How to Use beta test in a Sentence

beta test

noun
  • Bloomberg News scored a seat in a closed beta test last month.
    Bloomberg News, The Denver Post, 9 June 2019
  • The Sound of Vinyl is aimed at them, and Resnikoff is proud of how the store has performed in beta tests.
    Robert Levine, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Want to join the iOS 15.1 beta test and see for yourself what the issue is?
    Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Amazon couldn’t even find enough people to beta test the game for free.
    Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The beta test is available to everyone and is free to play.
    Deb Amlen, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Based on our beta tests, the answer, for now, is: somewhat.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Koji has been in beta test mode for the last year but just opened up to the public in October.
    Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2020
  • Spotify first launched a beta test for Blend playlists in June.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The project is expected to begin a beta test in the second quarter and launch later this year.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2018
  • That's one of the primary reasons for Zero Point—to serve as beta test to see how this new medium could even work.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2014
  • Microsoft says that more than 100 Xbox Game Pass titles will be available as part of the service when the beta test starts.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Uber is now beta testing a feature that allows users to wait longer for their ride in exchange for a lower charge.
    Mckenna Moore, Fortune, 19 June 2018
  • Zoom launched a beta test of a new integration with Cerner’s EHR.
    Mario Aguilar, STAT, 5 Dec. 2021
  • While several phones took part in the beta test, Essential has come through as the winner of the Android 9 update race.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2018
  • While some players in the beta test seem to be controlled by bots, others appear to be real people.
    Bloomberg News, The Denver Post, 9 June 2019
  • Faries said, referring to the game’s recent online beta test.
    Mike Hume, The Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2019
  • No release date at the moment, but an iOS beta test is currently live for those in Malaysia, with Australia soon to follow.
    Michael Koczwara, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2020
  • After 18 months of coding and building the app, Plunjr launched a beta test in December.
    Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 27 Apr. 2020
  • This year, the Alaska Airlines Classic has implemented the use of a shot clock as somewhat of a beta test to speed up the game and prevent teams from stalling as much.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • End-to-end encryption (or client-side encryption) is available to beta test to Gmail users who are part of Google Workspace accounts.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Meta said Horizon Worlds users have already built thousands of worlds within the app since a private beta test began last year.
    Rachel Metz, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Diving in to fix everything can interfere with the responses to the beta test.
    Deb Amlen, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Many of you will soon get to play the same content when the game's beta test opens Friday, August 7, exclusively for PS4 players who preordered the game.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Culver's government was one of four to partner with Webster's team at IU to beta test the Index this summer.
    London Gibson, Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Since launching in a private beta test last year, the app has been used to analyze about $2 billion in properties.
    Dallas News, 11 May 2022
  • According to Garmin, the new mode was developed and beta tested with wheelchair users.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 30 Aug. 2023
  • This has the effect of essentially turning the caucus into a beta test for a new product.
    Charles Stewart Iii, Wired, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Among the first concerts on Beatday will be Amazing Show, a popular indie band from Taiwan which will play a half hour set as a closed beta test.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The new standalone app, which is being beta tested in Ireland only, is geared for kids 3 and up and has a unique look and content catalog based on the user’s age.
    Marc Schneider, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Musk has already put 788 of these networked devices in orbit ahead of an upcoming beta test.
    Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020

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