Apple’s big batch of betas is ready for public testers

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iOS 11
The new Control Center is just one of many great new iOS 11 features.
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The first big beta update for iOS 11 is already available to the public, just one day after Apple seeded the new beta build to developers.

iOS 11.1 beta 1 can now be installed on iPhones and iPads by public testers and comes with other big updates for tvOS 11 and macOS High Sierra.

Members of Apple’s public beta testing program can download iOS 11.1 beta 1, tvOS 11.1 beta 1 and macOS 10.13.1 beta 1 via over-the-air updates once you have the proper installation profile added to your device.

All three of the new beta builds mostly focus on bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements. Apple has said new features like iCloud support for iMessage and peer-to-peer Apple Pay transactions are coming later this year, but iOS 11.1 doesn’t appear to support the new features yet.

The iOS 11.1 beta doesn’t include the new Unicode 10 emoji either. However, it does come with a new feature that offers multiple emoji suggestions above the keyboard so you can avoid using words more easily than ever.

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