iOS 7 Beta 2 Brings iPad Support, Voice Memos, Other Improvements

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Posted June 24, 2013 at 5:54pm by Shalom Levytam

Apple has added iPad support to iOS 7 with its release of iOS 7 beta 2 today. The new firmware just became available to developers for download.

The beta supports the second, third, and fourth generation iPad as well as the iPad mini.

In addition to iPad support, iOS 7 brings a bunch of new features that we will be listing below.

If you are a developer you can click the link below to download the new ipsws.

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WHAT'S NEW IN IOS 7 BETA 2

Voice Memos
iOS 7 beta 2 brings back Voice Memos. You can check out a couple screenshots of the Voice Memos app below

iOS 7 Beta 2 Brings iPad Support, Voice Memos, Other Improvements

Reminders
Apple has improved the Reminders app adding a new scheduled button to the right of the search bar which brings up a list of your upcoming appointments/events.

Weather
New list icon at the bottom right.

Messages
Group chat now has contact photos! Drag to the left to display message times.

Siri
New male and female voices.

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Mostafa - June 26, 2013 at 7:04am

beta 2 is faster battery lives longer less bugs more features .. what is left the apps developers improves their apps to work on ios; some apps still crashes .. finally recommended! :)

cciev - June 25, 2013 at 1:52pm

Fixes - battery drain issue has been fixed - Auto-lock now works - A few more apps are working ok Issues - lockscreen calender is still out of sync - some apps still crashing

Lenny - June 25, 2013 at 9:52am

Stop icon wiggle ? Can't turn off wiggle. Beta 2 icon wiggle buggy... ios in general: Apple either isn't listening, or, they don't care what user's actually want integrated in the OS. And with this attitude towards the customer, no matter how 'great' their phone is, they will lose a large percentage of their customer base. Apple seems to be headed in the direction that all U.S. corporations are going, profit first, customer second. They got it reversed.

kloquewerk - June 25, 2013 at 3:35pm

Does MS Windows ask you what you want and they incorporate into into their OS? Does Ford ask you what you want to see in their new cars and use that in their plans? Does Starbucks ask what ingredients you'd like to see in their coffee? You can't be serious about thinking a multi-billion dollar company is going to please everyone and take suggestions on what YOU want in THEIR product. I'm guessing you didn't think about it that way, did you? For every one of you, there is 1,000 of them. "Them" being people who don't mind these changes and don't complain about a product that they don't have to purchase.

Joe - June 25, 2013 at 6:12am

Nonsens! Apple is falling behind with those releases of betas

csc - June 25, 2013 at 12:45am

what about the limitations with flash and java sites. do I still need to buy a surface pro?

Koray Birand - June 25, 2013 at 12:40am

Any improvements with Newsstand, is it back to normal or still buggy ?

Mike - June 25, 2013 at 12:18am

I kinda like the new flat look, but there should be an option to change color themes of all the flat white/gray/translucent items... Come on Apple, you can do better!

farvnot - June 25, 2013 at 12:20am

The White is nice for the first day - then it's totally boring.... Blah!

Victor - June 24, 2013 at 11:17pm

The contact search is now wonky. It can search but once you go back from contact it doesn't show the cancel search or the rest of your contacts. The only solution is to close contacts app and launch again. --- Big Bug

ipadguy - June 24, 2013 at 8:35pm

Everything don't work its not close to 100% if u don't want all your apps working then do the update to iOS 7!

Olivier - June 25, 2013 at 4:05am

Oh you just figured it out that beta are not the best... beta`s comes with those things: -less battery life -bugg/glitch/freeze -crashes (respring) -less features -and NO SUPPORT cause they are for DEV`s

Tara - June 24, 2013 at 8:21pm

iOS7 on iphone: calendar entries not visible when month in view. May be apple will reconsider that they should be visible. I prefer yellow memo pad. Apple should give a choice to us.

Victor - June 24, 2013 at 8:21pm

Also they now include their own version of password vault, a la LastPass, it is called KeyChain. Not sure if this was annouced or not but it seems like a nice tool. It will allow you to choose which devices get what information (rough translation of information).

Victor - June 24, 2013 at 8:17pm

App download no longer asks for password when you download previously purchased apps. Still not synching to all but working better. Also there is a boost in speed and stability in this beta.

JP - June 24, 2013 at 9:13pm

Now THAT is a relief. Was so annoying seeing they eliminated that feature in iOS 6.1 only to bring it back in iOS 7. Thanks for letting us know that. I will definitely be updating to beta 2 later

julian - June 24, 2013 at 7:17pm

if you side swipe text messages, the time will appear.

Tara - June 24, 2013 at 7:01pm

Calendar Appointment Preview NOT GOOD: They do not work like IOS6.1.4. I prefer a dot or dots on date where I have appointments (like in iOS6.1.4). In older system when I touch the date with dots the appointment can be seen at the bottom. No such thing in this. I did not like the new Calendar. PLEASE BRING BACK CALENDAR LIKE iOS6.1.4

days123 - June 24, 2013 at 7:05pm

lol you sound like my ex always moaning about stuff have have the same name

vinitmenon - June 24, 2013 at 6:25pm

music player does not work from control centre and from lock screen in beta 2

vinitmenon - June 24, 2013 at 6:38pm

restart fixed it. but dock color is not fixed

hah - June 24, 2013 at 6:07pm

send NO dollars to anyone offering to add UDID unless you're standing next to that person. don't be a moron.

justabrake - June 24, 2013 at 6:06pm

I would not want 2 devices to have battery drainage I'll just stick with my iphone 5

days234 - June 24, 2013 at 6:04pm

don't buy it can get it free just update to ios7 don't restore to it

kvinar - June 24, 2013 at 6:00pm

It's available as OTA, so just downloading dirrectly via phone :)

kvinar - June 24, 2013 at 7:11pm

Just finished update via OTA on iPhone 4 32 GB black w/o dev account and seems to works well :)