iOS 17.5 is now downloadable on iPhone: all the news

We now have a new update available for the iPhone: iOS 17.5 is now downloadable with all these new features

Apple just release iOS 17.5 for the iPhone, an update full of new features that we already offer for download. We are facing an important update that includes historic improvements in European iPhones. There aren’t many big updates left in iOS 17 and all the new features Apple introduced almost a year ago are now available.

All the news about iOS 17.5

iOS 17.5 is the fifth major update of iOS 17

and it will be the last major update that we see before the presentation of iOS 18. It is an update with interesting new features, although it is true that there are not many improvements to expect in iOS 17.

Installing applications via the Web or “sideloading”

Europe has forced Apple to completely change its strategy with the App Store and the company must allow the installation of applications on the iPhone from outside the official store. But in iOS 17.5, in addition to alternative app stores, like AltStore, users will be able to install apps directly from the developer’s website. This means that the iPhone will allow what is called “sideloading”.

iOS 17.5 is the first version of the iPhone that allows this type of application installation, for the moment it will only be available in Europe. It is expected that over the next few weeks, developers choosing this option will begin to appear.

iPhone with App Store, Safari and Epic Store icons

Apple makes sideloading official on the iPhone and you can download apps from the Internet

New Pride Wallpapers

This update comes with new Pride wallpapers which include some pretty spectacular effects. You can access it by changing the iPhone lock screen and choosing Pride edition in Photos.

The effect it has when unlocking is spectacular pic.twitter.com/XtPwIGi7LP

– Angel Roca (@angelr191) May 8, 2024

Improvements to the AirTag anti-tracking system

An iOS 17.5, you see Improved tracking alerts when someone places an AirTag on us, or any other tracking device, without our consent. Including several sentences that help you in these cases so that we can discover the device and disable it

Design changes and other new features

Slight iPhone UI design changes were also found in iOS 17.5, they are small but interesting:

The Podcasts app widget has been updated to have a new dynamic color that changes depending on the coverage of the podcast you’re listening to.
The Reading Goal icon has been redesigned in the Books app.
In Settings we have a new section called Web Browser Access to Passwords in Privacy & Security.
Security bug fixes.
Repair mode, an option that allows send an iPhone for repair without disabling search and activation lock. It was something essential until now that could put our privacy at risk, but now it can be solved by activating this mode from the Search application.