It’s not uncommon for Apple to make two iOS betas available at the same time in the summer. While the longer-term iOS beta for the fall is taking place (that’s iOS 18 this year), a smaller release for the current version is being tested for a more immediate release (that’s iOS 17). So yes, all the cool new stuff is in the iOS 18 beta, but Apple just released the first developer beta of iOS 17.6 as well. The
