we're just one day away from seeing ios 16 for the first time as well as ios 16 betas released to
developers hi everyone Aaron here for zollotech and i wanted to help you prepare to update if
you're planning to try out the betas we'll talk about phone compatibility why you may not want
to install the betas right away and also some best practices as well now the first thing is tomorrow
is wwdc or the worldwide developer conference this takes place every year usually in early june
and apple shows off the next versions of their operating system so we expect ios 16 ipad os 16
watch os 9 as well as tvos 16 home pod os 16 and mac os 13 mammoth
that's the expected name for mac os 13 and we could even get a hint or a little sneak preview of
reality os as well that's expected to be for their augmented reality headset so all of those things
are expected and with that right after that update in that keynote which is at 1 pm eastern time we
expect apple to release ios 16 beta 1 and all of those other betas to developers for the first time
typically they'll release those and then we'll get our first taste of trying it out ourselves
now you will need to be a developer in order to do that and in order to be a developer you'll have to
sign up for that at developer.apple.com if you're wanting to try it out as a public beta tester
typically apple releases that between beta 2 and beta 3 of the developer update which is expected
sometime in july so you may want to wait until it's a little bit more stable than apple releases
it to public beta testers so that's typically what they do as far as the release date then the final
release will come out to the public usually around the time of the next iphone iphone 14 at this time
and that will usually be in mid-september so we'll know everything about it tomorrow but after that
you'll be able to try it out now as far as the overall compatibility at the time of this video
we're expecting apple to drop support for the iphone se iphone 6s and iphone 6s plus all of
those are expected to stop being supported and then maybe even the iphone 7 will no longer have
support the same is true for ipads as well where the ipad air 2 is not expected to get the update
and maybe similar hardware as well however at the time of this video nobody knows that except for
apple so we'll have to wait until after the event to know exactly what's supported and what isn't
however at the time when they are supported if you are wanting to install it well keep in mind that
betas are buggy usually the first one to three betas are extremely buggy in some cases in the
past i've had to revert back to the previous operating system at this point it would be ios
15.5 and then maybe run that stably on my main device and have a backup device so if you have
an older device sitting around maybe you're on an iphone 13 pro max and maybe you have an iphone
8 sitting around install it on the iphone 8 first try out the new features don't put it on your main
device if you're worried about reliability and stability typically they are very unstable and
it's expected to be even more so with ios 16 betas that's true on iphone ipad and everything else
usually watch os betas are quite stable but again you don't want to try that out as there's
typically no way to revert back to previous versions without bringing it to apple first
so we'll have to find out about that again after the event but as far as betas i wouldn't recommend
typically installing them on a main device i'll be doing that but if i have to roll back i'll be able
to do that because that leads me to the next thing make sure you have a backup if you plan to try out
ios 16 betas make sure you have a backup not only on your iphone but maybe on a computer as well
i typically would not install it unless you have a computer whether that be windows running itunes
or mac where you can use the finder to revert back to a previous version as far as we know you won't
be able to revert back to ios previous versions without a computer just like you can't now so
without a computer i probably wouldn't install the update but either way make sure you have a backup
also make sure that you have storage if you don't have enough storage on your phone you typically
won't be able to update so you'll see here i have 128 gigs used of 256. i have enough storage to try
it out typically installing a new beta you'll need at least about 10 gigs free so it can install and
then erase the files afterward so if you don't have enough storage make sure you clean up your
storage right now so that you can get that update installed now also if you are going to install the
update make sure you're over 50 battery or it won't let you to install it without plugging in
your phone so either have a power source nearby or make sure you're over 50 of power that way you
can install it whether that be over the air or directly from a computer using itunes that way
you'll be able to install it if you're using it itunes of course you'll be plugged in and then you
can just install it either way now if you want to know how to get this update typically when you're
a developer you'll be able to install that beta profile and there will be a separate beta for ios
15 and ios 16 betas so if you want to try out ios 16 betas typically you'll need a separate
beta profile then you'll be able to go into your settings go to software update and you'll see the
ios 16 update there once you have that you can just install it simply like any other update
but again make sure that you have this backed up now also keep in mind that being it's going to be
a large install usually between five to six maybe even eight gigabytes at this point we don't know
it's going to take a while to update and install if you have a fast connection it could take 30
minutes to download or less but keep in mind everybody around the world is going to be trying
this out and all the beta software at once so it could take an extended amount of time to download
that update and then it's going to install so give yourself 30 minutes to an hour to install that
now you can still use your phone while it's downloading but once it starts to install
it could take an additional 30 minutes sometimes usually it's less but just keep that time open
where you don't need your device if you want to try and install it and so those are all of the
things that i do i make sure i have a backup whether that be on icloud or on my computer or
both sometimes just to make sure that if i need to revert back i can and don't lose any of my things
of course most of the things will sync across icloud as well so if you're syncing icloud
messages or anything else going into your name here under settings under icloud i have a bunch of
things turned on to sync so contacts and calendars and reminders those will just carry over so all of
these things typically sync between devices if they're saved there you've already got a backup
of them so that makes that very very easy maybe we'll see some major changes with ios 16 though as
far as backups are concerned now we are expecting some major updates not only to iphone but to ipad
ipad is expected to get some windowed multitasking and better multitasking support overall and iphone
is of course getting those accessibility features we already saw on the apple newsroom i talked
about those in other videos but if you want to see them go to apple newsroom and they already
previewed some of these so different things such as door detection for blind or low vision users
advanced physical and motor accessibility options for watch watch mirroring on the iphone as well as
different things you can do as far as recognizing sounds new voice over languages and much more so
a lot of different things we already know those are coming we also think we're going
to have maybe a redesigned control center but we haven't heard that yet major lock screen updates
maybe always on display but that's rumored for iphone 14 and 14 pro or for pro max we're not
sure yet and then also some additional features as well so major app updates and much much more
of course at this point that's speculation and we'll know a hundred percent tomorrow so
hopefully this helps you get everything ready for ios 16 if you're planning to use the betas
and if you are planning to use the betas i'd love to hear from you in the comments below if
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