v remains live and appears to be a carbon copy of, but it's unclear if the website has the same ownership. shut down in August to avoid a 'legal battle with Apple,' while Apple lawyers provided Twitter with DMCA takedown notices for over a dozen tweets containing links to v. Until now, anyone could easily install iOS developer betas for free by downloading the profiles from websites such as v.Īpple already cracked down on websites sharing developer beta profiles last year. This change will prevent iPhone users who aren't enrolled in Apple's Developer Program for $99 per year from installing the iOS 17 developer beta for free when it is released at WWDC in June. In future iOS releases, Apple says this menu will be the only way to enable developer betas, as profiles will stop working. The menu will only appear if a user's iPhone is signed into the same Apple ID they used to enroll in Apple's Developer Program. This menu will allow members of Apple's Developer Program to enable iOS developer betas directly on an iPhone, without needing to install a configuration profile from the Apple Developer website.

Starting with the iOS 16.4 beta, the iPhone has a new 'Beta Updates' menu in the Settings app under General → Software Update.

Iphone beta profiles