Apple just released a preview of its big iPhone update, here's what's new

In June, Apple announced iOS 17, the latest mentation of the iPhone operating system. Now it’s available successful a nationalist beta form, and it’s escaped for iPhone owners to try.

Keep successful caput — this is simply a beta version, intended arsenic a preview of the last software, truthful Apple tin get assistance uncovering and squashing bugs earlier it's officially released to the wider public. 

In the fall, alongside caller iPhones, Apple officially releases the bundle to everyone with a compatible iPhone. Apple recommends users who aren't comfy with beta bundle to hold until then.

Still, for radical who similar to unrecorded connected the bleeding edge, Apple's nationalist beta for iOS allows them to get a preview of what each iPhones volition look similar successful a fewer months — arsenic agelong arsenic they person an iPhone XS (released 2018) oregon newer.

There's a caller process for installing the nationalist beta. Instead of enrolling connected Apple's website and installing a configuration profile, you tin simply spell to Settings > General > Software Update and take to instal a beta mentation of iOS from the drop-down menu.

Here are immoderate of the biggest changes successful iOS 17:

Contact posters. One of the astir noticeable changes successful iOS 17 volition beryllium that you tin take a representation and font to alteration however you look erstwhile you telephone different iPhone user. You tin make your ain “contact poster” successful the aforesaid mode you’d customize your ain fastener screen. 

Better autocorrect. Apple’s autocorrect has been revamped with a caller transformer-based connection model, Apple said. This should amended accuracy and adjacent amended grammar connected the condemnation level. 

iMessage improvements and interface revamp. Apple’s substance messaging app has gotten 1 of its biggest updates successful years. The astir disposable alteration volition beryllium that the interface has hidden apps similar stickers oregon the camera, which present beryllium wrong a paper connected the left-hand side, arsenic opposed to connected the apical of the keyboard. Apple besides improved connection search, stickers, and volition automatically transcribe abbreviated audio messages. 

New standby dock mode. When users spot their iPhone horizontally connected a wireless charger, alternatively of the aforesaid aged fastener screen, it volition show a caller interface with widgets similar a calendar oregon clock, alarms, and different real-time information. It'll beryllium ace adjuvant for folks who privation to usage their iPhone arsenic a bedside clock.

Business paper replacement. A caller diagnostic called NameDrop allows 2 iPhone users to stock interaction details by simply bringing their phones adjacent together.

Mental wellness features successful the Health app. Inside Apple's Health app, users tin log their regular moods and emotions arsenic good arsenic entree tests and different assessments utilized to diagnose slump and anxiety.

Offline maps. Apple volition adhd the quality to download and usage maps offline successful iOS 17. While Google Maps has offered the diagnostic for years, this is the archetypal clip Apple has enabled it. Maps tin beryllium downloaded for full regions.

New AirPods features. Users with AirPods Pro volition find caller capabilities enabled done the caller iOS. The biggest caller diagnostic is called Adaptive Audio, which uses instrumentality learning and different bundle to analyse what you're listening to and the sounds astir you, and intelligently crook down the measurement successful your headphones to springiness them amended consciousness of their surroundings.

Don’t person to accidental “Hey” to Siri anymore. Apple has made the bid to awaken its dependable adjunct shorter.

Photos recognizes pets arsenic their ain person. Apple's instrumentality learning has been capable to observe cats oregon dogs successful photos for a fewer years, but present it tin place idiosyncratic pets, and enactment them successful their ain photos folders. So if you person 2 dogs, Apple Photos tin archer the quality betwixt the 2 successful hunt and different applications.

Grocery lists successful Reminders. Apple's Reminders app tin present instrumentality an unstructured database of groceries and automatically benignant them into categories similar Produce, Frozen Foods, oregon Dairy. It should marque buying much efficient.

Phone is excessively adjacent to face. Apple besides built successful a detector called Screen Distance that tin pass users that their look has been excessively adjacent to their telephone for extended periods of time. It's built into Apple's Screen Time feature.

A caller crushed to permission voicemails. A caller diagnostic called Live Voicemail volition amusement an iPhone idiosyncratic a transcription of a voicemail being near successful real-time truthful that they tin determine to prime up the telephone anyway.

FaceTime voicemails. Apple has added voicemail enactment for the archetypal clip for FaceTime calls. Previously, you could nonstop the different idiosyncratic a substance message.

Better two-factor authentication. One of Apple's astir beloved features is that it automatically takes two-factor codes from substance messages and drops them into the due container connected websites and successful apps. In iOS 17, Apple volition beryllium capable to automatically input two-factor authentication codes from emails received successful the Mail app.

Smooth transitions successful Apple Music. Apple Music has added the quality to cross-fade betwixt tracks, oregon person the archetypal 1 slice retired astatine the extremity arsenic the caller opus starts to slice in. Users volition besides beryllium capable to collaborate connected playlists, thing Spotify has offered for years.