Apple today released public betas of iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan, giving non-developers their first chance to preview a major release of its mobile operating system and replicating the practice of last year for its Mac OS.

The public betas were essentially the same as the third developer previews that Apple released on Wednesday for iOS and OS X. Since the June 8 unveiling of the two operating systems, Apple has been updating registered developers — who pay $99 annually for rights to access early-release code and tools — about every two weeks.

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