Apple Releases New Betas of iOS 16.1 & iPadOS 16.1 to Developers for Testing

Apple today seeded the third beta of iOS 16.1 and the fourth beta of iPadOS 16.1 updates to developers. (The two betas are on a different release schedule.) The beta builds are available to developers through the Apple Developer Center or over the air on the devices with the proper configuration installed.

Changes in iOS 16.1 beta 3 are as follows:

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Resolved in iOS 16.1 beta 3

• Fixed: You might be unable to pair using a Matter ECM code via the Matter Support Framework pairing API. (99232681)

Known issues

• You might receive an alert to turn on Wi-Fi when pairing a Matter accessory. (98460235)

  Workaround: Ensure your device is connected to your Wi-Fi network.

• Adjusting the color or color temperature might result in an unexpected color set on a Matter accessory. (98578966)
• Accessory details might not open if a Matter accessory is unreachable. (99232316)
• Uncertified accessory notifications might appear when pairing Matter accessories. (99502842)
• The device that initiates the pairing needs to use the same iCloud account as the home hub. Only the owner of a home, not an invited user, can pair Matter accessories. (76012945)

Memory Allocation

Known Issues

• The system memory allocator free operation zeroes out all deallocated blocks in iOS 16.1 beta or later. Invalid accesses to free memory might result in new crashes or corruption, including NULL-pointer dereferences and non-zero memory being returned from calloc. (97449075)

As usual, MacTrast and Apple both warn users to not install any betas on their daily driver iPhone or iPad. Instead, only install betas on a device set aside for testing purposes.