out the latest system on their Macs ahead of time. At the same time, Apple was gaining valuable feedback. Now it should also proceed in the same way for iOS and according to Mark Gurman from 9to5Mac we will see a public beta version as early as iOS 8.3.

Citing his sources, Gurman claims that the public beta of iOS 8.3 could be released in mid-March, which would be the same time that Apple is expected to release the version to developers.

However, the test program for the public should start in full with iOS 9, which will be presented in June at WWDC. Similar to last year with OS X Yosemite, developers should get the first versions first, and then other users who enroll in the testing program during the summer.

Unlike one million OS X testers, it should be according to 9to5Mac The iOS program is limited to only 100 people to maintain greater exclusivity, but this number is subject to change.

The goal of the public beta program would be clear in the case of iOS: to tweak the system as much as possible before its official launch, for which Apple needs as much feedback as possible from developers and users. Last fall's launch of iOS 8 was not very successful, and it is in Apple's interest that similar errors do not appear in future versions of the system.

Source: 9to5Mac
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