Hello all. Just wanted to update you on my experience:
TL;DR: Granted access after 8 days; requested about 3 hours after the beta went live; a friend who requested at the same time hasn’t received access yet; Apple has confirmed access will be rolled out over weeks (plural); hang in there and try to be patient, it will come!!
I downloaded the beta on Wednesday the 23rd at around 3:15pm Central Time (a little over 3 hours after it was released I believe) and requested access right away. I just now got access at 12:00 pm on the 31st.
I have a friend who downloaded and requested at basically the same time who has not gotten it yet.
Also, just a reminder that Apple has officially stated that this is an actual waitlist and it is rolling out over weeks (plural) so it may take a while before you get it.
I know it’s really difficult when we are all so anxious to try it out and see how it works and can be incorporated into apps, but try to have patience. It will come eventually!!
A final note: the Playground app did switch to telling me it was downloading instead of the “access requested“ message shortly before I got the notification that it was ready. Screenshots are attached.