Apple's iCloud Private Relay to launch as public beta feature

Apple's iCloud Private Relay will ship as a public beta feature when iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey debut this fall, with users required to manually activate the VPN-like tool before use.

Quietly announced in release notes accompanying the seventh iOS 15 beta issued on Wednesday, the change in status is not expected to impact Private Relay's operating capability, though the feature will be disabled by default.Introduced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June as part of iCloud+, Apple's premium cloud storage service, Private Relay prevents third-party tracking of IP addresses, user location and other details by routing internet requests through two separate relays operated by two different entities. Internet connections configured to pass through Private Relay use anonymous IP addresses that map to a user's region but do not reveal their exact location or identity, Apple says.

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