iOS 17.4 beta and TVOS 17.4 beta have been released

By Daniel Angus M…, 27 January, 2024

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iOS 17.4 and TVOS 17.4 betas are out! Can't speak to TVOS, as I do not have an Apple TV. iOS, however, has new options for stolen device protection, Sideloading for EU, third-party game stores, and lots of fixes. Sadley, the bug where Eloquence does not start upon first boot is not yet fixt. VoiceOver has object detection without LIDR, as when my iPhone 12 Pro Max rebooted, VoiceOver said, object detected. I'll do some more testing on that front. the beta on iOS is stable, with not many new bugs, as far as I know.

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By Igna Triay on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 17:34

So is the sideloading only available for the e u and not anyware else?

By Ash Rein on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 17:34

Unfortunately, this is an issue in iOS 17.3. But since we’re moving forward and testing, it is also an issue in iOS 17.4 beta. So if you go into the today tab of the News app, navigating my heading is now not possible. Apple accessibility is aware of the issue. However, it needs more people to reach out so that they have an incentive to fix it. I believe the issue also exists in the sports tab of the news app. But it’s predominantly an issue in the today tab.

By wiljames on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 17:34

I have already filed , a bug report on this. This is the text selection in the rotor. No matter which option you choose, line, word, page, etc., no speech is spoken telling you what you have selected.

By Levi Gobin on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 17:34

I noticed the other day that all of the sliders in the per voice settings are now adjustable, rather than having to manually tap on increment in decrement buttons like crazy.
If anyone is in the EU on this form and can try side loading, I’m very curious to see how it works.
I’m myself living in the US, so I don’t get to try it.
I’ve noticed that 17.4 has been extremely stable. My phone does heat up a lot and it goes through the battery really quickly, but that’s to be expected with the beta and also using your phone as a hotspot.

By Ash Rein on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 17:34

As I always ask everyone, did you reset all settings to see if this occurs even after that point? That’s an important part of beta testing. I’m using several devices to test iOS 17.4 beta and have not yet come across that issue. Not saying that it doesn’t exist. But even editing this post, I used tech selection and Got voiceover feedback

By peter on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 17:34

I am not testing the betas since I only have one iOS device (my iPhone) and that is too important to me for betas.

But for one of you beta testers out there that would like to provide some feedback on the News app for me, here it is:

Problem: When using VO and closing an article in the News app by hitting the "Back" button, focus does not return to the listing of the news article one was reading. Rather, focus returns to some random position in the list of articles. This makes it difficult to read sequential articles without a lot of hunting around.

Contrast this to the behavior when exiting a group of articles within a section. Here, when hitting the "back" button to return to the list of news articles and sections, focus is returned to the section which one just exited. This type of behavior should also happen when exiting individual articles within a section but does not.

Steps to reproduce (if needed):
1. Activate a group of news articles within a section such as "Politics" which is under my "Favorites".
2. Navigate to a particular article within the section such as "This article'".
3. Activate the article ("this articlel"), i.e., open the article.
4. Activate the "Back button" to close the article.
5. Expected behavior: Focus should be on the original article that the user just closed, i.e., focus should be on "this article".
6. Actual behavior: Focus is on a random article in the list of articles.

--Pete

By Brian on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 17:34

So this exists now in 17.3. I am confirming if it has been addressed or resolved in the current beta of 17.4.

The bug is a small thing, but here goes:

1. Go to Settings > Safari. Double tap here.
2. In the Safari settings, navigate by Heading until you reach the 'Tabs' section.

There should be 2 buttons as of 17.3, a Tab Bar and a Single Tab button.

What you actually get are 2 unlabeled buttons.

iPhone SE2
iOS 17.3

By beero on Saturday, January 27, 2024 - 17:34

as i see this ios has many VO. accessibility buggs, i think this is first time apple not care of accessibility, i still worried to update to ios 17, any hope to see fixing for these issues? do you tink that latest beta is going better? i've iPhone SE-3.

By Andy Lane on Saturday, January 27, 2024 - 17:34

In 17.4 the buttons are labeled correctly. There are 3 buttons FYI, Tab Bar, Single tab and tab bar in landscape. Hope that helps.

By Brian on Saturday, January 27, 2024 - 17:34

While I am one of those folks who locks their iPhone in Portrait mode, it is still nice to see more tab browsing options.

As for my issue, I am not sure if it has fixed itself, or if I have been hallucinating, but looking at Safari settings today, and the buttons are once again labeled. . . 🤯

By TheBllindGuy07 on Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 17:34

This was present on my iphone since the first stable version of ios 17, Iphone 14. Will re report back to Feedback