iOS 16 Public Beta Now Available — How to Install (for Free)!

Test all the upcoming features beforehand

Nikhil Vemu
Mac O’Clock
Published in
3 min readJul 12, 2022

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iPhone and iPad with Apple Pencil on a blue table
Photo by Miguel Tomás on Unsplash

I’ve been a developer beta tester only for iOS 16, and it’s the first time I’m experiencing re-release of the same update (iOS 16 Developer Beta 3). Anyways,

Alongside, we’ve got a great news — iOS 16 Public Beta is Out!

If you’d like to install it right away, scroll down by a section to know how. Or, here’s what’s new.

What’s new?

Read these for all the previously seeded in features & changes that came along with public beta →

All iOS 16 Features

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Black iPhone 13 on a white table
iPhone 12 on a wooden table
Weather app opened on iPhone 13

(Two additional changes ⬇️)

#1. Full-Size Music and Podcasts Lock Screen Widget is Back

Full-size music Lock Screen widget in iOS 16
Screenshot by the author

The full-size Music & Podcasts lock screen widget with album art and playback controls last existed in iOS 10 back in 2016. And it’s removed since…

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