Apple Releases iOS 16.5 Beta 2 For Developers - New Features
Introduction
Apple has seeded the second beta version of iOS 16.5 for all developers. This beta version seems to be focusing more on stability and not on the release of new features unless Apple has saved the best for later.
Update to iOS 16.5 Beta
The beta update process is now quite simple after iOS 16.4. Users are no longer required to download a beta configuration profile and install it on their device. You just simply go to Settings - General - Software Update and select Developer or Public Beta if you want to update your device on your latest beta. You can always select “Off” to opt-out.
New Features
In general iOS 16.5 beta 2 seems not to be a major update unlike iOS 16.4. We have been using iOS 16.5 beta 1 for two weeks and performance and battery life seem on par with iOS 16.4. However, Apple has added some smaller scale new features.
Apple News New Sports Tab
From the first hour with it we can see that Apple added a new Sports tab in Apple News and changed slightly the bottom bar UI as 9TechEleven reported first on Twitter.
Use Siri to Start a Screen Recording
You are now able to use Siri to quickly start and stop a screen recording directly on your iPhone running iOS 16.5. Interestingly enough, the UI of the Screen Recording is different when it’s enabled with the assistance of Siri, vs when following the traditional manual process.
Stay tuned as we will be updating this article if anything new comes up to surface with iOS 16.5 Beta 2
