Apple today officially released the second beta update for iOS 16.1, watchOS 9.1, tvOS 16.1 and the first beta for Xcode 14.1. According to the latest report, Apple also released the macOS 13 Ventura Beta 8, and iPadOS 16 Beta 9 for the users. You can check the complete changelog which is mentioned below.
iOS 16.1 Beta 2 Release Notes
Home-
Resolved in iOS 16.1 beta 2
- Fixed: To pair Matter accessories, a profile must first be installed on your device. (99832852)
- Fixed: Removing Apple Home from the Matter accessory Connected Services menu in Home doesn’t remove the accessory tile. (77681079)
- Fixed: You might be unable to pair a Matter accessory if the accessory is already paired to a third-party ecosystem. (99671133)
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)
- You might be unable to pair using a Matter ECM code via the Matter Support Framework pairing API. (99232681)
- Workaround: Use More Options in the QR code pairing flow to select the accessory you’d like to pair.
- 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)
macOS 13 Ventura Beta 8 Release Notes
General
Known Issues
AppKit
CoreGraphics
Deprecations
- To improve security,
CGImage
enforces parameter correctness on macOS 13 Ventura, iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 9, and tvOS 16. Passing an incorrectCreate CGImage
is no longer supported, and will result in images failing to load. (94855401)Byte Order Info
DeviceDiscoveryUI
Known Issues
- Devices running beta 4 or later aren’t backwards compatible with devices running earlier beta versions. (95233878)
Known Issues
- Moving a Remind Me message to another mailbox doesn’t remove the Remind Me banner. (93685824)
Memory Allocation
Known Issues
- The system memory allocator
free
operation zeroes out all deallocated blocks in macOS 13 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 fromcalloc
. (97449075)
Metal
Known Issues
- The
MTLResource
is deprecated. (92862429)Workaround: Use.gpu Handle gpu
instead, which functions as a replacement.Resource ID
Metal Offline Compiler
Known Issues
Metal
effect outputs aren’t designed to be consumed by the CPU. Outputting to a texture that is read only by the CPU might result in synchronization issues. (91515075)Workaround: If a CPU reading of theFX Metal
output is desired, instead of encoding theFX Metal
effect as the last item in a command buffer, encode a dummy blit that consumes theFX Metal
output texture (a 1-pixel region blit is fine) in the command buffer. After the command buffer with the dummy blit is finished, reading of theFX Metal
effect output texture with CPU synchronizes correctly.FX
Networking
Deprecations
- FTP is deprecated for
URLSession
and related APIs. Please adopt modern secure networking protocols such as HTTPS. (92623659)
StoreKit
Deprecations
- Deprecated the SKDownload API and removed the option to upload nonconsumable in-app purchase assets for Apple to host. In addition, support for managing these assets in App Store Connect is no longer available as of April 2022. (89764253)
Swift
Known Issues
Network
resolved an issue that could cause.framework NWBrowser
,NWConnection
,NWConnection
,Group NWEthernet
,Channel NWListener
, andNWPath
to trigger a retain cycle when various Handler blocks are set. Starting with macOS 13, iOS 16, watchOS 9, and tvOS 16, if software usingMonitor Network
targets these releases as the minimum OS, the object releases any blocks they captured once cancelled, breaking the retain cycle. (89677097)Workaround: For software targeting older versions, the retain cycle can be broken by setting the handler blocks to.framework nil
after canceling the object.
SwiftUI
Known Issues
- Providing actions to a
navigation
modifier has been deprecated. Use theTitle toolbar
modifier orTitle Actions() Toolbar
type in a toolbar modifier instead. (93658035)Title Actions
Texts and Fonts
Deprecations
- ATS and ATSUI APIs are fully deprecated. Code using these APIs will fail to compile and link when the deployment target is set to 13. Code targeting earlier versions of macOS will continue to compile, link, and run. macOS 13 is the last release where code depending on ATS or ATSUI will run. All runtime functionality will be removed in next major release of macOS. (83581159)
Wallet
Known Issues
- American Express cards might need to be removed and re-added to Wallet after updating to macOS 13 beta 6 or later. (97990752)
iPadOS 16 Beta 9 Release Notes
Apple Pay
Known Issues
- Tapping the payment summary might cause the Apple Pay session to close unexpectedly. (99938299)
CoreGraphics
Deprecations
- To improve security,
CGImage
enforces parameter correctness on macOS 13 Ventura, iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 9, and tvOS 16. Passing an incorrectCreate CGImage
is no longer supported, and will result in images failing to load. (94855401)Byte Order Info
DeviceDiscoveryUI
Known Issues
- Devices running beta 4 or later aren’t backwards compatible with devices running earlier beta versions. (95233878)
Emoji
Known Issues
- The search field for the emoji Lock Screen editor is missing. (88603664)
Home
Resolved in iOS 16.1 beta 2
- Fixed: To pair Matter accessories, a profile must first be installed on your device. (99832852)
- Fixed: Removing Apple Home from the Matter accessory Connected Services menu in Home doesn’t remove the accessory tile. (77681079)
- Fixed: You might be unable to pair a Matter accessory if the accessory is already paired to a third-party ecosystem. (99671133)
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)
- You might be unable to pair using a Matter ECM code via the Matter Support Framework pairing API. (99232681)Workaround: Use “More Options” in the QR code pairing flow to select the accessory you’d like to pair.
- 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)
Known Issues
- Moving a Remind Me message to another mailbox doesn’t remove the Remind Me banner. (93671992)
Memory Allocation
Known Issues
- The system memory allocator
free
operation zeroes out all deallocated blocks in iPadOS 16 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 fromcalloc
. (97449075)
Maps
Deprecations
- Don’t use
MKMap
,Landscape MKStandard
,Map Configuration Map Mode [MKMap
, andView configuration] [MKStandard
. Use their functional equivalentsMap Configuration shows Buildings] MKMap
,Elevation Style MKStandard
, andMap Configuration .Emphasis Style preferred
, instead. Additionally,Configuration shows
is now deprecated. (93449747)Buildings
Metal
Known Issues
- When using the new Metal mesh shaders feature, render pipeline state objects (PSOs) created with a mesh shader stage but without a object shader stage can fail to compile or fail to work correctly on some devices. (89836551)Workaround: When creating render PSOs with a mesh shader stage, also include a (potentially trivial pass-through) object shader stage.
Deprecations
- The
MTLResource
is deprecated. Use.gpu Handle gpu
instead, which functions as a replacement. (92862429)Resource ID
Metal Offline Compiler
Known Issues
Metal
effect outputs aren’t designed to be consumed by the CPU. Outputting to a texture that is read only by the CPU might result in synchronization issues. (91515075)Workaround: If a CPU reading of theFX Metal
output is desired, instead of encoding theFX Metal
effect as the last item in a command buffer, encode a dummy blit that consumes theFX Metal
output texture (a 1-pixel region blit is fine) in the command buffer. After the command buffer with the dummy blit is finished, reading of theFX Metal
effect output texture with CPU synchronizes correctly.FX
Networking
Deprecations
- FTP is deprecated for
URLSession
and related APIs. Please adopt modern secure networking protocols such as HTTPS. (92623659)
StoreKit
Deprecations
- Deprecated the SKDownload API and removed the option to upload nonconsumable in-app purchase assets for Apple to host. In addition, support for managing these assets in App Store Connect is no longer available as of April 2022. (89764253)
SKAdNetwork
Resolved in iOS 16.1 beta 2
- Fixed: Postbacks might have an expectedly long time delay. (99637298)
SwiftUI
Known Issues
- Providing actions to a
navigation
modifier has been deprecated. Use theTitle toolbar
modifier orTitle Actions() Toolbar
type in a toolbar modifier instead. (93658035)Title Actions - Lists and tables might not clear their selection when exiting Edit Mode. (94093589)
UIKit
Deprecations
[UIView
has been deprecated is no longer supported.Controller should Autorotate] [UIView
has been deprecated and replaced withController attempt Rotation To Device Orientation] [UIView
.Workaround: Apps relying onController set Needs Update Of Supported Interface Orientations] should
should reflect their preferences using the view controllersAutorotate supported
. If the supported orientations change, use `-[UIViewController setNeedsUpdateOfSupportedInterfaceInterface Orientations
Wallet
Known Issues
- American Express cards might need to be removed and re-added to Wallet after updating to iPadOS 16 beta 6 or later. (97990752)
watchOS 9.1 Beta 2 Release Notes
Memory Allocation
Known Issues
- The system memory allocator
free
operation zeroes out all deallocated blocks in watchOS 9.1 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 fromcalloc
. (97449075)
tvOS 16.1 Beta 2 Release Notes
GameKit
Known Issues
- Projects that import the GameKit framework or add Game Controller capability (for example, add the
GCSupports
property) may fail to build in this beta. (99878945)Controller User Interaction
Memory Allocation
Known Issues
- The system memory allocator
free
operation zeroes out all deallocated blocks in tvOS 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 fromcalloc
. (97449075)
Xcode 14.1 Beta 1 Release Notes
General
Resolved in Xcode 14.1 Beta 1
- Starting in iPadOS 16.1, developers can turn on Stage Manager in the Simulator by using the appropriate setting in the Home Screen & Multitasking section of the Settings app. (95712631)
- When running in macOS 13 beta, AppIntents code may fail to build with Xcode 14. (99661742) (FB11470314)
Known Issues
- The
Activity
AsyncSream doesn’t send a new update when it’s changed in Settings.app (96630169)Workaround: Use the alternative synchonous version of the API:Authorization Info .activity Enablement Updates Activity
Authorization Info .are Activities Enabled - Importing ExtensionKit will cause the following compiler error:
`Cannot find type 'ExtensionKit_Private' in scope`
(98514060)
- iOS simulators may stop showing Live Activities and Dynamic Island features. (99108857)Workaround: Restart the affected simulator (Device -> Restart)
Interface Builder
New Features
- Interface Builder shows iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Ultra size models in the device bar. (99504634)
Simulator
Resolved in Xcode 14.1 Beta 1
- Xcode 14.1 beta 1 doesn’t currently include Simulator and Interface Builder support for iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max and Apple Watch Ultra. (98748736)Workaround: To develop or test for these new devices, use Xcode 14.
Known Issues
- Status Bar Overrides don’t take effect when running iOS 16 Beta 1. (99205239)
Source Editor
Resolved in Xcode 14.1 Beta 1
- Fixed an issue that affected reliability of dragging the program counter when debugging. (99465275)
Templates
Resolved in Xcode 14.1 Beta 1
- The macOS SDK included with Xcode 14.1 Beta 1 doesn’t include the latest BackgroundAssets API, so a Background Download Extension for macOS will not compile. The included iOS SDK does include the latest API. (99759893)