Apple today updated its TestFlight app for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS to version 4.4.0, adding support for features introduced in the latest software updates and products.


TestFlight for iPhone supports landscape orientation ahead of the iPhone Duo's October launch, though the option is available on all iPhones. TestFlight can now be resized when using iPhone Mirroring on a Mac running macOS 27 with an iPhone running iOS 27.

Apple says the update also includes unspecified stability improvements and bug fixes.

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As noted by MacStories editor-in-chief Federico Viticci, TestFlight now shows recent betas by default again for all users.

In July, Apple updated TestFlight with a search field for quickly finding apps that you are beta testing, but some users started to see their apps presented in alphabetical order. It is not entirely clear if this was a bug or an intentional change, but many users did not like it, and TestFlight version 4.3.1 reverses course. The update with the fix is available in the App Store now. The search field remains.
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I get that this is a very “me and a few of my friends” problem, and search does help, but it’s not enough. The active to inactive beta ratio is so bad that few iPhone screens include more than two or three active betas. So here’s my proposal: Add a toggle in TestFlight’s settings that hides inactive betas.

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Ein guter erster Schritt, der keine „me and a few of my friends“-Rechtfertigung benötigt. Und damit sollten die Forderungen nicht aufhören: Wo ist die Sortierung nach Plattform? Warum kann ich nicht generell festlegen, ob ich per E-Mail, Push oder gar nicht (!) über neue Versionen benachrichtigt werden möchte? Warum kann ich die Notifications für macOS-Beta-Apps über die iOS-App überhaupt nicht konfigurieren?

Zwölf Jahre werkelt Apple nun an TestFlight. Seit 2017 sind 10.000 „external testers“ erlaubt. Auch deshalb wird TestFlight rege als inoffizieller Vertriebsweg neben dem App Store genutzt – vermutlich in größerem Umfang, als wir gemeinhin annehmen.