Dynamic Island and Always On Update: Major iOS 17 Changes Revealed
Miscellaneous / / April 13, 2023
It also became known which smartphones will receive the next iOS.
An insider under the nickname 9:41, who has previously shared correct information about Apple releases, told about the main innovations of iOS 17. He also noted which devices will receive the firmware.
Let's start with the changes and new features:
- The control center will receive massive changes in terms of interface and customization options.
- Dynamic Island will get new features. The marketing department asked the developers to implement them - probably to make it easier to sell the basic iPhone 15.
- New settings for Always On mode.
- New filters for customizing focus modes.
- Redesigned notification system and the ability to further customize them.
- Accessibility settings to make iPhone more convenient for older users and young children.
- Interactive widgets with the ability to click on buttons and switch sliders are in the works, but the release in iOS 17 is still in doubt.
- CarKey improvements and tighter integration with Wallet.
- Changes to the interface of the Health app, especially the Summary tab.
- Changes to the Camera app that were planned for the release of the iPhone 14 Pro. Perhaps they will be exclusive to the iPhone 15.
- Improved search system (regular and Spotlight).
- A huge number of APIs and frameworks for ARKit.
According to the author, all smartphones that have updated to iOS 16 will also receive iOS 17. But in the case of the iPad, the termination of support for models with A9 and A10 Fusion processors is being discussed, the exact decision will be made in 3-4 weeks. Removing support for these chips means that updates to the iPad 5 (2017), iPad 6 (2018) and iPad 7 (2019) will no longer be available. The end of updates 4 years after the release of the tablet may have a bad effect on Apple's reputation, so it is more likely that only the iPad 5 with the A9 chip will be removed.
9:41 notes that early betas of iOS 17 may not work well on devices with 3 GB of RAM (standard iPads and iPhone 8/X), but stability will be improved closer to release.
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