In the past, iOS releases were pretty stable. Granted no developer is able to detect and squash every single bug out there, but for the most part these bugs were bearable and future updates came along to dress them. However with iOS 8.0.1, Apple kind of dropped the ball to the point where the update had to be suspended while Apple worked on a fix.
So what could prevent similar issues in the future? More extensive testing? Perhaps, but for now a report from 9to5Mac has revealed that Apple could plan to rope in the help of retail employees to help them test pre-release versions of iOS before they are pushed out to the masses. This will also mark it as the first time that Apple could potentially expand their testing beyond developers and employees who work at Apple’s offices.
By bringing in retail employees, there will be more people on hand to test Apple’s software, which hopefully will lead to quicker development and have more eyes around to catch potential breaking bugs lest Apple find themselves in another embarrassing situation. Apple has previously employed a similar method for OS X releases, so we guess it doesn’t seem like a stretch that they could extend this feature to iOS releases as well.
That being said this is just a rumor for now, and as with all rumors, be sure to take it with a grain of salt unless we hear otherwise from Apple themselves.
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