Apple has released its public beta for iOS 17, which can be downloaded right away. Below some of the top features to try now.
1- StandBy mode
We now get a new mode called StandBy. Once enabled from the settings, once you place your phone in landscape mode while charging (plugged or on a stand), the screen will automatically go into a full-screen experience with glanceable information designed to be viewed from a distance when iPhone is on its side and charging. StandBy is perfect on a nightstand, kitchen counter, or desk, and can be personalized to display a range of clock styles, favorite photos, or widgets, including Smart Stacks, which surface the right widgets at the right time. With support for Live Activities, Siri, incoming calls, and larger notifications, StandBy makes iPhone even more useful when viewed at a distance. When charging with MagSafe, StandBy remembers a user’s preferred view. It is easy to bring up StandBy anytime by tapping the screen, and on iPhone 14 Pro with the Always-On display, it is always available.
2- Improvements to Autocorrect
Autocorrect receives a comprehensive update with a transformer language model, a state-of-the-art on-device machine learning language model for word prediction — improving the experience and accuracy as you type. This new updated includes sentence-level autocorrections, and additional detection capabilities of grammatical mistakes. Users will receive predictive text recommendations inline as they type.
3- Contact screen modifications & Posters
A completely new feature that iOS 17 brings to the iPhone is Contact Posters. Now, you can customize how you appear, and how your contacts appear as well, bringing a completely new look to incoming calls. Change photo, fonts, colors and so much more.
4- Messages
Messages gets significant updates with iOS 17, including an all-new stickers experience with new emoji stickers and the ability to create Live Stickers by lifting subjects from photos. you can also add effects to Live Stickers that bring them to life, and a new drawer in the keyboard puts all of a user’s stickers in one place for easier access across iOS.
A new expandable menu that can be accessed with a simple tap to display iMessage apps gives Messages a sleeker look now as well. Search gets more powerful and precise with search filters, making it possible for users to start a search and add additional filters to narrow down the results and find exactly what they are seeking.
5- Siri looses her ‘Hey’
Siri can be activated by simply saying “Siri.” Once activated, users can issue multiple commands in succession without needing to reactivate the assistant.
HOW TO DOWNLOAD ?
You can download iOS 17 public beta right now by opting in to join Apple’s Beta Software Program here. Public betas also include iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, and HomePod Software 17.
We should again emphasize that beta programs will always carry risks of bugs that may also affect third party apps, so proceed with care before deciding to join.
iOS 17 is compatible with the below devices:
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone SE
(2nd generation or later)
