Apple has seeded the beta version of the iOS 8.1 update to developers, BGR reports.
The available download becomes one of the quickest ever released by Apple, as the tech giant typically offers up the first beta of new iOS versions a couple months after its initial release date. However, with Apple Pay on its way, new iPads reportedly scheduled for launches and the Apple Watch set to debut in early 2015, Apple has needed to speed up the software update process.
You can check out the full change log via BGR.
9to5Mac reported Monday that Apple is simultaneously testing the iOS 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 updates.
According to the website, server analytics suggest Apple is unusually testing more than one version at the same time, all of which are major updates - offering further proof the iOS 8 release schedule will be unlike its predecessors.
Apple released its iOS 8.0.2 update last Thursday "with improvements and bug fixes," but according to CNET, some users are still experiencing issues following the download.
The website reports that in a Reddit conversation thread, users in Australia are reporting that iOS 8.0.2 has not corrected the cellular connectivity and Touch ID problems that became apparent in 8.0.1, which wasreleased and then pulled by Apple for creating them.
CNET does note, however, that the issue doesn't appear to be widespread at this point.
Just five days after its release, iOS 8 was running on nearly half of all iOS devices visiting the App Store, according to Apple's developer support page.
The update was installed on about 46 percent of iOS devices, trailing its predecessor, iOS 7, by just three percent. Apple users typically update their devices very quickly, especially in comparison to their Android counterparts, as evidenced by 10-month-old KitKat's adoption rate of under 25 percent, The Verge notes.
Prior to the release of iOS 8 earlier this month, iOS 7 reportedly hit the 90 percent adoption mark.
While iOS 8 features an adoption rate much higher than Android KitKat, early figures suggested its adoption has been slower than iOS 7's, which nearly hit 38 percent one day after its release.
