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Update 06/24/21: Apple has released the second developer beta of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, along with watchOS 8 and tvOS 15. Apple said the Public Beta will be available in July.

Every year, Apple releases major updates for its iPhone and iPad operating systems in the fall. For months before that, it releases beta test versions for developers and the public. Theyre often incomplete and buggy, but it can be exciting to try out everything before it gets pushed out to a billion devices in the fall.

Besides, beta testing is a good way to help find bugs and problems, and results in a more stable release this fall. Just use the Feedback app to submit bug reports.

If youre interested in running the iOS 15 or iPadOS 15 beta, heres how you get it. The Developer Beta is available now, but the Public Beta will begin in July.

If you want to know all about the new features coming to your iPhone this fall, check out our iOS 15 guide.

We highly recommend you donot run this beta on a critical device. Yes, you can downgrade back to iOS or iPadOS 14, but its not a fast and easy process, and you may lose some of the information that you havent backed up or saved in the cloud. We also recommend you backup your iPhone or iPad before you get started.

If youre a registered developer (which costs $99/yr, go here to enroll), you can download beta releases a little earlier than the general public. Apple often makes a developer beta release available for iOS and iPadOS immediately during its WWDC conference in June, with the first Public Beta release following a few weeks later. Subsequent updates are much closer together: developers usually get the update just a day before the public release, if that.

That initial developer beta is often very sketchy, so we highly recommend you back up your device first, and dont run it on your primary device!

Once youve registered your Apple ID as a developer, head to developer.apple.com/download/ using the iPhone or iPad upon which you wish to run the beta. Youll have to sign in, and then you can download and install the beta profile from that page.

Then, activate the profile by opening Settings, then General, then scrolling down to the bottom to tap on Profile. You may have to restart your device, but then the beta should show up in General > Software Updates for you to download and install.

It couldnt be easier to enter the public beta program. Simply head to beta.apple.com and tap Sign up. You need to do thison the device upon which you wish to run the beta. Youll be asked to sign in with your Apple ID, agree to terms of service, and then download a beta profile.

Once you download the beta profile, you need to activate it.

Open Settings, then tap General. Scroll down to Profile and select it. You can then tap on the iOS 15 or iPadOS 15 beta software profile and choose to activate it.

Note that the Developer Beta is available right away, but Apple says the Public Beta wont begin until July.

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Once youve registered, downloaded the profile, and activated it, youre ready to download the beta.

Open Settings, then General, then Software Update. You should see that the iOS or iPadOS 15 public beta is available for downloadif you dont see it, make sure the profile is activated and installed. It can take a few minutes for the beta to show up after installing the profile, so dont be in too big a hurry.

Once you have the profile installed, you will continue to get beta updates throughout the beta program. Every time a new public beta release is available, you will automatically receive it, or can go to Settings > Software Update to download it manually. Theres no need to re-download or activate the profile.

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If you want to stop receiving beta updates, thats easy enough. Just remove the profile and you wont get any more beta releasesyoull just stay on the one you have. Once the final public release of iOS 15 or iPadOS 15 is made available in the fall, your device will download that, and youll be on the regular public non-beta release schedule.

Simply removing the profile will stop you from getting further beta releases, but it doesnt get you back to iOS 14 or iPadOS 14. To do that, you need to put your iPhone or iPad in recovery mode, connect it to your Mac or PC, and then use Finder (or iTunes on PC) to download the current regular iOS version and restore your device. This will reset it to a fresh out-of-the-box state. We told you to back up anything important and not to run the beta on a critical device!

You can run iOS 15 on any iPhone that runs iOS 14, and iPadOS 15 runs on any iPad that is compatible with iPadOS 14.

Heres the list of supported iPhones for iOS 15:

And heres the list of supported iPads for iPadOS 15:

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