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iOS 17 features: Cut to the chase.

iOS 17 features: Cut to the chase.iOS 17 features: Cut to the chase.

iOS 17 features: Cut to the chase.
  • What is it? The next big update for iOS – the iPhone’s operating system
  • When does it come out? Later today (September 18)
  • How much does it cost? It’ll be a free upgrade.
  • Which phones are supported? iPhone XS and newer?
iOS 17 is to be released later today (Monday, September 18), just days after the iPhone 15 line went up for pre-order.
While we don’t know for sure what time on September 18 it will land, we’d guess 10am PT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST based on Apple’s usual timings. For those in Australia, that would be 3am AEST on Tuesday, September 19.
Prior to this launch, Apple officially unveiled iOS 17 on June 5, as part of its annual developer conference, WWDC 2023.iOS 17 features: Cut to the chase.
Directly after WWDC, Apple launched a sign-up page for developers and early adopters interested in gaining access to the developer preview builds of iOS 17, and since then a number of public betas have landed.
The latest of these at the time of writing is iOS 17 public beta 4, which moves the end call button to a different place either to the previous beta or to iOS 16, but it’s arguably a move for the better. This beta also includes other small changes, such as to the animations in the mood tracking feature, to how you access the photo picker in Messages, and to the wallpaper icon in the settings screen.
Check out our ‘How to download the iOS 17 beta on your iPhone’ explainer for the full download process, if you’re keen to try out the pre-release build.

IOS 17 AVAILABILITYiOS 17 features: Cut to the chase.

Initial concerns appear to have been realized, as the likes of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X (above) don’t make the cut for iOS 17 support.

Apple announced the iOS 17 release after the Apple September event, placing it at Monday, September 18.
One MacRumors source “with a proven track record,” had stated (ahead of WWDC) that iOS 17 would drop support for the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X, and the sad fact is that cut-off appears to have held firm, now that the release is official.
With Apple’s 2017 iPhones absent from the final list, this means the company will have dropped support for almost all devices running on its A11 Bionic chip.
Apple routinely drops support for older devices with every new edition of iOS and iPadOS – the iPhone 6s, iPhone 7 and iPad Air 2 were among the models left behind by iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, for instance – and both the iPhone X and iPhone 8 are now five years old, which is usually grounds for the chopping block.
Incidentally, if your iPhone does qualify for Apple’s next big update, it’ll likely download iOS 17 automatically. iOS 16.4 introduced a code that makes iPhone updates download by default, with Apple evidently hoping that the change will ensure that most people are running the latest version of iOS.

IOS 17 FEATURES CONFIRMEDiOS 17 features: Cut to the chase.

iOS 17’s debut at WWDC 2023 gave us an in-depth look at a ton of features coming to the next major iPhone software release, and there’s more to it than we first expected.
Since then, more features and changes have turned up in betas too. Here’s a rundown of all the additions confirmed by Apple so far, and what aspect of the iOS experience they relate to:
  • Contact Posters (Phone)
  • Live Voicemail (Phone)
  • Unified apps menu (Messages)
  • Check In (Messages)
  • Catch-up (Messages)
  • In-line replies (Messages)
  • Search filters (Messages)
  • Inline location (Messages)
  • Audio message transcription (Messages)
  • Stickers Drawer (Messages / third-party apps)
  • Live Stickers (Messages / third-party apps)
  • Leave a video message (FaceTime)
  • Gesture-activated AR effects (FaceTime)
  • FaceTime on Apple TV (FaceTime)
  • StandBy (iPhones w/ Always-On displays)
  • Interactive widgets (home screen / lock screen / StandBy)
  • NameDrop (AirDrop)
  • Proximity-based sharing (AirDrop)
  • Over-internet transfers (AirDrop)
  • Proximity-based SharePlay (AirDrop)
  • Journal (iOS general)
  • Improved autocorrect (Keyboard)
  • Work & personal profiles (Safari)
  • Faster search (Safari)
  • Enhanced Private Browsing (Safari)
  • Autofill verification codes via Mail (Mail / Safari)
  • Password sharing w/ trusted contacts (iOS general)
  • Collaborative playlists (Music)
  • Smart device suggestions (AirPlay)
  • AirPlay in your hotel room (AirPlay)
  • Adaptive Audio (AirPods Pro 2nd generation)
  • Press to mute / unmute (AirPods Pro 2nd generation)
  • Improved Automatic Switching (AirPods Pro 2nd generation)
  • Offline maps (Maps)
  • Enhanced EV routing (Maps)
  • “Siri”-only wake word (Siri)
  • Back-to-back requests (Siri)
  • App Shortcuts in Top Hit (Spotlight)
  • Visual search results (Spotlight)
  • Enhanced Visual Look Up (Photos)
  • Mental health check-in (Health)
  • Vision health check-in (Health)
  • Communication Safety (Messages / AirDrop / FaceTime / Phone / third-party apps)
  • Sensitive Content Warning (Messages / AirDrop / FaceTime / Phone / third-party apps)
  • Grocery list auto-sort (Reminders)
  • View and mark-up PDFs (Notes)
  • Enhanced AutoFill (PDFs)
  • Activity History (Home)
  • Cat & dog recognition (Photos)
  • New drawing tools (Freeform)
According to the analyst941, the new features in development are as follows (we’ve marked which ones are partially or fully confirmed following WWDC in parentheses):
  • Additional settings for the iPhone 14 Pro’s Always-On Display* (could be in StandBy, announced at WWDC)
  • Additional filters for Focus modes
  • “Changes and additional options” for managing notifications.
  • Custom Accessibility Mode
  • Car Key “improvements” and “more car implementations into the Wallet app”
  • UI changes to the health app, including changes to the “Favorites” interface.
  • “Heavily improved” features for Search and Spotlight* (confirmed at WWDC)
  • “An absolute behemoth of ARKit API’s/frameworks”
  • “The Dynamic Island will do a lot more.”
  • “Camera app changes; these were initially planned for the iPhone 14 Pro release, and MAY only be implemented into iPhone 15’s OS, rather than all iOS 17 devices.”
  • “Active widgets” that will “bring one-tap buttons, sliders, and more” to help make widgets more “dynamic”* (confirmed at WWDC)
Despite the long list above, these changes do seem to be more superficial than substantial, corroborating Gurman’s aforementioned comments regarding the lack of “tentpole improvement[s]” set to be brought about by iOS 17.

When does iOS 17 come out?

iOS 17 features: Cut to the chase. Apple has announced the iOS 17 release date for Monday, September 18. It will be available for the iPhone XS and newer.

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