Apple issues fourth public & developer betas of iOS 10.1 with Portrait photos for iPhone 7 Plus

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Apple issues fourth public & developer betas of iOS 10.1 with Portrait photos for iPhone 7 Plus

Apple on Monday seeded a fourth iOS 10.1 beta to registered developers, as well as the general public — potentially the final beta before the update is officially released.

Developers already on the 10.1 track can download the new beta as an over-the-air update. Otherwise, they'll have to go to Apple's to download it. Everyone else must be registered with Apple's .

It's not clear what changes are in the new code, but Apple is likely extremely close to finishing the update, since it rarely issues more than four betas for a point release, if that many.

iOS 10.1 is mostly expected to clean up bugs missed in 10.0.2 and 10.0.3. Among these are problems with CallKit, preventing call-directory extensions from working reliably.

The main feature, though, will be a promised Portrait mode for the iPhone 7 Plus. The technology takes advantage of the Plus' twin cameras, identifying a subject then artificially blurring the background to simulate bokeh.

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full release, now please. :p

Public Beta out now as well.

Also, here's a photo in portrait mode. Not too bad.

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Public Beta out now as well.

Also, here's a photo in portrait mode. Not too bad.

That's actually the least attractive photo I've seen using this feature. The blur doesn't make any sense optically.

Please, bring back star ratings in iOS music app!

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Public Beta out now as well.

Also, here's a photo in portrait mode. Not too bad.

That's actually the least attractive photo I've seen using this feature. The blur doesn't make any sense optically.

Seriously, the text is sharp in the front row but the frames are blurry? I had hoped for much better.