Apple Seeds iOS 10.1 Beta 1 to Developers With the New ‘Portrait’ Mode

Apple has just seeded the first beta of iOS 10 to developers, a little over a week after releasing iOS 10 to the public. iOS 10.1, as a major point update, will likely introduce bug fixes and perhaps bring a few new minor features to the operating system.

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iOS 10 has been described by Apple as the “biggest release ever” for iOS uses, with features that include a redesigned Lock screen, a Siri SDK to allow third-party apps to integrate with Siri, and a completely overhauled Messages app with stickers, a full App Store, Digital Touch, Bubble Effects, and more.

Perhaps the most significant change in this first 10.1 beta is the addition of Portrait camera mode— a software feature for the iPhone 7 Plus Apple showed off earlier this month that creates a ‘bokeh’ effect.

TechCrunch’s Matthew Panzarino has a great breakdown of how it works:

The Portrait mode, which displays a beta notification prominently on first launch, resides to the right side of the standard photo mode in your camera app. There is no zooming, digital or otherwise, in Portrait mode. Instead, the Portrait mode exclusively uses the 56mm lens to shoot the image and the wide angle lens to gather the perspective data that allows it to generate a 9-layer depth map.

The new software can be installed through the dedicated Apple developer site. A public beta will more than likely follow soon. If there is anything new discovered in the beta release, we’ll update this post accordingly.

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