Don't know when or how but I've noticed Siri to have vastly improved in the past few months or so...at least via my OG HomePods ( which is about the only time I actually use Siri). Great improvement in response time as well as much less '...I know a website for that answer ' nonsense.
2024 is just a few days away, and there are many iOS 17 and iOS 18 features that are expected to launch throughout the year.
Below, we have recapped new iOS features expected in 2024, including Stolen Device Protection, collaborative Apple Music playlists, AirPlay on hotel room TVs, app sideloading in the EU, next-generation CarPlay, roadside assistance via satellite outside of the U.S., RCS support in the Messages app, and generative AI for Siri.
Stolen Device Protection
Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal reported about thieves spying on an iPhone user's passcode before stealing the device, often in public places like bars. With knowledge of the passcode, the thief can then change the victim's Apple ID password, turn off Find My, and more to gain full control of the device. The thief can also use the passcode to gain access to passwords stored in iCloud Keychain and other sensitive information.
Stolen Device Protection is Apple's hopeful solution to the problem. Apple says the feature is designed to add an additional layer of security in the event someone has stolen your iPhone and also obtained the device's passcode.
When the feature is turned on, Face ID or Touch ID authentication is strictly required for the following actions, with a passcode fallback no longer available:
- Accessing passwords or passkeys saved in iCloud Keychain
- Applying for a new Apple Card or viewing an Apple Card's virtual number
- Turning off Lost Mode
- Erasing all content and settings
- Taking certain Apple Cash and Apple Card Savings actions in the Wallet app
- Using payment methods saved in Safari
- Using your iPhone to set up a new device
For especially sensitive actions, including changing the password of the Apple ID account associated with the iPhone, the feature adds a one-hour security delay on top of biometric authentication. In these cases, the user must authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID, wait one hour, and authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID again. However, Apple says there is no delay when the iPhone is in familiar locations, such as at home or work.
Actions that require Face ID or Touch ID authentication, and have a one-hour security delay, when the feature is turned on:
Stolen Device Protection is an opt-in feature that can be found in the Settings app under Face ID & Passcode, and it is available for all iPhones that are compatible with iOS 17. iPhone users who update to the iOS 17.3 beta are able to preview the feature.
- Changing your Apple ID password
- Updating select Apple ID security settings, including adding or removing a trusted device, trusted phone number, Recovery Key, or Recovery Contact
- Changing your iPhone passcode
- Adding or removing Face ID or Touch ID
- Turning off Find My
- Turning off Stolen Device Protection
Apple plans to share additional information about the feature once iOS 17.3 is released widely.
Apple Music Collaborative Playlists
A new Collaborative Playlists option for Apple Music subscribers allows multiple people to add, reorder, and remove songs in a shared playlist. Users are able to leave animated emoji reactions next to songs in the playlist.
This feature was initially expected to launch with iOS 17.2, but it was removed from that update towards the end of the beta testing period. The feature was re-added in iOS 17.3, and Apple's website confirms that it will return in 2024.
AirPlay on Hotel Room TVs
Following the release of iOS 17.2, Apple updated its website to indicate that an AirPlay feature for hotel room TVs has been delayed until next year.
Apple originally said the feature was "coming later this year," but it now says it will be "coming in an update in 2024." Apple did not provide a more specific timeframe, but the feature should be added in an iOS 17 update in the first half of next year.
The feature will allow iPhone users to scan a QR code on their hotel room TV to establish an AirPlay connection, allowing them to wirelessly stream videos, photos, and music from their iPhone to the TV. Google already offers a similar feature on some hotel TVs, allowing guests to stream content from their smartphone via Chromecast.
Apple in June said Holiday Inn parent company IHG Hotels & Resorts would be one of the first hotel chains to adopt the feature.
App Sideloading in EU
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman last year reported that Apple was preparing to allow app sideloading on the iPhone in order to comply with the European Union's Digital Markets Act. This would allow users to install apps outside of Apple's App Store, but the change is only expected to be made in European Union countries, at least initially.
Gurman recently said that he expects app sideloading in the EU to roll out in an iOS 17 update released in the first half of 2024.
Next-Generation CarPlay
Apple said that the first vehicles with support for its next-generation CarPlay system would be announced in late 2023, and it delivered on that promise with just days to spare. Earlier this month, Aston Martin and Porsche previewed what the next-generation CarPlay experience will look like in some of their upcoming vehicles.
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As someone with a 2024 model car, it would be great if I was able to take advantage of the new CarPlay features. However, it looks like I will probably be left out.
Stolen Device Protection is nice, and the delay thing, much like getting narcotics in some pharmacies, can prevent the thief from using violence as the owner themselves literally cannot circumvent it at an untrusted location.
But honestly curious, why did Apple decide to make it so that highly sensitive operations such as changing Apple ID passwords only require device passcodes? Almost every other service there is requires the current password and sometimes even a verification email. Whose idea was it that you can literally modify access to such a highly personal and important account with just a code that, for most users, is just 6 digits?
But honestly curious, why did Apple decide to make it so that highly sensitive operations such as changing Apple ID passwords only require device passcodes? Almost every other service there is requires the current password and sometimes even a verification email. Whose idea was it that you can literally modify access to such a highly personal and important account with just a code that, for most users, is just 6 digits?
Hmm. More features on top of features that are chronically buggy, have been mostly abandoned or that never worked right in the first place?
I really think Apple is due for a ground up reboot of iOS.
I really think Apple is due for a ground up reboot of iOS.
Looking forward to improved Siri. But very possible that some of the new features may be reserved only for the next iPhones.
I was just thinking this. SuperSiri might require specific processor/RAM that older iPhones can’t support. A great way to drive sales of iPhone 16. Maybe most other folks will see Siri gain a few IQ points.
Perhaps Apple’s ‘Huge Applied Language’ model will in fact stop Tim and Co from opening the next product launch ‘I’m sorry Tim, this product is too important to the company, I can’t allow humans to jeopardise the new ToasterFridge’.
Perhaps Apple’s ‘Huge Applied Language’ model will in fact stop Tim and Co from opening the next product launch ‘I’m sorry Tim, this product is too important to the company, I can’t allow humans to jeopardise the new ToasterFridge’.
Siri works just find for me, I run an entire smart home off of Siri, it's not as dumb as people make it out to be. Meanwhile Google Assistant on my Android can't even make a call when I'm using Android Auto....
But it will benefit iPhone users with Android friends.RCS? Sounds like a great feature that mostly benefits people who don't use an iPhone.
Living in the EU I will tell you that Brexit was a smart move, the heavy handed crap the EU pulls is ridiculous, I'm so ready for my current assignment to end and move back to the US.
They have a website, apple.com, it lists all the new features in iOS 17. Also when you update it tells you what's new in the update.
Speaking for myself as a UK citizen and seeing the impact it has had on my personal and business life, I am going to vehemently disagree.
But this is not the time or the thread for that. 🙂
Agreed. They need to make the erase all data and settings an hour long wait when not in a trusted location as I know of people having their phones stolen and then them made to erase them with the threat of violence.
