It appears that Apple will be turning to the public to improve iOS stability. The company will reportedly be offering a public beta test of new iOS releases in the near future, much like their public betas of OS X, which began in 2014 ahead of the launch of OS X Yosemite. The iOS public betas will reportedly utilize Apple's current AppleSeed public testing program, and begin in March with iOS 8.3, followed this summer by iOS 9.
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