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TL;DR
- iOS 17 beta 1 doesn’t have something associated to iPhone sideloading.
- Rumors closely steered that iPhones would get this energy in 2023.
- Perhaps the characteristic will roll out with iOS 18 in 2024.
However, we at the moment are by way of WWDC 2023 and have seen the primary beta for iOS 17. Unfortunately, it seems to be like there have been no iPhone sideloading options talked about on the occasion, and iOS 17, at current, doesn’t have such a characteristic.
It is unlikely Apple would introduce sideloading with a later iOS 17 beta. It’s additionally unlikely that Apple would quietly push such a monumental shift in how iOS works exterior of WWDC. In different phrases, we’re fairly assured sideloading of iPhone apps received’t be obtainable in 2023.
Of course, it’s a certainty that Apple will launch this characteristic. Thanks to the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Apple doesn’t actually have a selection within the matter, a minimum of in terms of Europe. There’s a chance Apple would geo-lock sideloading to particular international locations the place it’s certain by legislation to take action, however that appears too messy for Apple.
The query, then, is when. It seems to be like people who need iPhone sideloading might want to wait till 2024 and the launch of iOS 18. (*17*) Apple might shock us and roll it out earlier than then, we’d anticipate to see it introduced on the 2024 iteration of WWDC.