Where is the macOS Big Sur Public Beta?

When is macOS Big Sur public beta coming? More than a month after the developer macOS Big Sur beta was released and in use, there’s still no sign of the public macOS Big Sur beta, and many users are wondering what’s going on.

In June, Apple announced the update for iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, tvOS 14, and the new macOS Big Sur. Currently, developers can test all these updates, but the public can only test iOS 14 and iPAdOS 14 through the Apple Beta program.

This week, Apple released the 4th developer beta for iOS 14 and the fourth developer beta for macOS Big Sur. There’s no sign of a public macOS Big Sur beta release, although we’ll see it overall at this stage.

Even with a delayed WWDC and announcement period, the lack of a public macOS Big Sur beta is frustrating for many users. This is an important update so there may be some compatibility issues or under-the-hood issues that Apple hopes to fix, but no real info so far. There aren’t any major macOS Big Sur beta issues with the developer beta we’ve seen yet.

Apple didn’t release any guidance on the timing of the public macOS Big Sur beta when the company announced it in June, but it traditionally comes right after the event and developer betas. In 2019, there was a 20-day gap between the announcement of the public beta of macOS and the release of the public beta. This year, it’s been 44 days since its release.

If you don’t want to wait for the macOS Big Sur public beta release date to try out new features, you can download the developer macOS Big Sur beta today without any special tools or subscriptions.