Everything New in iOS 17 Beta 5

[CD Player]

Well, it's a beta so that's not unexpected.

What is unexpected is that in finished versions of iOS we have somehow not seen integration of this hardware feature. People were rightly kvetching about the lack of Find My support when the Siri remote first came out, so it's just plain weird they didn't address it with an iOS update a couple years ago. It's a marketable feature so they've definitely left money on the table by not selling against it. I guess when you're as big as Apple you can do dumb things like that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Similar weirdness to how the HomePod Mini had temperature and humidity sensors installed day 1, but only recently has there been software support exposing them to the user.

They probably wanted to sell AirTags for remotes then people were like “nah”. 😂

 

[srbNYC]

Yay. The most useful and anticipated feature in iOS 17 is still half baked and won't be worth using when Live Voicemail still replaces your message with a boilerplate message meaning you have to choose between the feature and actually having your own recording. FAIL.

From what I've read, if you have your own custom message, it still uses that.

"One thing to keep in mind is that if you have a custom voicemail message setup, then Live Voicemail still defaults to using that. Basically, what’s changed in iOS 17 beta 5 is that if you don’t have a custom greeting setup, Live Voicemail now plays the default greeting rather than the Live Voicemail-specific greeting used in prior betas."

https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/08/ios-...pt-reduces-confusion-but-its-still-confusing/

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Check out the new Shazam animation. ✨

https://twitter.com/x/status/1689028973760561152

 

[Hkfan45]

Check out the new Shazam animation. ✨

https://twitter.com/x/status/1689028973760561152

That will really help me do my job more efficiently or make my life easier. Why can’t apple have an iOS version for kids and those that actually use their phones for work. Give us PRO features for a PRO phone (and PRO price).

 

[srbNYC]

My phone calls no longer show the small contact photo, but a full screen poster which I heartily dislike. Anyone find a way to change these back?

Check Settings/Phone/Incoming Calls/

You get Full Screen or Banner options

 

[rlmcguire]

The new VM greeting is almost exactly what AT&T’s default says. Much easier to understand.

 

[ItsMeMicke]

I want a native Pro camera app 😝

 

[bobscape]

New, I think. The Wallpaper setting now allows you to apply changes to all Spaces. Finally.
Settings>Wallpaper>Show on all Spaces

 

[till]

When you have finished recording, you may hang up.

lol this is a bit of an over-correction, but at least it's clear.

 

[CPx]

Yay. The most useful and anticipated feature in iOS 17 is still half baked and won't be worth using when Live Voicemail still replaces your message with a boilerplate message meaning you have to choose between the feature and actually having your own recording. FAIL.

You can make your own custom greeting from within the phone app, and still use live voicemail. That's how I have mine.

 

[johnnytravels]

Can’t wait to get this update somehow shoved onto my iPhone, then my Reminders don’t sync with Mac anymore, because “new version”, then I can decide whether to update my Mac to restore stock app compatibility and lose compatibility for half of my audio software until mid 2024 when the cycle repeats again.
So much innovation

 

[klasma]

lol this is a bit of an over-correction, but at least it's clear.

"When you have finished recording" is still potentially confusing, because it's not the caller who does the recording. ("How do I finish recording?") I think it's too complicated. "Leave a message after the beep" used to be sufficientlly clear.

 

[klasma]

New, I think. The Wallpaper setting now allows you to apply changes to all Spaces. Finally.
Settings>Wallpaper>Show on all Spaces

What is a "Space"?

 

[Unregistered 4U]

lol this is a bit of an over-correction, but at least it's clear.

“You may hang up. You may not. I can’t tell the future.”

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Fun fact, I upgrade to Public Beta #2 just so I could find my silver siri (usb-c) remote. Sad that this is still not fixed and i'm stuck using my iphone to nagivate TvOS

First of all, it’s a beta.
Secondly, it more than likely will require a firmware update to the remote to function, and that firmware update won’t be out until the official launch of tvOS17 in September.
Similarly, most of the AirPods Pro functions exclusive to iOS 17 require a special AirPods firmware.

 

[eboychik]

Check Settings/Phone/Incoming Calls/

You get Full Screen or Banner options

Thank you. Problem exists with outgoing calls as well now.

 

[Nekomichi]

Looks like they fixed AirDrop and iClout Drive uploads. Previous attempting to send anything via AirDrop or uploading anything to iCloud Drive would result in a perpetual "waiting..." message.

Sadly they haven't fixed the bug where Safari copies search terms entered in the search bar and randomly pastes it back in the search bar after the tab is closed and the app is reopened. This bug has been around since iPadOS 16.

 

[Howyalikdemapls]

When changing the volume while watching a video my screen now dithers which is super annoying. Is this expected? Any way to turn it off?

 

[kaubin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1689028973760561152

 

[ignatius345]

I want a native Pro camera app 😝

I would LOVE a camera option for generally dialling back the overprocessing that happens sometimes.

 

[ignatius345]

What is a "Space"?

Work in multiple spaces on Mac

On your Mac, if the desktop becomes cluttered with open app windows, use Spaces to organize the windows into additional desktops.

support.apple.com

Been working this way for years. Makes multitasking massively easier. At work I keep all my messaging stuff (Slack, email) on one desktop. Calendar and to-do app stuff on another. And then I'll just put all the windows and apps related to a specific thing I'm working on all on one desktop. There are a bunch of ways to switch between spaces, but generally I just command-tab to the app I want to get to, and the Finder quickly switches to that space.

 

[kaubin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1689054487573336064

 

[ignatius345]

Yay. The most useful and anticipated feature in iOS 17 is still half baked and won't be worth using when Live Voicemail still replaces your message with a boilerplate message meaning you have to choose between the feature and actually having your own recording. FAIL.

Yeah, I can't believe Apple is shipping such unfinished stuff in their beta software

 

[ItsMeMicke]

I would LOVE a camera option for generally dialling back the overprocessing that happens sometimes.

That would be great. Image processing is horrible.

 

[Hkfan45]

Work in multiple spaces on Mac

On your Mac, if the desktop becomes cluttered with open app windows, use Spaces to organize the windows into additional desktops.

support.apple.com

Been working this way for years. Makes multitasking massively easier. At work I keep all my messaging stuff (Slack, email) on one desktop. Calendar and to-do app stuff on another. And then I'll just put all the windows and apps related to a specific thing I'm working on all on one desktop. There are a bunch of ways to switch between spaces, but generally I just command-tab to the app I want to get to, and the Finder quickly switches to that space.

I wish multiple windows/spaces was available on the iPhone similar to some android implementations. Makes multitasking so much easier.