Throughout the iOS 17 beta testing course of from June to September, MacRumors wrote a collection of in-depth characteristic guides highlighting each main new addition, plus how tos that stroll you thru utilizing the brand new options.
This complete information rounds up all of our protection, making it a terrific useful resource for informal customers who have not had an opportunity to check out ‌iOS 17‌ and people who may not keep in mind all the new options. Every thing is organized by app or characteristic to make it simple to search out what you could be on the lookout for.
Lock Display screen Updates
Apple made additional updates to the Lock Display screen in ‌iOS 17‌ with StandBy, a characteristic that turns an iPhone into a house hub when it is charging and positioned in a horizontal orientation. The replace additionally brings interactive widgets and different options.
Each new characteristic for the Lock Display screen is outlined in our iOS 17 Lock Display screen information.
Messages
The Messages app received a redesign that makes it much less cluttered and less complicated to make use of, plus it has a revamp to the stickers perform. Emoji are actually stickers and might be positioned wherever on an iMessage, and you may even create your individual stickers from photographs. A brand new Verify In characteristic retains you protected by permitting family and friends to trace your journeys once you’re alone.
There are greater than 10 new options within the Messages app, all of which might be present in our iOS 17 Messages information.
Privateness and Safety
There are a number of privateness and safety enhancements in ‌iOS 17‌, together with restricted entry to the personal looking tab, the removing of monitoring URLs, safe methods to share passwords, and extra.
The entire privateness and safety enhancements in ‌iOS 17‌ are listed in our Privateness and Safety information.
Security
New safety-related options in ‌iOS 17‌ vary from delicate content material warnings that block undesirable nude photographs to offline maps and important reminders for drugs.
The entire up to date security options in ‌iOS 17‌ are included in our devoted iOS 17 Security information.
CarPlay
Apple did not preview the promised next-generation CarPlay expertise, however ‌CarPlay‌ did get SharePlay for permitting everybody within the automotive to contribute to the music, plus it contains enhancements for finding EV charging stations.
Every thing new in ‌CarPlay‌ might be present in our devoted CarPlay information.
Siri
In ‌iOS 17‌, you not have to say “Hey Siri” to activate ‌Siri‌, and you may as an alternative simply say “‌Siri‌.” ‌Siri‌ may also learn internet articles and acknowledge again to again requests.
For extra on what’s new with ‌Siri‌ (and Highlight), we’ve got a devoted iOS 17 information
Safari
Safari helps profiles for separating work looking and residential looking (or any type of looking you need to segregate), plus there’s now a locked personal looking window you could’t open with out FaceTime or Contact ID authentication.
Apple has additionally improved anti-tracking options, boosted password performance, and extra, with full particulars accessible in our iOS 17 Safari information.
Cellphone and FaceTime
The Cellphone app and the ‌FaceTime‌ apps have a few of the most notable adjustments in ‌iOS 17‌. You possibly can arrange a Contact Poster that folks see once you name them, and you may see the voicemails individuals are leaving in actual time so you may decide up if it is necessary. ‌FaceTime‌ helps audio and video messages so you may depart ‌FaceTime‌ voicemails too.
For extra on what’s new with ‌FaceTime‌ and the Cellphone app, we’ve got a devoted iOS 17 Communications information.
Autocorrect and the Keyboard
Apple is utilizing a brand new machine studying algorithm for autocorrect so it is smarter than earlier than, plus it is simpler to right the errors that it makes. Autofill is faster, and stickers are actually present in the identical place as emoji so you should use them all over the place within the working system.
A extra detailed overview of what is new with autocorrect might be present in our iOS 17 autocorrect information.
AirDrop
AirDrop has a brand new NameDrop possibility for rapidly sharing contact info with somebody by touching two telephones collectively, plus there are new proximity sharing choices.
There are a number of different new options accessible in AirDrop, which might be present in our AirDrop information.
AirPlay
There are a couple of latest options in AirPlay, together with automated AirPlay performance with TVs and a better ‌AirPlay‌ perform that places the system you ‌AirPlay‌ to most frequently on the prime of the ‌AirPlay‌ interface.
Later this 12 months, Apple additionally plans to convey ‌AirPlay‌ performance to lodge TVs so you may watch your content material with out having to log in to your streaming companies when touring.
Climate
Within the Climate app, Apple has added a brand new widget for viewing moon phases, plus an choice to see yesterday’s climate within the 10-day forecast. There are a number of different small however helpful adjustments, all of that are outlined in our iOS 17 Climate information.
Well being
Within the Well being app, the key new characteristic is temper monitoring, which is designed that can assist you catalog your feelings all through the day and over a protracted time frame, figuring out what influences how you are feeling and the way actions like train impression temper. The Well being app has additionally expanded to iPad, and there are a number of different new options.
Every thing new within the Well being app is outlined in our iOS 17 Well being information.
Maps
Within the Maps app, Apple has added offline maps for the primary time, so you may obtain maps for the world that you just’re in or visiting and have entry even and not using a mobile or WiFi connection.
There are additionally adjustments to the Maps interface and some different tweaks, with particulars accessible in our iOS 17 Maps information.
Photographs and Digital camera
The ‌iOS 17‌ Photographs app is ready to acknowledge pets along with individuals, accurately figuring out totally different cats and canines. Visible Look Up works with recipes, laundry symbols, and extra, plus it may be used with movies. The Digital camera app has an improved interface for QR codes and new leveling instruments.
A walkthrough of all the new options within the ‌iOS 17‌ ‌Photographs‌ and Digital camera apps might be present in our devoted information.
Apple Music
In ‌iOS 17‌, Apple has added long-requested options like collaborative playlists and crossfade for a continuous music expertise. There are additionally new ‌CarPlay‌ sharing instruments, music credit, and extra.
A full record of every thing new in Apple Music might be present in our iOS 17 Apple Music information.
Notes and Reminders
The Notes and Reminders app in ‌iOS 17‌ have a lot of helpful new options. You possibly can hyperlink one observe to a different for the primary time, so you may create wiki-style paperwork, and in Reminders, there’s new grocery sorting, customized sections, and a column view possibility.
An entire rundown on what’s new with Notes and Reminders might be present in our information.
Different How Tos
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We’ve got an entire overview of all the new options in ‌iOS 17‌ in a single helpful place in our iOS 17 roundup, which can be nicely value trying out for all the little particulars that did not make it into our guides and the way tos.
