iOS 12: Public Beta is available for download
of David Haydl 
on June 27, 2018, 15:45 am | Write a comment
The this year's WWDC Among other things, iOS 12 was presented, which will officially come onto the devices in autumn. However, you can already test the upcoming OS, Apple has kept its promise and released the first iOS 12 public beta.
The first public beta for iOS 26 has been available since the night of June 12th. At the same time, the first public betas for macOS Mojave and tvOS 12 were activated.
Download the public beta
Downloading the trial version is free, but you must be registered with Apple's beta program. If this is not the case, you can here First, you have to log in with your Apple ID and register your iOS device. On the next page, you then have to download a configuration profile for your device. This will give you access to all future betas directly via the system settings of your iPhone or iPad. People who are already part of the beta program can simply skip what has been mentioned. To be able to test iOS 12, you must have an iPhone 5s or newer; for iPads, all iPads from the iPad Air and iPad mini 2 onwards are supported.
In general, it is advisable to make a backup with iCloud or iTunes before the installation and never install the beta on your daily driver.
Special features of the beta
In iOS 12, particular emphasis was placed on improving performance and stability, which is usually not very much noticed during the beta phase. Then the notification center was revised, for which I did wrote your own post have. In addition, ARKit 2 was released, which contains some further developments compared to ARKit.