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iOS 17 Launching Tomorrow for iPhones With These 10 New Features
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It must be an age thing because I just don’t get excited by any of these features. The name drop is cool but I probably would use that once or twice a year at best..
iPad is more exciting if the stage manager is improved like they say.
Other than that it’s all incremental updates which will be unnoticeable in my day to day.
To me the big game changers for iOS was iMessage, FaceTime, Apple Pay and thr files app. I can’t think what’s been big since then?
iPad is more exciting if the stage manager is improved like they say.
Other than that it’s all incremental updates which will be unnoticeable in my day to day.
To me the big game changers for iOS was iMessage, FaceTime, Apple Pay and thr files app. I can’t think what’s been big since then?
For me, the biggest single update is the ability to share AirTags - it's something that should have been there from the start but at least it's finally coming!
I have been setting up as new for the past few years on the new iPhone so that I can really get the full experience of new software + new hardware.
it’s a pain redownloading and signing into apps, but worth it I think for me.
I also don’t bother updating the old phone unless the person I sell it to requests it.
As someone who works in an emergency department, I can tell you that, even though raccoons look cute and friendly, they are not.
yep, and unfortunately watchOS seems to be going the same way ...
I’ve been waiting for this for a few years now. I can hold out for iOS17 on Friday.
Memory doesn‘t interfere with simplicity.
I’m not updating my iPhone until the night before in time for setting up my iPhone, which I will not restore my iCloud back up to. I always start off fresh, and enter everything in manually. I usually delete apps that I don’t use anymore.
I would’ve loved for this feature in July when we went on vacation. I hated having everybody’s AirTags pinging my iPhone.
When I've had to /decided do it, it is so nice when setting up fresh. Everything 'feels' as though you're not carrying old cached data and obsolete elements (but that's probably more imagined than tangible).
I agree that the re-downloading of apps is a pain – although perhaps equalled by the way I've had to nudge loads of apps into actually downloading/installing after a restore (the icons appear greyed out, even though they should be automatically downloading).
I like that with the 'set up as new' method, you see all the smaller tweaks and 'onboarding' Apple have implemented to help introduce new features – some of this seems to be missed with an upgrade and I wonder if that contributes to confusion for less detail obsessed users.
Keeping the old phone in it's current state could one day allow you to charge a premium, if there's a controversial iOS change in a new release, or in an app (thinking Twitter > X), and someone wants a preserved version!
I've already posted more than once - Google maps don't even have my road on them! Despite being at least ten years old. Major errors.
We get delivery drivers almost every day wondering where the hell they are because Google maps are so wrong. (I exaggerate - it has calmed down a bit, but a year or so ago, that was literally true.)
Of course, these things vary. For you, Google might be better than Apple.
Standby Mode has me thinking about buying a Magsafe stand again...
For those who have and use one, do you like it? Was it worth the high cost they seem to have? What kind did you buy? And does anyone know what stand Apple is showing in their promotional material for Standby Mode?
For those who have and use one, do you like it? Was it worth the high cost they seem to have? What kind did you buy? And does anyone know what stand Apple is showing in their promotional material for Standby Mode?
XS had the A12 chip and 8-plus the same year release had the A11 - which was about 20% better. You tell me that made such a difference for this iOS version?
I totally agree. having the health app on the iPad is very helpful
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try this:
iOS 17: Features, Compatible Devices, and More
Apple's iOS 17 update was released to the public on September 18, 2023.
www.macrumors.com
I’m going to read this manual, so I can use more of the features of my iPhone.try this:
iOS 17: Features, Compatible Devices, and More
Apple's iOS 17 update was released to the public on September 18, 2023.
I don’t know how old you are, but I’m in my 70s and am liking several of iOS 17’s new features. It’s more a matter of how you use your phone than age.
For example, Live Voicemail will be very helpful. (I’ve used it a few times already.) I get a ton of calls from numbers I don’t recognize and usually don’t answer them, so I may miss an important call. Yes, I can just wait for their voicemail and call back, but this will be more convenient.
Improved autocorrect will save time and lessen frustration. Improvements to the Weather and Reminders apps are also good.
Most “new features” with new iOS leave me completely unmoved. I make phone calls, text, email, sometimes use camera, airdrop, access internet, sometimes play solitaire. The rest is essentially pointless gibberish.
I often say these phones do a million things you will never use, but as long as they do the half dozen or so things you need then you’re good.
I often say these phones do a million things you will never use, but as long as they do the half dozen or so things you need then you’re good.
The one in the promo picture is the Twelve South Forté for MagSafe Charger
I've had this 3 in 1 charger unit on my nightstand the last few years and love it.
It was $30 but no fast charging. I charge everything overnight anyways.
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Hopefully so. I want to try out FaceTime on the Apple TV.
Speaking of that, is the little stand they used during the TVOS presentation at the WWDC the MagSafe Belkin one they sell for monitors? I want to get a little stand like the one they showed in the presentation.