iOS 17 is expected to be unveiled by Apple later this year. A software update that aims to improve user experience by bringing some changes.
Although competitor Google has already released Android 14 for testing purposes, Apple is very reticent about what the next update to its iOS operating system will be. However, the first presentation of the new iOS 17 is expected to take place at WWDC (Apple’s annual developer conference), which will be held in June 2023 ahead of the September launch of the iPhone 15. On this occasion we will therefore find out what Apple has in store for us.
Release date of iOS 17
The release of this new version is scheduled for mid-September to coincide with the expected launch of the iPhone 15. Meanwhile, Apple will debut iOS 17 at WWDC in June.
Expected features of iOS 17
With every major iOS update comes many changes. We saw this with iOS 16 and its many new features.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, iOS 17 will include the “most requested features” by users, meaning it could be a lot bigger than initially thought.
We’ll learn a lot more as new reveals come closer to presentation, and even more when the beta arrives. So far we have learned the following:
- More lock screen widgets
- Interactive widgets
- split screen
- call recording
- Double application
- Third Party App Stores
- Improved Siri and Abbreviated Siri phrases
- Virtual Reality (VR) app
- iMessage redesigned
Devices compatible with iOS 17
The latest iPhone models in recent years will likely be compatible, but we don’t know which devices will run this new version until Apple provides details.
For reference, iOS 16 works on all of the following models, which should therefore be compatible with iOS 17:
- iPhone Pro Max (11 and newer)
- iPhone Pro (11 and newer)
- iPhone (11 and newer models)
- iPhone mini (12 and newer)
- iPhone SE (2nd generation and newer models)
- iPhone XR, XS and XS Max
iOS 17 is expected to bring several user-requested features
Recently announced, according to Mark Gurman (Bloomberg trade journalist), Apple would have planned to keep iOS in the background this year. He explains :
When Apple started developing iOS 17, the original idea was to make it a debug version that focused more on fixing bugs and improving performance than adding new features..
He adds:
But later in the development process, the strategy changed. iOS version 17 should now introduce several “nice-to-have” features, although it’s missing a major improvement like last year’s revamped lock screen.
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