Report: Apple Will Release First Public Betas For iOS

With beta releases for iOS 8.3 and 9, the curtain is lifting on Apple's notoriously tight-lipped operating system development.

For the first time ever, Apple is launching public beta versions of the software that runs the ubiquitous iPhone, starting with iOS 8.3. According to 9to5Mac, the public beta, which will be released mid-March, is an attempt to smoke out bugs before iOS 8.3 is released to the masses. (The beta for iOS 9 will hit this summer, the report says.) However, it also signals an increasing shift away from the way Apple has typically handled imperfect iterations of its products.

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