Apple has released the
4th beta version of iOS 8, containing bug fixes and improvements, to those
registered with the iOS Developer Program. The new build is versioned as
12A4331d and runs on all iOS 8 compatible
models of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch hardware.
The easiest way to download and install iOS 8 beta
4 is through OTA update directly on any
device that is
currently running the prior version of iOS 8. The Over The Air update package
ranges in size from 250MB to 350MB and requires about 1GB of space to install,
with the total size depending on the iOS device being installed upon.
Go to Settings > Software
Update to start the installation.
Accompanying
release notes for iOS 8 beta 4 are brief with the full notes visible on the iOS
Dev Center, which requires a developer account login
Additionally, IPSW firmware
files are available to download from Apple?s servers and are accessible through
the iOS Dev Center. Users who are not yet on a beta build of iOS 8 would need
to install through the IPSW method.
Beta software is intended for developers only and tends to be
buggy and incomplete. Fortunately, it?s easy to downgrade from
iOS 8 back to iOS 7 if
you decide the experience is not yet optimal enough to run on a primary device.
The final public release
date of iOS 8 will be sometime this fall, likely alongside new
iPhone hardware.
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