Apple releases iOS 8 beta 6 to testing partners, not developers
Apple didn’t release iOS 8 beta 6 alongside Yosemite to developers yesterday morning like most had originally hoped. Instead, they have just released iOS 8 beta 6 to their testing partners only, according to a report from BGR.
This last beta was not sent to developers supposedly because it is so close to the final gold master (GM) build. After all, the iPhone 6 event is almost here as well, and Apple wouldn’t want to give any more away about the devices.
Here is the changelog BGR was provided for beta 6:
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Issues fixed since Seed 5
Baseband & Telephony Fixed an issue where incorrect pop up message was displayed when SIM was removed Fixed an issue where clicking on cancel button turned LTE on Fixed an issue where excessive registration was tried with dual IMSI SIM
Continuity Fixed an occasional mail continuity failure from OS X to iOS Fixed an issue causing continuity to fail after opening control center
FaceTime Fixed an occasional problem where MT call connection quality would be incorrectly treated as “poor”
GameCenter Fixed an issue where the active photo cannot be deleted
iCloud Fixed a problem where document sync would sometimes consume excessive cellular data
iTunes Store URLs for the store app are no longer broken in received mail Fixed a problem with excessive prompts to sign in to the iTunes Store
Keyboard Fixed an intermittent issue keyword shifting when rotating the screen Fixed an issue where the emoji keyboard was unusable on Safari
Mail Notes are no longer duplicated when opened through Gmail Fixed an issue where after withdrawing a draft with attachments, browsing to another message resulted in the attachments getting lost Fixed an issue where forwarding an email without a photo attachment still sends a photo Fixed an issue when forwarding an email with an attached photo just brought up the original message without a photo Fixed an issue where email could be deleted from the lock screen without prompting for a passcode
Maps Fixed a problem where maps would sometimes consume excessive cellular data
Messages Added support for SMS relay opt-in prompt Fixed issue that caused devices to receive SMS via relay for unselected aliases Fixed failures sending current location via MMS Fixed an issue where messages partially overlap Chinese keyboards Fixed an issue where changing a group name didn’t propagate to other devices until a message is sent
Phone Fixed an issue where an incoming call was being relayed back to originating phone
Fixed an issue where options on declining a call didn’t work with call relay
Photos Fixed an issue where edited photos did not display properly after restoring from backup Improved full screen photo sharing Set default to keep all photos on device for users with 5GB iCloud space Fixed an issue where a user could not select multiple photos and upload to Facebook via Safari
Push Notifications Improved push connection management upon account logout with multiple associated devices Fixed a problem where Exchange push notifications would stop after responding to an invitation from the lock screen Fixed an issue where a user does not receive a notification for incoming messages when the banner for the previous one is pulled down
Springboard Fixed an issue unlocking an iPhone while on an active call Fixed an issue where the keyboard would sometimes become unresponsive when the screen is locked
Visual Voicemail Fixed an issue where Voicemail could not be played under certain error conditions Fixed an issue where Phone App hanged when tried to check Voicemail
Apple’s testing partners must accept this build by September 6, just days before the supposed iPhone 6 event on Sept. 9.