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title: "What is Beta version?"  
description: "What is Beta version?"  
author: "Sunita  Singh"  
published: 2017-11-13  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30471/what-is-beta-version  
category: "programming"  
tags: ["software", "testing"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is Beta version?

What is [Beta](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2462/everyone-can-now-access-reliance-s-new-cloud-gaming-service-in-beta) [version](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12845/things-to-remember-while-migrating-odoo-to-a-better-version)?

## Answers

### Answer by Arti Mishra

**“Beta Version”** Beta version is the **second stage of development after alpha version**, and it comes before the pre-release of software that is **done by the large groups of users to test the real condition of software.****\** **“Beta Software”** Beta software is generally considered the **apps “complete" by the developers or programmers** **but still not ready for the use and pending by the tester.** Beta Software is mainly used for **test the performance of** **the application** and also use for **finding the bugs** and **provide the proper feedback to the developer.****\** **"Software Release Life Cycle Map"****\**![What is Beta version?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/0b79522d-d40a-4b63-917e-dfeeca90dea5/images/953ea9bf-78c2-4e5e-b0d4-22bcebe76086.png) **\****"I hope this will help you". Thanks :-)** \


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