beta test

noun

: a field test of the beta version of a product (such as software) especially by testers outside the company developing it that is conducted prior to commercial release
beta test transitive verb
beta tester noun

Examples of beta test in a Sentence

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Pixel 10 Software And Support Android 16 is going through the final steps of its public beta test. Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025 Insight from the Brazil beta test helped developers at the company make this decision. Reece Rogers, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2025 Anyone interested in trying the game can join the current open beta test, which will run until March 31. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025 For the past couple of years, Elizabeth Bruch and Amie Gordon, University of Michigan researchers, have been working on Revel, a dating app being beta tested by 200 students. Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beta test

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of beta test was in 1983

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“Beta test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beta%20test. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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