Beta Testing is a phase in product development where a nearly finished product (or feature) is released to a limited audience outside the core team to gather real-world feedback. These users, often called beta users or beta testers, use the product in their normal environment and report issues or provide input. From a UX perspective, beta testing is valuable for discovering usability problems, bugs, or missing features that weren’t caught during in-house testing. It’s essentially a trial run to see how the product performs and how users react before a full public launch. For example, a team designing a new mobile app might release a beta version to a few thousand users. Through their feedback, the team might learn that certain navigation flows are confusing or that the sign-up process is too slow. Beta testing allows designers and developers to address these issues (improving the user experience) prior to the official release. It’s an important step to ensure the product meets user needs and works smoothly in various real-life scenarios.