I downloaded the public beta and so far it’s actually been really good. It appears to have solved an issue I had with Verizon reception so that’s nice. Loving all the little improvements.

Issues I’ve run into:

• if I try to rearrange my homescreens, it causes the phone to crash
• at first I could not pick a different Lock Screen but that issue sorted itself out after about an hour.
• occasionally the keyboard does not appear when I go to respond to a text message. But it’s not consistent and closing and reopening the messages app solves the problem.

So far battery life seems the same. My phone did run hot yesterday for a few hours after updating (which happens with every major update in my experience), but today it is normal temperature and running fine.

Every time I want to install new beta of iOS, I keep remind myself my bank app would break in Beta nearly all the time…

must… not… install… on … my … primary… device

what about battery lifetime?

For you apple watch users, whatever you do , do not update to the public beta of watchOS. 1) You’ll need to be running iOS 17 to do so, and 2) you cannot downgrade without having to go to the Apple Store.