Release record

iOS 11.0

Full article

Public release

Recorded milestones: 14
Beta cycle: 106d
Average interval: 9d
Public release: Sep 19, 2017

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

Release overview

iOS 11.0 was publicly released on September 19, 2017. The annual platform release redesigned core system experiences while giving iPad a substantially broader set of multitasking and file-management tools.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The public feature set included a rebuilt App Store, the Files app and expanded iPad multitasking, ARKit, new Camera and Photos capabilities, Do Not Disturb While Driving, richer Maps guidance, and a redesigned Control Center.^[4]^[2]^[3]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

About the security content of iOS 11
Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-06T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 11.0 — Released September 19, 2017
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About iOS 11 Updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-15T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 11
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iOS 11 is available tomorrow
Apple Newsroom · Apple · 2017-09-18T00:00:00.000Z · Starting Tuesday; iOS 11 public availability
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About the security content of iOS 11
Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-06T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 11.0 — security content
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Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

feature · introduced

Siri introduced English translation requests

documentedcorroborated

The initial release notes identify the first supported language set for Siri translation.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS 11 beta 1 Release Notes (Apple-authored composite image) · Siri — New Features; 32221937

feature · introduced

Siri added and upgraded international voices

documentedcorroborated

Apple documented a broad international voice expansion in the first beta.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS 11 beta 1 Release Notes (Apple-authored composite image) · Siri — New Features; 32221950

developerApi · introduced

URL-session tasks exposed unified progress

documentedcorroborated

Apple’s initial notes introduce progress reporting across URL-session tasks.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS 11 beta 1 Release Notes (Apple-authored composite image) · Foundation — New Features; 30834550

developerApi · introduced

HTTP Brotli decoding arrived

documentedcorroborated

The Beta 1 document records Brotli as a newly supported HTTP content encoding.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS 11 beta 1 Release Notes (Apple-authored composite image) · Foundation — New Features; 27724985

feature · introduced

Safari adopted a new bookmark sync system

documentedcorroborated

Apple’s initial notes describe a silent migration to the new Safari synchronization system.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS 11 beta 1 Release Notes (Apple-authored composite image) · Safari — New Features; 22936727

developerApi · introduced

Background transfers gained future scheduling

documentedcorroborated

The first beta documented scheduling controls for deferred background network tasks.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS 11 beta 1 Release Notes (Apple-authored composite image) · Foundation — New Features; 27866330

feature · introduced

Hindi dictation and transliteration keyboards expanded

documentedcorroborated

The Beta 1 notes connect Hindi dictation with new Devanagari and transliteration keyboard choices.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS 11 beta 1 Release Notes (Apple-authored composite image) · Siri — New Features; 28833099

compatibility · knownIssue

Wi-Fi credential sharing required matching beta generations

documentedcorroborated

Apple documents a cross-beta compatibility boundary for credential and hotspot sharing.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Networking — Known Issues; 32500217

developerApi · introduced

Bluetooth LE L2CAP became fully available

documentedcorroborated

Apple’s record explicitly identifies Beta 2 as the point of full LE L2CAP functionality.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Bluetooth — Resolved Issues; 32493297

feature · introduced

Do Not Disturb While Driving switched on

documentedcorroborated

The Apple-authored transcript explicitly dates feature enablement to Beta 2.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Do Not Disturb — Resolved Issues; 32232545

behavior · changed

Drag-and-drop move policy tightened

documentedcorroborated

The transcript explicitly marks the allowsMoveOperation behavior change as starting in Beta 2.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · UIKit — Known Issues; 32416557

knownIssue · knownIssue

Keyboard choices could fail to persist

documentedcorroborated

The Beta 3 notes add a persistence problem affecting several keyboard preferences.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Keyboards — New Issues; 33092873
[2] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Keyboards; 33092873

bugFix · fixed

Siri directions worked during driving mode

documentedcorroborated

Apple places the driving-mode Maps interaction in Beta 3’s resolved list.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Maps — Resolved Issues; 32273986
[2] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Maps; 32273986

knownIssue · knownIssue

Restores could temporarily omit app identities

documentedcorroborated

Apple newly documents incomplete app identity display during a restore.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · iTunes — New Issues; 32543667
[2] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for iTunes; 32543667

developerApi · fixed

Vision accepted more Core ML output types

documentedcorroborated

The resolved record contrasts Beta 3 support with the classifier-only behavior of Beta 2 and earlier.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Vision; 32944774
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Vision — Resolved Issues; 32944774

knownIssue · knownIssue

Siri could carry context into a later request

documentedcorroborated

Beta 3 newly identifies stale request context in Siri.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Siri; 33148434
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Siri — New Issues; 33148434

developerApi · introduced

Safari authentication sessions gained a dedicated API

documentedcorroborated

Apple adds the authentication-session API to the Beta 3 framework notes.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for SafariServices; 32433374
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · SafariServices — New Features; 32433374

compatibility · changed

Empty URL-session headers reverted

documentedcorroborated

The record explicitly identifies Beta 3 as restoring the earlier header behavior for compatibility.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Foundation — New Issues; 32959604
[2] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Foundation; 32959604

enhancement · changed

Custom Safari activities moved forward

documentedcorroborated

Beta 3 changes the default placement of developer-provided Safari activities.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for SafariServices; 32661540
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · SafariServices — New Features; 32661540

knownIssue · knownIssue

Finnish notebook commands could fail across utterances

documentedcorroborated

Apple adds a language-specific SiriKit limitation for notebook commands.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Siri; 32272318
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Siri — New Issues; 32272318

knownIssue · knownIssue

Holding Home could stall Siri

documentedcorroborated

The third beta notes add a Siri timeout tied to an extended button hold.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Siri; 33086511
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Siri — New Issues; 33086511

behavior · changed

Control Center Wi-Fi became a temporary disconnect

documentedcorroborated

Apple introduces the revised Control Center Wi-Fi behavior in the third beta notes.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Control Center — New Features; 32299242
[2] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Control Center; 32299242

knownIssue · knownIssue

CarPlay’s Siri send control could error

documentedcorroborated

Apple newly records a message-send failure in the CarPlay Siri interface.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Siri; 33160022
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Siri — New Issues; 33160022

knownIssue · knownIssue

Proxy scripts could block URL loading

documentedcorroborated

Beta 3 adds a proxy-configuration failure affecting Apple networking clients.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Foundation — New Issues; 32883776
[2] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Foundation; 32883776

developerApi · introduced

Multipath networking gained a developer switch

documentedcorroborated

The third beta introduces a system setting for multipath networking experiments.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Networking — New Features; 32927263
[2] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Networking; 32927263

knownIssue · knownIssue

Offloaded apps could inflate restored backups

documentedcorroborated

Beta 3 newly records a duplicate restoration path for offloaded applications.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · App Store — New Issues; 31461664
[2] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for App Store; 31461664

knownIssue · knownIssue

Calendar drag operations could crash

documentedcorroborated

The Beta 3 issue inventory adds a Calendar failure during drag and drop.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Calendar — New Issues; 33039833
[2] iOS 11 beta 2 Release Notes (Apple-authored transcript) · Predecessor boundary for Calendar; 33039833

bugFix · fixed

iTunes synchronized 32-bit apps correctly

documentedcorroborated

Beta 4 moves the 32-bit synchronization defect from known to resolved.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · 32-bit Apps — Resolved Issues; 32356790
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for 32-bit Apps; 32356790

knownIssue · knownIssue

Siri knowledge results could render poorly outside US English

documentedcorroborated

Apple adds a localization-related presentation problem for Siri results.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Siri; 33404897
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Siri — New Issues; 33404897

bugFix · fixed

Citi Mobile launch crash resolved

documentedcorroborated

Beta 4 closes the previously documented Citi Mobile startup failure.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · 3rd Party Apps — Resolved Issues; 31336493
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for 3rd Party Apps; 31336493

bugFix · fixed

DEP-enrolled iPads gained iCloud backup

documentedcorroborated

Beta 4 lifts the documented iCloud backup restriction on DEP-enrolled iPads.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · iCloud — Resolved Issues; 32027587
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for iCloud; 32027587

feature · introduced

A Najdi Arabic keyboard was added

documentedcorroborated

Apple adds the Najdi Arabic keyboard in the fourth beta document.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Keyboards — New Features; 29187663
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Keyboards; 29187663

bugFix · fixed

CarPlay’s Siri send control worked

documentedcorroborated

Apple moves the CarPlay message-send failure into Beta 4’s resolved list.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Siri; 33160022
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Siri — Resolved Issues; 33160022

bugFix · fixed

Phone-number Apple IDs could create child accounts

documentedcorroborated

Beta 4 resolves the child-account creation restriction for phone-number identities.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Apple ID — Resolved Issues; 32130392
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Apple ID; 32130392

bugFix · fixed

Keyboard state changes persisted

documentedcorroborated

Beta 4 resolves the keyboard preference persistence issue introduced in Beta 3.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Keyboards — Resolved Issues; 33092873
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Keyboards; 33092873

knownIssue · knownIssue

Windowed-video AirPlay could crash applications

documentedcorroborated

The fourth beta adds an AirPlay crash affecting several windowed-video applications.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · AirPlay — New Issues; 33331364
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for AirPlay; 33331364

knownIssue · knownIssue

Simulator Touch ID authentication was unreliable

documentedcorroborated

Beta 4 adds a simulator-only Touch ID framework limitation.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Touch ID; 33355624
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Touch ID — New Issues; 33355624

knownIssue · knownIssue

Phone recents could dial the wrong row

documentedcorroborated

Apple adds a selection hazard caused by stale ordering in Phone recents.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Phone — New Issues; 33094744
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Phone; 33094744

bugFix · fixed

Item-provider progress advanced correctly

documentedcorroborated

Beta 4 resolves stalled proportional progress reporting for item providers.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Foundation — Resolved Issues; 32385051
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Foundation; 32385051

knownIssue · knownIssue

Music downloads could be misclassified in cellular usage

documentedcorroborated

Apple newly documents inaccurate attribution in the cellular usage interface.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Settings; 32353045
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Settings — New Issues; 32353045

bugFix · fixed

Extended Home-button Siri requests completed

documentedcorroborated

Beta 4 resolves the long-button-hold timeout documented in Beta 3.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Siri; 33086511
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Siri — Resolved Issues; 33086511

compatibility · knownIssue

Some cipher suites required TLS 1.2

documentedcorroborated

Beta 4 adds a cross-platform TLS negotiation restriction.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Security; 33140907
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Security — New Issues; 33140907

bugFix · fixed

PDF bookmark editing stopped freezing iBooks

documentedcorroborated

The fourth beta resolves a PDF bookmark stability problem.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · iBooks — Resolved Issues; 32625432
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for iBooks; 32625432

knownIssue · knownIssue

FaceTime Live Photos defaulted off

documentedcorroborated

Apple introduces a default-state limitation for FaceTime Live Photos.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · FaceTime — New Issues; 33322822
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for FaceTime; 33322822

bugFix · fixed

Recent photos imported into VSCO

documentedcorroborated

Apple marks the recent-photo VSCO import problem as resolved.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · 3rd Party Apps — Resolved Issues; 32582234
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for 3rd Party Apps; 32582234

bugFix · fixed

Purchased books downloaded again after deletion

documentedcorroborated

Apple closes the documented repeat-download failure for purchased books.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · iBooks — Resolved Issues; 32775084
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for iBooks; 32775084

knownIssue · knownIssue

Siri could skip emergency-number disambiguation

documentedcorroborated

The fourth beta adds a regional emergency-number selection issue.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Siri; 31805684
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Siri — New Issues; 31805684

bugFix · fixed

Safari content-blocker memory increase was removed

documentedcorroborated

The Beta 4 notes close the temporary content-blocker memory regression.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Safari; 32330531
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Safari — Resolved Issues; 32330531

bugFix · fixed

Pinterest email sign-in recovered

documentedcorroborated

Apple moves Pinterest email authentication into the resolved section.

Recorded at Beta 4

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · 3rd Party Apps — Resolved Issues; 31866166
[2] iOS 11 beta 3 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for 3rd Party Apps; 31866166

bugFix · fixed

Siri distinguished Chinese emergency numbers

documentedcorroborated

Apple resolves the regional emergency-number selection problem.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Siri; 31805684
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Siri — Resolved Issues; 31805684

knownIssue · knownIssue

Debugging a disabled Messages extension could crash

documentedcorroborated

Apple adds an Xcode workflow hazard involving disabled Messages extensions.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Xcode; 33657938
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Xcode — New Issues; 33657938

bugFix · fixed

Message extensions inserted into compose sheets

documentedcorroborated

Beta 5 resolves message-extension insertion in the compose interface.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Messages — Resolved Issues; 32087732
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Messages; 32087732

knownIssue · knownIssue

Recent Health favorites disappeared

documentedcorroborated

The Beta 5 notes establish a data-state boundary for Health favorites.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Health app — New Issues; 30774300
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Health app; 30774300

knownIssue · knownIssue

Vision landmark regions were unavailable to Swift

documentedcorroborated

Beta 5 adds a Swift availability gap in the Vision framework.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Vision; 33191123
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Vision — New Issues; 33191123

knownIssue · knownIssue

Simulator-local documents could not reopen

documentedcorroborated

Beta 5 adds a Simulator document-browser persistence issue.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Files App — New Issues; 32947101
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Files App; 32947101

bugFix · fixed

Windowed-video AirPlay stopped crashing apps

documentedcorroborated

Beta 5 resolves the multi-application AirPlay crash introduced in Beta 4.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · AirPlay — Resolved Issues; 33331364
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for AirPlay; 33331364

bugFix · fixed

Simulator Touch ID authentication recovered

documentedcorroborated

Beta 5 closes the simulator-only authentication issue introduced in Beta 4.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Touch ID; 33355624
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Touch ID — Resolved Issues; 33355624

knownIssue · knownIssue

Voicemail controls could become disabled

documentedcorroborated

Beta 5 newly documents disabled controls in the Voicemail tab.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Phone — New Issues; 33351538
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Phone; 33351538

bugFix · fixed

Navigation search controllers supported scroll views

documentedcorroborated

Apple resolves a UIKit search-controller integration limitation.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for UIKit; 32511772
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · UIKit — Resolved Issues; 32511772

bugFix · fixed

Calendar accepted dragged items

documentedcorroborated

Beta 5 moves the Calendar drag crash from known to resolved.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Calendar — Resolved Issues; 33039833
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Calendar; 33039833

bugFix · fixed

FaceTime Live Photos defaulted on

documentedcorroborated

Apple reverses the disabled default documented in Beta 4.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · FaceTime — Resolved Issues; 33322822
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for FaceTime; 33322822

knownIssue · knownIssue

Proxy evaluation could break nonsecure streams

documentedcorroborated

Apple adds a stream-task failure tied to WPAD or PAC evaluation errors.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Foundation — New Issues; 33609198
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Foundation; 33609198

knownIssue · knownIssue

Simulator Cover Sheet could not be opened

documentedcorroborated

Beta 5 adds a Simulator interaction issue affecting Cover Sheet.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Xcode; 33274699
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Xcode — New Issues; 33274699

removal · removed

Messages in iCloud was withdrawn

documentedcorroborated

The Beta 5 document explicitly records the feature’s removal and later return plan.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Messages — New Issues; issue-less Messages in iCloud removal statement
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Messages

bugFix · fixed

Camera calibration data returned without depth capture

documentedcorroborated

Apple closes the calibration-data delivery dependency in Beta 5.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · AVFoundation — Resolved Issues; 32209427
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for AVFoundation; 32209427

knownIssue · knownIssue

Conference calls showed only one participant number

documentedcorroborated

Apple adds a participant-display limitation for conference calls.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Phone — New Issues; 33325487
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Phone; 33325487

bugFix · fixed

Phone recents refreshed before selection

documentedcorroborated

The Beta 5 notes resolve the wrong-row selection issue added in Beta 4.

Recorded at Beta 5

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Phone — Resolved Issues; 33094744
[2] iOS 11 beta 4 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Phone; 33094744

bugFix · fixed

Conference calls displayed all participant numbers

documentedcorroborated

Beta 6 resolves the single-participant display limitation from Beta 5.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Phone — Resolved Issues; 33325487
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Phone; 33325487

bugFix · fixed

Notes worked after backup-based reinstallation

documentedcorroborated

Apple resolves a Notes restoration and reinstallation failure.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Notes — Resolved Issues; 32499971
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Notes; 32499971

bugFix · fixed

Setup Assistant progress bars completed accurately

documentedcorroborated

Beta 6 resolves misleading progress indicators in Setup Assistant.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Setup Assistant; 32715751
[2] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Setup Assistant — Resolved Issues; 32715751

bugFix · fixed

Child Apple ID terms no longer froze

documentedcorroborated

Apple resolves the frozen terms screen in child-account creation.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Family Sharing — Resolved Issues; 32365952
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Family Sharing; 32365952

bugFix · fixed

Family setup opened after payment verification

documentedcorroborated

Beta 6 repairs the payment-verification path into Family setup.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Family Sharing — Resolved Issues; 32056496
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Family Sharing; 32056496

bugFix · fixed

Pending family invitations appeared

documentedcorroborated

The sixth beta restores pending invitation visibility.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Family Sharing — Resolved Issues; 32602074
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Family Sharing; 32602074

knownIssue · knownIssue

Simulator could load the wrong SiriKit extension version

documentedcorroborated

The sixth beta adds a Simulator extension-version conflict.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for SiriKit; 33663314
[2] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · SiriKit — New Issues; 33663314

bugFix · fixed

Rotation no longer disabled Apple Pencil

documentedcorroborated

The sixth beta fixes an orientation-related Apple Pencil interruption.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Notes — Resolved Issues; 32020094
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Notes; 32020094

bugFix · fixed

iCloud family-storage confirmation closed

documentedcorroborated

Apple resolves a stuck confirmation screen in the storage-sharing flow.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Family Sharing — Resolved Issues; 32458127
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Family Sharing; 32458127

bugFix · fixed

App Store launches preserved audio playback

documentedcorroborated

Apple resolves the App Store audio interruption in Beta 6.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · App Store — Resolved Issues; 32043325
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for App Store; 32043325

bugFix · fixed

Music-player current-item assignment worked

documentedcorroborated

Beta 6 repairs programmatic now-playing item selection.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Media — Resolved Issues; 32258814
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Media; 32258814

bugFix · fixed

DIRECTV launch crash resolved

documentedcorroborated

Beta 6 moves the DIRECTV startup problem into the resolved list.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · 3rd Party Apps — Resolved Issues; 29533442
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for 3rd Party Apps; 29533442

knownIssue · knownIssue

Audiobus 3 could crash on launch

documentedcorroborated

Apple adds an application-compatibility warning for Audiobus 3.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · 3rd Party Apps — New Issues; 33764353
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for 3rd Party Apps; 33764353

knownIssue · knownIssue

AT&T data-plan purchases could leave stale settings

documentedcorroborated

Apple adds an account-display issue following AT&T plan activation.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Settings; 33043804
[2] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Settings — New Issues; 33043804

bugFix · fixed

Family location sharing activated

documentedcorroborated

Beta 6 closes the Family Sharing location-activation failure.

Recorded at Beta 6

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Family Sharing — Resolved Issues; 32746961
[2] iOS 11 beta 5 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Family Sharing; 32746961

developerApi · changed

Bluetooth state reflected Control Center limits

documentedcorroborated

Beta 7 documents how Core Bluetooth reports a user-limited radio state.

Recorded at Beta 7

[1] iOS 11 beta 7 Release Notes · Bluetooth — New Features; 33226095
[2] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Bluetooth; 33226095

compatibility · fixed

TLS cipher-suite restriction was removed

documentedcorroborated

Beta 7 reverses the cross-platform TLS restriction introduced in Beta 4.

Recorded at Beta 7

[1] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Security; 33140907
[2] iOS 11 beta 7 Release Notes · Security — Resolved Issues; 33140907

knownIssue · knownIssue

Complex-passcode Shared iPad users needed manual login

documentedcorroborated

Apple adds a Classroom sign-in limitation and identifies manual credential entry as the workaround.

Recorded at Beta 7

[1] iOS 11 beta 7 Release Notes · Classroom — New Issues; 30567424
[2] iOS 11 beta 6 Release Notes · Predecessor boundary for Classroom; 30567424

enhancement · changed

Camera and Photos expansion

documentedconfirmed

The release added more efficient media formats and broadened capture, editing, and playback tools for photos and video.

Recorded at Public

[1] About iOS 11 Updates · iOS 11 — Camera; Photos
[2] iOS 11 is available tomorrow · Photos Look Even More Professional

enhancement · changed

Redesigned App Store

documentedconfirmed

iOS 11 replaced the prior storefront with a discovery-focused design and new navigation for apps and games.

Recorded at Public

[1] About iOS 11 Updates · iOS 11 — App Store
[2] iOS 11 is available tomorrow · The All-New App Store

developerApi · introduced

ARKit augmented-reality framework

documentedconfirmed

Apple introduced ARKit as the platform framework for augmented-reality apps on supported iPhone and iPad hardware.

Recorded at Public

[1] iOS 11 is available tomorrow · Immersive Augmented Reality
[2] About iOS 11 Updates · iOS 11 — Augmented Reality

security · fixed

iOS 11 security baseline

documentedconfirmed

Apple’s advisory lists a broad set of CVE-tracked fixes shipped with the September 19 public release.

Recorded at Public

[1] About the security content of iOS 11 · iOS 11 — security content

feature · introduced

Driving, Maps, and Control Center changes

documentedconfirmed

iOS 11 added driving-focused notification controls and new navigation information while consolidating Control Center.

Recorded at Public

[1] About iOS 11 Updates · iOS 11 — Maps; Do Not Disturb while Driving; Other features and improvements
[2] iOS 11 is available tomorrow · Stay Focused on the Road; More Ways to Navigate with Apple Maps

feature · introduced

Files and expanded iPad multitasking

documentedconfirmed

The release made files easier to organize across local and cloud providers and broadened multi-app workflows on iPad.

Recorded at Public

[1] About iOS 11 Updates · iOS 11 — New features designed for iPad; Files
[2] iOS 11 is available tomorrow · iPad Becomes Even More Powerful

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

Jun 5, 2017
Developer beta
Beta 1
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Beta 1 is represented by 7 narrowly attributed Apple-developer-note records. Carried cumulative notes, publisher observations, and unsupported build claims are excluded.
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12 linked
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Jun 21, 2017+16 days
Developer beta
Beta 2
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Beta 2 is represented by 4 narrowly attributed Apple-developer-note records. Carried cumulative notes, publisher observations, and unsupported build claims are excluded.
Availability
available
Sources
9 linked
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Jun 26, 2017+5 days
Developer beta
Beta 2 Update
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Build 15A5304j; revised developer seed for select older devices
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Jun 26, 2017+0 days
Public beta
Public Beta 1
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Build 15A5304j
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Jul 10, 2017+14 days
Developer beta
Beta 3
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Beta 3 is represented by 16 narrowly attributed Apple-developer-note records. Carried cumulative notes, publisher observations, and unsupported build claims are excluded.
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available
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39 linked
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Jul 24, 2017+14 days
Developer beta
Beta 4
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available
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51 linked
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Aug 7, 2017+14 days
Developer beta
Beta 5
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available
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43 linked
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Aug 14, 2017+7 days
Developer beta
Beta 6
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available
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37 linked
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Aug 21, 2017+7 days
Developer beta
Beta 7
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Beta 7 is represented by 3 narrowly attributed Apple-developer-note records. Carried cumulative notes, publisher observations, and unsupported build claims are excluded.
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available
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13 linked
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Aug 28, 2017+7 days
Developer beta
Beta 8
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available
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Aug 31, 2017+3 days
Developer beta
Beta 9
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available
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Sep 6, 2017+6 days
Developer beta
Beta 10
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Sep 12, 2017+6 days
Golden master
GM
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Sep 19, 2017+7 days
Public release
Public
Full articleEditorially verified
iOS 11.0 reached the public release channel on September 19, 2017. iOS 11.0 was publicly released on September 19, 2017. The annual platform release redesigned core system experiences while giving iPad a substantially broader set of multitasking and file-management tools. This article records the public appearance only and does not assign cumulative notes to an earlier beta.
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Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for major releases

101 days, 9.8 milestones

Based on 17 previous iOS .0 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

106d (avg: 57d)

49 days longer than the iOS average

Longest gap in this cycle

16 days

Between Beta 1 and Beta 2

Previous .0 releases (iOS)

Previous comparable iOS releases
Version	Year	Cycle	Milestones	Avg. Interval
iOS 26.0	2025	98d	15	8d
iOS 18.0	2024	98d	12	9d
iOS 17.0	2023	105d	13	9d
iOS 16.0	2022	98d	12	10d
iOS 15.0	2021	105d	12	11d
iOS 14.0	2020	86d	10	10d

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Official release notes