Users may still be able to install the iOS 17 developer beta for free using an IPSW file, but it remains to be seen if this will be an option.

Users can enroll in Apple's public Beta Software Program for free. IPhone users who don't want to pay $99 per year for Apple's Developer Program will have to wait for the public beta of iOS 17, which will likely be released in July.

v remains live and appears to be a carbon copy of, but it's unclear if the website has the same ownership. shut down in August to avoid a 'legal battle with Apple,' while Apple lawyers provided Twitter with takedown notices for over a dozen tweets containing links to v. Until now, anyone could easily install iOS developer betas for free by downloading the profiles from websites such as v.Īpple already cracked down on websites sharing developer beta profiles last year. This change will prevent iPhone users who aren't enrolled in Apple's Developer Program for $99 per year from installing the iOS 17 developer beta for free when it is released at WWDC in June. In future iOS releases, Apple says this menu will be the only way to enable developer betas, as profiles will stop working. This menu allows members of Apple's paid Developer Program to enable iOS developer betas directly on an iPhone, without needing to install a configuration profile from the Apple Developer website.ĭeveloper betas only appear in the menu if the iPhone is signed into an Apple ID enrolled in Apple's Developer Program.

Starting with iOS 16.4, released this week, the iPhone has a new 'Beta Updates' menu in the Settings app under General → Software Update.

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