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Apple is reportedly changing the way it tests its software. The new method entails easily identifying faulty piece of programming and rectifying it before it reaches developers.

Apple is planning to overhaul the way it tests its iOS mobile operating system. Apple's software chief Craig Federighi in an internal meeting with the company's team of developers said that going forward the company would work with test versions or 'daily builds' of software. These daily builds would have all the buggy features turned off by default. Doing so would allow Apple internal team of testers to selectively turn a bug-riddled feature on and isolate issues with its code before it is released to external developers and beta testers.

According to a report by Bloomberg, this new strategy is already being applied to the next iteration of Apple's mobile operating system, that is iOS 14, which is internally being called 'Azul'. The Cupertino, California based tech giant is also considering delaying some features until 2021 in the mobile OS version that is codenamed 'Azul +1' - possibly iOS 15 -- to ensure that there are no performance issues.

The tech giant expects that changing the internal testing process of its operating systems would ensure that more stable and bug-free software reach the users. Ultimately, the aim is that the company should not repeat fiascos such as the one in case of iOS 13 in future.

For those who have been out of the loop, iOS 13 has been one of Apple's most bug-ridden softwares ever. When the company released iOS 13 back in September it was riddled with a long list of issues ranging from battery management issues to bugs in host of company's apps. The slew of issues in iOS 13 forced the company to release iOS 13.1 at least a week prior to its sceduled launch date. Reports indicate that internally, iOS 13.1 was considered as the "actual public release". Apple has released a total of eight updates to iOS 13 within two months of its launch. By contrast iOS 12 got just two patches with first two months of its launch. Apple wants to avoid this and hence it is reportedly upgrading its software testing process.

However, the tech giant is not only upgrading the process for iOS but also for its other software products, which includes iPadOS, MacOS, WatchOS and TVOS.

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