iOS 13 Beta

Apple introduced the newest version of its iOS operating system, iOS 13, on June 3 at the keynote event of the 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference. The exact release date for iOS 13 remains unknown. However, Apple will officially release iOS 13 and iPadOS this fall, probably in September.

This latest iOS is a big release with updates and new features to enhance the user experience, improve security, and accelerate performance. And, all of these new additions will need to be tested to ensure apps work properly on the new operating system. You or your teams are already testing on the iOS 13 beta. If you haven’t already, your team can start testing on it in the Kobiton Mobile Device Lab.

What’s New in iOS 13

Here are all the major new features that iOS 13 will bring to your iPhone and iPad when it releases this fall.

• Faster Face ID
• Smarter, smoother Siri
• Heightened control over data sharing with apps
• Siri now features Siri Shortcuts, which has a Suggested Automations feature that gives users personalized shortcuts
• CarPlay features a new dashboard, calendar app, and Siri support for third-party navigation and audio
• Photo app updates — featuring personalized curation and smart organization
• New video editing functions – in iOS 13, Apple now offering video editing tools to adjust elements like exposure, contrast, saturation, brightness, and more
• Sign In with Apple is a new privacy feature that gives you a convenient and data safe way to sign into apps and websites. Your Apple ID will be able to authenticate your account via Touch ID or Face ID, and developers will see a unique random ID rather than your real info
• Apple now generates randomized emails. This keeps users from having to give away their personal email when using apps.
• Updates for Homepod, Apple’s answer to Google Home. Now, Homepod can distinguish different voices of users
• Airpods will now read your incoming texts to you. You can reply using Siri, giving you a way to respond to messages without interrupting what you’re doing
• Dark Mode — This function turns mobile apps from bright white and light grey to black and light gray. It is going to be system-wide, meaning it’ll change the hues from bright white and light grey to black and dark gray on all supported apps

iOS 13 is compatible with these devices

With iOS 13, Apple is cutting off support for devices with 1GB of RAM or less. That means that, compared to iOS 11 and iOS 12, they’re dropping support for the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus. iPadOS 13 drops support for the iPad mini, mini 2, and mini 3, and the original iPad Air.

Here is the full list of supported devices for iOS 13:

• iPhone XS
• iPhone XS Max
• iPhone XR
• iPhone X
• iPhone 8
• iPhone 8 Plus
• iPhone 7
• iPhone 7 Plus
• iPhone 6s
• iPhone 6s Plus
• iPhone SE
• iPod touch (7th generation)

And here is the list of supported devices for iPadOS:

• 12.9-inch iPad Pro
• 11-inch iPad Pro
• 10.5-inch iPad Pro
• 9.7-inch iPad Pro
• iPad (6th generation)
• iPad (5th generation)
• iPad mini (5th generation)
• iPad mini 4
• iPad Air (3rd generation)
• iPad Air 2

iOS 13 Beta with KOBITON

• Access to https://portal.kobiton.com/login and search iOS 13

• Then, launch your device
• In this article, I will choose iPhone X because this iPhone is upgraded to the newest OS version at the time of writing this.
  
• Now, you can install your app to be tested and verify the new features and functions with this major iOS update.