Apple pulls new iOS 18.4 and watchOS 11.4 betas from multiple devices

Today, Apple has unsigned watchOS 11.4 beta 1 for all Apple Watch Series 6 models, meaning it is no longer possible for those users to test out the new beta. This news comes from Aaron Perris on X. They’ve also unsigned iOS and iPadOS 18.4 beta 1 for some iPhones and iPads.

watchOS 11.4 beta pulled

Apple released the watchOS 11.4 beta yesterday, alongside iOS 18.4 beta, visionOS 2.4 beta, and more. While those earlier betas had a number of new features, it isn’t quite clear what changed with watchOS 11.4 beta.

However, two users on the r/watchOSbeta subreddit reported that their Apple Watch bricked after installing the new update. One of them specified that they were using a Series 6, while the other didn’t specify. As a result, Apple seemingly decided to pull the new beta.

According to Aaron, this impacts all models of Series 6:

• Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS, 40mm)
• Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS, 44mm)
• Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS + Cellular, 40mm)
• Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS + Cellular, 44mm)

iOS and iPadOS 18.4 beta pulled

Additionally, Apple has unsigned iOS 18.4 beta 1 for a number of iOS devices, including most of the iPhone 12 lineup, a few iPad models released in 2020, and cellular versions of the most recent iPad Air model. It’s unclear what exactly the issue is here, but a number of users reported boot looping. Here’s a full list of pulled models:

• iPhone 12 Pro
• iPhone 12 Pro Max
• iPhone 12 mini
• iPad 8 (Cellular)
• iPad Air 4 (Wi-Fi)
• iPad Air 4 (Cellular)
• iPad Air 11-inch (M2) (Cellular)
• iPad Air 13-inch (M2) (Cellular)

Hopefully, it doesn’t take too long for Apple to re-release the betas. It’s interesting to me that most of the devices impacted were released during 2020.

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