Apple pulls new iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and watchOS 11.4 beta from multiple devices

13 hours ago 4

Today, Apple has unsigned watchOS 11.4 beta 1 for all Apple Watch Series 6 models, meaning it is no longer possible for those users to test out the new beta. This news comes from Aaron Perris on X. They’ve also unsigned iOS 18.4 beta 1 for some iPhone 12 models.

watchOS 11.4 beta pulled

Apple released the watchOS 11.4 beta yesterday, alongside iOS 18.4 beta, visionOS 2.4 beta, and more. While those earlier betas had a number of new features, it isn’t quite clear what changed with watchOS 11.4 beta.

However, two users on the r/watchOSbeta subreddit reported that their Apple Watch bricked after installing the new update. One of them specified that they were using a Series 6, while the other didn’t specify. As a result, Apple seemingly decided to pull the new beta.

According to Aaron, this impacts all models of Series 6:

Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS, 40mm)
Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS, 44mm)
Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS + Cellular, 40mm)
Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS + Cellular, 44mm)

iOS and iPadOS 18.4 beta pulled

Additionally, Apple has unsigned iOS 18.4 beta 1 for a number of iOS devices, including most of the iPhone 12 lineup, a few iPad models released in 2020, and cellular versions of the most recent iPad Air model. It’s unclear what exactly the issue is here, but a number of users reported boot looping. Here’s a full list of pulled models:

iPhone 12 Pro
iPhone 12 Pro Max
iPhone 12 mini
iPad 8 (Cellular)
iPad Air 4 (Wi-Fi)
iPad Air 4 (Cellular)
iPad Air 11-inch (M2) (Cellular)
iPad Air 13-inch (M2) (Cellular)

Hopefully, it doesn’t take too long for Apple to re-release the betas. It’s interesting to me that most of the devices impacted were released during 2020.

My favorite iPhone accessories on Amazon: