Open Safari on your iPhone and visit the Apple Beta Software Program website.You must install the iOS 16 beta profile to get started, but it only takes a minute.

You’ll first need to sign up for the Apple Beta Software Program and then install a configuration profile so your iPhone knows to download the iOS 16 update. How to install the iOS 16 beta on your iPhone

iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max.

iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max.

iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Make sure your iPhone is compatible with iOS 16 before you install it. Here’s how to install the iOS 16 public beta on your iPhone.

(You never know what can happen with beta software.) That said, in our experience, the iOS 16 developer and public betas have been pretty stable and most of the bugs have already been ironed out. Ideally, we’d suggest installing the update on an iPhone that isn’t your main device to prevent any potential data loss. But you can totally try iOS 16 now, if you don’t mind rolling the dice on a beta. All signs point to Apple officially releasing iOS 16 sometime in the middle of September, likely right around when the iPhone 14 comes out.

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