Apple
has announced iOS 17, a major release that upgrades the communications experience across Phone, FaceTime, Messages; making sharing even easier with AirDrop; and provides more intelligent input that improves the speed and accuracy of typing. iOS 17 also introduces new experiences with Journal, an app that makes it easy for people to practice gratitude, and StandBy, a news way to view glanceable information when iPhone is set down and charging.
“With iOS 17, we’ve made iPhone more
personal and intuitive by deeply considering the features we all rely on every
day,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of
Software Engineering. “Phone, FaceTime,
and Messages are central to how we communicate, and this release is packed with
updates we think our users are going to love. We’ve also reimagined AirDrop
with new ways to share, autocorrect gets even better, and we’re introducing
all-new experiences with Journal and StandBy, plus so much more. We can’t wait
for everyone to try it.”
The Phone app is central to the iPhone experience, and
it receives a big update with personalized Contact Posters, providing a new way
for users to express themselves. Users can customize how they appear, bringing
a completely new look to incoming calls, and choose beautiful treatments for
photos or Memoji, as well as eye-catching typography and font colors. Contact
Posters will also be available for third-party calling apps.
Live Voicemail gives users the ability to see real-time
transcription as someone leaves a voicemail, and the opportunity to pick up
while the caller is leaving their message. Calls identified as spam by carriers
won’t appear as Live Voicemail, and will instead be instantly declined. With
the power of the Neural Engine, Live Voicemail transcription is handled on-device
and remains entirely private.
