Close on the heels of reports that Apple had pulled Group FaceTime from iOS 12 beta 7, complaints about the beta’s sluggish performance began to surface. One of the first was from Guilherme Rambo who posted a short video on Twitter demonstrating how slowly the App Store app launched under the beta:
Impressive launch times on iOS 12 beta 7 pic.twitter.com/ePQRHxL0va
— Guilherme Rambo (@_inside) August 13, 2018
Rambo also predicted Apple might remove the beta, which it did a short time later:
iOS 12 beta 7 is so bad I feel like Apple might take it down
— Guilherme Rambo (@_inside) August 13, 2018
The latest iOS 12 beta is no longer available as an over-the-air update via the Software Update section of the iOS Settings app. However, IPSW files for the beta, which can be installed via iTunes on a Mac, are still available from Apple’s developer portal. In light of the issues reported with the beta 7, if you haven’t already installed beta 7, it’s probably best to not download and install the IPSW files, until a more reliable version is released.