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Incorporating significant changes to Phone, Messages, and FaceTime, iOS 17 introduces fresh avenues for self-expression in communication. The StandBy feature provides an immersive full-screen experience, offering easily viewable information from a distance when your iPhone is positioned sideways during charging. Streamlining the sharing experience, AirDrop now facilitates seamless connections with those in proximity, featuring the addition of NameDrop for convenient contact sharing. Text input becomes faster and more user-friendly with keyboard enhancements. Notably, iOS 17 extends its updates to Widgets, Safari, Music, AirPlay, and various other aspects.
iOS 17.3 Update: Enhanced Security and Exciting New Features
The iOS 17.3 update brings significant enhancements, including Stolen Device Protection, a new Unity wallpaper to celebrate Black History Month, and various other improvements, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPhone.
- Stolen Device Protection: This crucial security feature enhances the safety of your iPhone and Apple ID by requiring Face ID or Touch ID for specific actions, with no passcode fallback option. The Security Delay feature introduces a mandatory hour-long wait, necessitating additional successful biometric authentication before sensitive operations like changing the device passcode or Apple ID password can be performed.
- Unity Wallpaper: The Lock Screen now features a Unity wallpaper, honoring Black history and culture in celebration of Black History Month.
- Collaborative Playlists in Music: You can now create collaborative playlists, inviting friends to join and allowing everyone to add, reorder, and remove songs. Emoji reactions can be added to any track in a collaborative playlist, enhancing the interactive music-sharing experience.
- AirPlay Hotel Support: This update enables you to stream content directly to the TV in your hotel room at select locations.
- AppleCare & Warranty Section: The ‘AppleCare & Warranty’ section in Settings now displays coverage information for all devices associated with your Apple ID.
- Crash Detection Optimization: iOS 17.3 includes improvements in crash detection for all iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 models.
