Apple stated that one of the design concepts of iOS 17 is to no longer allow users to open independent applications for some simple tasks, but to use them as a whole phone throughout the application to help users complete complex tasks and control more things.
The following are the content updates brought by iOS / iPadOS version 17:
1: New Contact Posters added to the Phone App
iPhone users after upgrading to iOS 17 system , the Phone App further enriches personalization options and introduces Contact Posters, becoming a new way for users to express themselves.
Users can customize the display of these posters to give incoming calls a completely new look and feel, choosing beautiful photos or Memoji processing options, as well as eye-catching typography and font colors. Contact Posters can also support various third-party calling apps.
2: Live Voicemail
Live Voicemail allows users to see the voice-transcribed text in real time when others leave voice messages, and can also answer calls while the other party is leaving a message.
Three: FaceTime Call App now supports audio and video messages
FaceTime Call App now supports audio and video messages. Users can share messages for the other party when the caller cannot be connected. Enjoy later.
Four: Reaction is added to FaceTime calls
Users can use emoticons such as hearts, balloons, fireworks, lasers, and rain to express their feelings more vividly. Users can trigger these new effects with simple gestures, and the feature also supports third-party video calling apps.
Five: Message App
Users can use new emoticon stickers, extract objects from photos, create live stickers, and add special effects to live stickers to make conversations more interactive. Vivid, a new “drawer” in the keyboard holds all of a user’s stickers for easy use across iOS.
Six: Introducing NameDrop
Users only need to put two iPhones together, or put an iPhone and an Apple Watch together, and they can easily share through the NameDrop function. Contact information.
Seven: Smarter input
Automatic correction has received a comprehensive upgrade, with the addition of the transformer language model. This is an advanced on-device machine learning language model for text prediction that continuously improves the experience and accuracy every time users type.
Eight: StandBy function
StandBy is particularly suitable for use on bedside tables, kitchen counters or desktops, and can be personalized to display a variety of exquisite clocks, user-collected photos or widgets, and supports intelligent stacking. The time displays the appropriate widget.
9: Introducing a diary application
Journal is a new app that helps iPhone users think about life and express gratitude through diaries. Research shows that this can help improve physical and mental health. The Journal App leverages on-device machine learning to provide personalized recommendations and bring journaling inspiration to users.
Other functional improvements in Apple iOS / iPadOS 17:
iOS 17 compatible models:
iOS 17 needs to run A12 Bionic and subsequent chip models, which means iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X are not eligible for upgrade.
iPhone XS iPhone XS Max iPhone XR iPhone 11
iPhone 11 Pro iPhone 11 Pro Max iPhone 12
iPhone 12 mini iPhone 12 Pro iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 13
iPhone 14
iPhone 15
iPhone SE (second generation)
iPhone SE (third generation)