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What's new in iOS 12 beta 9! Is this the final beta?

Here we are, less than a week following iOS 12 beta eight with the ninth. This build has barely changed from what we've seen before, begging the question — will this be the final beta?

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This build — 16A5362a — is only a couple removed from the last beta we received in the middle of last week.

That explains why there were no noticable visual changes and extremely similar performance to the last time around. In our tinkering, we saw buttery smooth animations and not a single dropped frame. With performance like this, and a small increment from the last, we would not be surprised if this was the last beta preceding the GM.

Check out what changed last time in betas 7 and 8.

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15 Comments

pmc

said about 5 years ago

Great site and thank you for the articles HOWEVER, that is not what begging the question means.

jbishop1039

said about 5 years ago

I can see a few more coming as we're still over a month away from the release of iOS 12. And usually, the beta will be called GM. As far as I know anyway.

boxcatcher

said about 5 years ago

pmc said:

Great site and thank you for the articles HOWEVER, that is not what begging the question means.

I came here to say exactly this.

Wikipedia has this as an example of, “begging the question”:

Left-handed people are better painters because right-handed people can't paint as well.

The argument (left-handed people are better painters) is supported by the second part (right-handed people can’t paint as well [as left-handed people]), which is erroneous and also asserts the same basic premise as the first.This is the GM of iOS 12 because the next release won’t be.

... would be begging the question.

wlym

said about 5 years ago

I gave up on this one a long time ago. Even my well-read, well-educated friends use "begs the question" when they mean "raises the question". Stick it on the pile with "irregardless", "unthaw" and "ironic". And "a myriad of…". Sigh.

pmc said:

Great site and thank you for the articles HOWEVER, that is not what begging the question means.

Andrew_OSU

said about 5 years ago

jbishop1039 said:

I can see a few more coming as we're still over a month away from the release of iOS 12. And usually, the beta will be called GM. As far as I know anyway.

The GM won't be labeled as a beta. The final build number will have the letter omitted and the feedback app removed. There is also a longer period between the final beta and the GM as Apple adds all the references to the new phones they will be releasing. Then another week and a half or so between the GM release and the public release. So we stand by our conclusion that this likely could be the final beta before the GM. Especially as there were only a couple builds between this and the last beta.

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