Apple releases iOS 12 public beta with group notifications, ARKit 2, improved Performance for iPhone and iPad

Apple introduced the iOS 12 at the WWDC earlier this month, and it was made available for developers in Beta soon after the announcement. Now the company has released the first public beta release for iPhone and iPad. This gives non-developers a chance to test the software ahead of its official fall release. This first public beta might be based on the second developer beta, which was released last week.  Beta testers who have signed up for Apple's beta testing program will be receiving the iOS 12 update over-the-air after installing the proper certificate on an iOS device. The iOS 12 brings Improved Performance, Siri Shortcuts, Group FaceTime, Memoji, Screen Time, Shared AR Experiences and more. It improves the performance on iPhone and iPad going all the way back to iPhone 5s. It brings up to 70% faster swipe to Camera, 50% faster keyboard display, up to 2x faster app launch under heavy workload and apps can launch up to twice as fast. iOS 12 also expands Group FaceTime to do video and audio chats with up to 32 people at once. AR experiences can now be shared across time and fixed to real-world locations, so you can create a piece of AR art and can be viewed later in the same place ...