iOS 17 Coming Soon for iPhones and Rumored to Include These 8 New Features

[MacRumors]

Apple is expected to announce iOS 17 during its WWDC 2023 keynote on June 5, which is just over a month away. Ahead of time, rumors suggest the update will include at least eight new features and changes for iPhones, as outlined below.

The first iOS 17 beta should be made available to members of Apple's Developer Program moments after the keynote, while a public beta will likely be available in July for members of Apple's Beta Software Program. As usual, the update should be widely released in September, around the time that new iPhones launch.

Some of the features and changes listed below might not be added until later iOS 17 versions, such as iOS 17.1 or iOS 17.2.

iMessage Contact Key Verification

In December, Apple previewed a new iMessage Contact Key Verification security feature and said it would launch globally in 2023. This timeframe means the feature would be available in iOS 17, although it could launch earlier.

iMessage Contact Key Verification allows 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 can 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.

Control Center Revamp

iOS 17 will feature a revamped Control Center, according to @analyst941, a source who accurately leaked some details about the iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island before the device launched last year. The source said Control Center will be more customizable, and the flashlight brightness slider might become freely adjustable up or down, whereas it is currently limited to four preset brightness levels.

Wallet App Revamp

iOS 17 will include improvements to the Wallet app, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The leaker @analyst941 claimed the Wallet app will be redesigned with tabs and search functionality, as shown in the mockup above.

A revamp for Wallet could make sense as new features continue to be added to the app, including Apple Pay Later and Apple Card Savings.

Next-Generation CarPlay

At WWDC 2022, Apple previewed the next generation of CarPlay, which will feature support for multiple displays, widgets, and integration with vehicle functions like the instrument cluster, climate controls, and FM radio.

Apple said the first vehicles with support for the next-generation CarPlay experience would be announced in late 2023, with committed automakers including Acura, Audi, Ford, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Volvo, and others. Apple said it would share additional details about the next generation of CarPlay later this year, and this... Click here to read rest of article

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[segfaultdotorg]

iPhoneOS 17 Coming Soon for iPhones​

Fixed that for you.

 

[jclardy]

Hopefully this means stability was the core feature given the only improvements most people will use are wallet and control center...the first of which could have just been in any minor update.

 

[jouster]

I believe that my XR, which is still going along just fine, will get all of whatever 17 brings.

 

[doboy]

Hopefully this means stability was the core feature given the only improvements most people will use are wallet and control center...the first of which could have just been in any minor update.

Sure hope so

 

[jz0309]

unfortunately the new CarPlay will also require a new car ...oh well, I'll continue enjoying current CarPlay in my 7 month old Bolt EUV

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

iOS 17 can't come fast enough. I want sideloading so bad

 

[meltman]

Really? Sideloading only for EU? How very apple.

 

[spartan1967]

8 new features = 8 months until I update after release, unless it takes out all the suck of iOS 16 before this time.

 

[antiprotest]

iPhoneOS 17 Coming Soon for iPhones​

Fixed that for you.

iPhoneOS 17 Coming Soon for iPhones​

It doesn't actually come until September. So it's not soon.

Tech news so often say a company "launches" or "releases" or "drops" when it should say that the company "announces" something that would not be released to the general public until months or even years away.

 

[DougieS]

There was a beta several iOS versions ago that had the lowest flashlight brightness about half what it is now. Was perfect.
Sometimes need to put finger on light to reduce brightness of even lowest settings.
Weirdly excited for this one ha

Sideloading. No thanks.

 

[nottorp]

So is 16 stable enough to upgrade to yet?

 

[LeMo]

no new emojis?
Consider the excitement cancelled.....

 

[Havalo]

Mood tracking, seriously?! I mean that warrants a major release Apple, thank you wholeheartedly.

 

[cocky jeremy]

iPhoneOS 17 Coming Soon for iPhones​

Fixed that for you.

There's no such thing as iPhoneOS. It's iOS for iPhones, iPadOS is for iPad, macOS is for Macs.

 

[Archipelagos]

Please just give us the ability to share AirTags with family members!

 

[Zorn]

I'd love to see Apple refresh the interface for Carplay to at least have some of the flair of the v2 revamp. One of the big selling points for Carplay originally was that it would allow Apple to provide updates and new features, since the manfuacturers rarely do, but then Apple has pretty much let it languish with only minor updates.

 

[Cromulent]

Sounds interesting. The new logging app could come in handy, although at the moment, for tasks and planning, I use Microsoft Planner in my Microsoft 365 account.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

So is 16 stable enough to upgrade to yet?

Just like every single update ever, depends who you ask.
It works just fine for me, other than the occasional freeze here and there on my 12 Mini.
But someone else might come by and say that they’ve never saw it freeze once for them in their life.
And of course, there’s always that one person who’s having every single bug that exists happened to them at the same time.
In my experience, 16 is no less or more stable than 15 was this time last year, or 14 was before that, or 13 before that.

 

[mjschabow]

Need to let users place icons wherever they choose, be able to theme icons, and revamp the App Library to allow users to edit categories or set the Alphabetical list by default.

 

[Populus]

Just add to all of the above 1) interactive widgets and 2) a slight icon redesign with the macOS neumorphic design, and 3) maybe let us customize icons without the need of shortcuts, and I’ll be happy. Of course, as long as they improve the stability and battery life.

 

[jimthing]

Are that it, the supposed "headline" features are these? Erm, yawn. Very very yawn.

 

[Realityck]

Are that it, the supposed "headline" features are these? Erm, yawn. Very very yawn.

Of course nothing is verified this early.

 

[redbeard331]

This sounds like some random things coming to a future .3 update. And now that we can download Apple apps from the AppStore, why can’t they release updates at any time that way? Why can they only update an app through a major new iOS release once a year???

 

[jimthing]

Of course nothing is verified this early.

Yeah I know that. Just strange these are supposed to be interesting, when they're more like side-features rather than headline ones.