The iPhone’s iOS 17 update is now available, with improved standby, interactive widgets, and autocorrection.

Auto-correct is about to get a whole lot better on iPhone. That’s because Apple overhauled how auto-correct works in iOS 17, and that software update is now available for iPhone. iOS 17 also includes loads of new features like interactive widgets, StandBy mode, Live Voicemail, FaceTime voice and video mail, and much more.

While iOS 17 is packed with new features and changes, here are several things to look for after you update:

Redesigned and re-engineered autocorrect with inline text recommendations
StandBy mode when charging in landscape orientation for viewing clocks, widgets, photos, and now playing music at a glance
Live Voicemail with real-time transcriptions without answering
Contact Posters for customizing how you appear when calling others
FaceTime audio and video messages for when your call is unanswered
Check In safety feature in Messages destination updates for friends and family
Downloadable offline maps for using Apple Maps without internet
Password and passkey groups and sharing with iCloud Keychain
Siri activation without saying “Hey”
Adaptive Audio, Personalized Volume, and Conversation Awareness with AirPods

iOS 17 is available as a free software update for iPhone XS and later. Look for the update on your iPhone in Settings -> General -> Software Updates, and let us know your favorite features in the comments!

Phone

Contact Posters let you customise how you appear on other people’s devices when you call them with a customised poster
Messages
Stickers iMessage app brings all your stickers into one place including Live Stickers, Memoji, Animoji, emoji stickers and your third-party sticker packs
Live Stickers can be created by lifting the subject from phots or videos and stylising them with effects like Shiny, Puffy and Outline
Check In automatically notifies a family member or frienu
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you arrive at a destination safely and can share helpful information with them in case of a delay
Audio message transcription is available for audio messages you receive so you can read them in the moment and listen later
Search improvements help you find messages faster by allowing you to combine search filters such as people, keywords and content types like photos or links to find exactly what you are looking for
Swipe to reply to a message inline by swiping to the right on any bubble
Single-use verification code cleanup automatically deletes verification codes from the Messages app after using them with AutoFill in other apps
FaceTime
Leave a video or audio message to capture exactly what you want to say when someone does not pick up your FaceTime call
•Enjoy FaceTime calls on Apple TV by using your iPhone as a camera (Apple TV 4K 2nd generation and later)
Reactions layer 3D effects like hearts, balloons, confetti and more around you in video calls and can be triggered with gestures
Video effects allow you to adjust the intensity of Studio Lighting and Portrait mode

StandBy

Full-screen experience with glanceable information like clocks, photos and widgets designed to be viewed from a distance when iPhone is on its side and charging in places such as your bedside table, kitchen counter or desk
Clocks are available in a variety of styles including Digital, Analogue, Solar, Float and World Clock, with elements you can personalise like the accent colour
Photos automatically shuffles through your best shots or showcases a specific album you choose
Widgets give you access to information from a distance and appear in Smart Stacks that deliver the right information at the right time
Night Mode lets clocks, photos and widgets take on a red tone in low light
Preferred view per MagSafe charger remembers your preference for each place you charge with MagSafe, whether that’s a clock, photos or widgets
Widgets
Interactive widgets let you perform actions, like marking a reminder as complete, directly from the widget by tapping it on the Home Screen, Lock Screen or in StandBy
iPhone widgets on Mac enable you to add widgets from your iPhone to your Mac desktop
AirDrop
Name Drop lets you exchange contact information with someone new by bringing your iPhones close together
New way to initiate AirDrop allows you to share content or start a SharePlay session over AirDrop by bringing your iPhones close together

Keyboard

Improved autocorrect accuracy makes typing even easier by leveraging a powerful transformer- based language model (iPhone
12 and later)
Easier autocorrect editing temporarily underlines corrected words and lets you revert back to what you originally typed with just a tap
Enhanced sentence corrections can correct more types of grammatical mistakes when you finish sentences (iPhone 12 and later)
Inline predictive text shows single and multi-word predictions as you type that can be added by tapping space bar (iPhone 12 and later)
Safari and Passwords
Profiles keep your browsing separate for topics like work and personal, separating your history, cookies, extensions, Tab Groups and favourites
Private Browsing enhancements include locking your private browsing windows when you’re not using them, blocking known trackers from loading and removing identifying tracking from URLs
Password and passkey sharing lets you create a group of passwords to share with trusted contacts that stays up to date as members of the group make changes
Single-use verification code AutoFill from Mail autofill in Safari so you can log in without leaving the browser
Music
SharePlay makes it easy for everyone to control and play Apple
Music in the car
Crossfade smoothly transitions between songs by fading out the currently playing song while fading in the next so the music never stops
AirPlay
Intelligent AirPlay device list makes

AirPlay

Intelligent AirPlay device list makes finding the right AirPlay-compatible TV or speaker even easier by showing your devices in order of relevance, based on your preferences
Suggested AirPlay device connections are proactively shown to you as a notification to make it even more seamless to connect to your preferred AirPlay devices
Automatic AirPlay device connections are made between your iPhone and the most relevant AirPlay-compatible device so all you have to do is tap Play to begin enjoying your content
AirPods
Adaptive Audio delivers a new listening mode that dynamically blends Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency to tailor the noise control experience based on the conditions of your environment (AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with firmware version
6A300 or later)
Personalised Volume adjusts the volume of your media in response to your environment and listening preferences over time (AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with firmware version 6A300 or later)
Conversation Awareness lowers your media volume and enhances the voices of the people in front of the user, all while reducing background noise (AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with firmware version 6A300 or later)
Press to mute and unmute your microphone by pressing the AirPods stem or the Digital Crown on AirPods Max when on a call (AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro (1st and 2nd generation) or
AirPods Max with firmware version 6A300 or later)

Siri

Option to say “Siri” in addition to “Hey Siri” for an even more natural way to make requests
Back-to-back requests can be issued without needing to reactivate Siri in between commands (iPhone 11 and later)
Visual Look Up
Expanded domains in Visual Look Up help you discover similar recipes from photos of food, Maps information from photos of shopfronts, and the meaning of signs and symbols on things like laundry tags
Multiple or single subjects can be lifted from the background of photos and videos and placed into apps like Messages
Visual Look Up in Video helps you learn about objects that appear in paused video frames
Visual Look Up for subjects in photos enables you to look up information about objects you lift from photos directly from the callout bar
Health
State of Mind reflection allows you to log your momentary emotion and daily mood, choose what factors are having the biggest impact on you and describe your feelings
Interactive charts give you insights into your state of mind, how it has changed over time and what factors may have an influence, such as exercise, sleep and mindful minutes
Mental health assessments help you understand your current risk of depression and anxiety and if you might benefit from getting support
Screen Distance leverages the TrueDepth camera that powers Face ID to encourage you to increase the distance you view your device to reduce digital eye strain and can help reduce the risk of myopia in children

Historically, Apple has almost always launched the major updates at 10 am PT, with one exception in the last six years:

iOS 16 launched at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET
iOS 15 launched at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET
iOS 14 launched at 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET
- This was an outlier as Apple launched the public release just one day after its iPhone 12 event
iOS 13 launched at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET
iOS 12 launched at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET
iOS 11 launched at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET