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These iOS 17 Features Won't Be Available at Launch

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Apple is expected to release iOS 17 in mid to late September as a free software update for the iPhone XS and newer. The update includes a wide range of new features, but not all of them will be available right away, according to Apple's website.

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Below, we have listed three features that Apple says are "coming later this year" as part of a future iOS 17 version, such as iOS 17.1 or iOS 17.2. Apple has already been testing iOS 17.1 internally for several weeks, according to our MacRumors analytics logs, and the update is likely to be released in late October based on precedent.

Journal App

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An all-new Journal app will allow iPhone users to reflect on their day and memories, complete with text, photos, music, audio recordings, and more. The app will provide personalized suggestions based on recent on-device activity.

Collaborative Apple Music Playlists

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A new Collaborative Playlists feature for Apple Music will allow multiple people to add, reorder, and remove songs in a shared playlist.

AirDrop Transfers via Internet

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If you send content like an image or video to another user via AirDrop, the transfer will be able to continue over an internet connection if you leave AirDrop range, so long as both you and the recipient are signed in to an iCloud account.

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tivoboy said:
Honestly, does ANYONE care about the JOURNAL APP? I’m hoping it just won’t be available at launch, and then they will just quietly abandon it.
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Maybe people do? Just because you don't see inherent value in it doesn't mean it isn't valuable to someone else. 🤷‍♂️

I found great value in using Dayflect to jot down my thoughts in the morning. And before you start pushing back with "why not use Notes?", I found that using a dedicated place outside of my catch-all app, where I could focus on capturing my thoughts, much more useful and intentional.
 
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usersince86 said:
It would be great if they would just make AirDrop work more consistently in its current configuration. :cool:
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That’s likely why they’re doing this: having a fallback when peer to peer is just not going to work. Because it just can’t always work. There’s just not enough spectrum to always be able to establish an adhoc wifi network.
 
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tivoboy said:
Honestly, does ANYONE care about the JOURNAL APP? I’m hoping it just won’t be available at launch, and then they will just quietly abandon it.

Anyone remember CLIPS?
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I can’t wait for it. Will be great, especially if it’s a kind of automatic catch all, so each day is pre-filled with your steps, your map routes, your photos etc, then allowing you to tie it all together with your thoughts.
 
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Android 14 is rumored to get an app cloning feature that lets you create additional instances of any given app, so that for example you can be logged into different accounts at the same time. Now that would be a super useful feature! Of course, Apple would have to sort out how to handle app-specific iCloud sync, but that shouldn’t be a show stopper.
 
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