The first public beta will begin on April 24th, according to the developers, who revealed it as part of an open stream of video tutorials. As of today's initial beta plans update, Blizzard stated that it would first retain an alpha for a small group of people before widening the beta pool. There are currently no signals indicating that the beta is open for registration, so if you want to participate, now is the time to express your interest. An Overwatch 2 alpha is presently available, but only Blizzard personnel, Overwatch League pro players, and a select few others are allowed to participate. According to Spector, the dev team has already received a tonne of input on the new console from the alpha, which swamped the servers virtually instantaneously.
As is common with these types of betas and other tests, signing up does not guarantee that you will be accepted. Jon Spector, the Overwatch 2 commercial lead, said that the number of signups they've already gotten has "blown them away," as evidenced by the fact that the signup page went down shortly after it went live due to the large number of individuals attempting to access it at the same time.

The following is a list of everything you can expect from the upcoming closed beta:

•  PvP 5v5
•  Sojourn Maps have been updated.
•  New Escort Map for Circuit Royal
•  New Hybrid Map of Midtown
•  New Push Map for New Queen Street
•  New Push Map for Colosseo
•  Push Hero Reworks Bastion Doomfist Orisa Sombra in a New Mode
•  Ping System Improvement

An FAQ has been prepared on the Beta website to answer questions that individuals are likely to already have asked while participating in the test. If you want to enjoy something that won't take up too much of your time, the PC version is still available. There's no word on how many gamers will be invited, but you'll know whether you've been chosen if you receive an email with as much information as you want. The "Battle.net area" upon joining up, as well as your hardware characteristics, are on the list of areas being considered for acceptance, according to Blizzard. Those contributions will be used in a variety of ways, but everyone can help.
The live stream included a few amusing details about the alpha, such as how new hero Sojourn's speech lines were mistakenly left out and tank hero Winston being too enormous to fit through a hallway on one of the new maps. Both of those issues have subsequently been resolved, and the Overwatch 2 development team has stated that the "spectrum of feedback" provided by the select group of alpha payers is critical in determining how they make adjustments to the game. All of this comes after Blizzard's protracted silence on Overwatch 2, which ended only last week with the announcement that the beta would begin the upcoming month.