the digital clock is actually great for standby but ok
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iOS 17.2 Coming Later This Year With These 10 New Features for iPhone
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They did a .3 release in December like 5 years ago. Very likely coming soon in 17.2 beta (hopefully Tuesday).
There’s currently an unused chip in the 15 pro / pro max that enables the feature.
A flipping digital clock widget… about time! Now I can ditch the 3rd party apps for keeping track of times for my global team/family.
Well going by last two years you have beta 1 released, then its 2 weeks until you see beta 2 (coming next week), then another week until beta 3 , then because of the holidays you wait 2 weeks for beta 4, add another week for RC then to Public. So that places it likely coming out Monday Dec 11.
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Is there an unused chip in the 15 pro line for that? what's your source that this feature isn't just software? Haven't read that anywhere!
Not remotely interested in any of these updates. Don’t journal (not starting), don’t ever use emojis or memojis, don‘t find a use for widgets, don’t have or want a contact card.
Useful updates would include a dedicated app to manage passwords, the ability for the stock app to have holdings and show pre/post market data, a more accurate weather app, and for Siri to understand what lights I want turned on.
Useful updates would include a dedicated app to manage passwords, the ability for the stock app to have holdings and show pre/post market data, a more accurate weather app, and for Siri to understand what lights I want turned on.
Here’s to hoping there are some camera fixes. I shoot 4K video for my work and my 15 Pro is still getting very hot with very little shooting. I’m also seeing lots of hiccups in the video as I shoot that aren’t in the final video, but always makes me stop to check the footage to ensure it isn’t glitched. Then sometimes I get a black screen at the start of a video, etc. I’m also finding the indoor tone mapping a little drab / difficult to color correct after coming from an iPhone 13. Some midtones are pushed more toward the shadows but raising them raises the real shadows too much. I kinda miss the contrast in the midtones that made my old footage pop.
How about supporting something as basic (but bloody useful) as predictive type on the iOS keyboard in more languages?
Actually, only very few languages are supported. It feels like Apple just forgot about people living outside the US on this one... Gboard has had it for many years...
Actually, only very few languages are supported. It feels like Apple just forgot about people living outside the US on this one... Gboard has had it for many years...
Agree with this. Apple’s localization efforts are embarrassingly lacking.
It would be nice if they expanded the favourite star to allow more granularity.., like perhaps something of a star, “rating” from 1-5? Not all songs fit into a binary like/dislike categorization.
Then it would be fantastic to be able to access that rating via CarPlay so a client user could, “rate” songs while on a road trip.
Then it would be fantastic to be able to access that rating via CarPlay so a client user could, “rate” songs while on a road trip.
Whole lot of nothing for me. Just a bunch of crap to chew up CPU cycles to try and get your to buy the next iPhone with yet another more powerful chip. The chips are already more powerful than the typical Apple user needs.
Apple made the first beta of iOS 17.2 available to developers and public beta testers last week, and the software update includes many new features and changes for iPhones. Below, we have highlighted 10 of these new features and changes.
iOS 17.2 is expected to be released to the public in December. Once available, the update can be installed in the Settings app under General → Software Update.
Journal App
Apple's new Journal app allows iPhone users to reflect on their day and memories, complete with text, photos, music, audio recordings, and more. The app provides personalized suggestions based on recent on-device activity.
Translate Option for Action Button
The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are equipped with a customizable Action button that replaces the traditional mute switch on previous iPhones. By default, the button is set to toggle between Ring and Silent modes, but it can also be assigned to a different action for quick access to the camera, flashlight, Voice Memos, and more.
Starting with iOS 17.2, the Action button can now be assigned to the Translate app for quick access to language translation in the Dynamic Island.
New Widgets
There are new Home Screen and Lock Screen widget options for the Weather and Clock apps on iOS 17.2. The new Weather options include, Daily Forecast, and Sunrise and Sunset, while the Clock app now offers a digital clock widget.
Apple Music: Collaborative Playlists
A new Collaborative Playlists feature for Apple Music allows multiple people to add, reorder, and remove songs in a shared playlist.
Apple Music: Favorite Songs Playlist
In the Music app on iOS 17.1 and later, you can favorite songs by tapping the star icon to receive improved recommendations.
Starting with iOS 17.2, favorited songs are also added to a new Favorite Songs playlist.
Apple Music: Listening History Focus Filter
Tired of your kids or someone else messing up your Apple Music recommendations while they are borrowing your iPhone to listen to music? iOS 17.2 includes a new Focus filter for Apple Music listening history that addresses this problem. When this filter is toggled on, the other person's song choices won't affect your recommendations.
iMessage: Contact Key Verification
iMessage Contact Key Verification allow users who face "extraordinary digital threats," such as journalists, human rights activists, and government officials, to further verify that they are messaging only with the people they intend. In conversations between users who have enabled iMessage Contact Key Verification, users are alerted if a state-sponsored attacker or other malicious actor were ever to succeed breaching cloud servers and inserting their own device to eavesdrop on the conversation.
As an additional layer of security, iMessage Contact Key Verification users are able to compare a Contact Verification Code in person, on FaceTime, or through another secure call to further verify they are communicating only with whom they intend.
Apple previewed iMessage Contact Key Verification in December 2022, and it is finally launching as part of iOS 17.2.
iMessage: Sticker Reactions via Tapback Menu
iOS 17.2 allows you to more quickly react to a message with any sticker by tapping "Add Sticker" in the Tapback menu in the Messages app.
Memoji: New Customization Options
Apple added a "Body" section for Memoji, allowing users to customize their Memoji character's waist, bust, shoulders, and arms.
Contact Posters: Rainbow Text
Starting with iOS 17.2, there is a rainbow-colored text option for your name when setting up a Contact Poster in the Contacts app.
Article Link: iOS 17.2 Coming Later This Year With These 10 New Features for iPhone
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