iOS 17.1 to Launch by October 24 Apple’s upcoming iOS 17.1 update is set to be released to the public by October 24, according to the French regulatory group ANFR (via iPhoneSoft). The release date was shared on the ANFR’s website in an update outlining Apple’s plan to address radiation levels in the iPhone 12. “Apple has committed to deploy an update in France,” reads a trans…

Apple Releases iOS 16.7.1 for Older iPhones and iPads Apple today released iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1, new software updates that can be downloaded on iPhones and iPads that are not able to run iOS 17, or those that have not yet been updated to the new operating system. iOS 16.7.1 comes a few weeks after Apple released iOS 16.7. The software can be downloaded on eligible iPhones and iPads over-th…

I love Android but.. iOS is smoother (hear me out) I have many devices iPhone 13 mini (not really considered flagship). Work has me on a Pixel 6 Pro and I have another personal device Note 20 Ultra and I was shopping and looking for a new phone to replace the N20U and I was really interested in the Pixel 8 Pro, However I saw the viewfinder on a display model of the camera and it was extremely ch…

How to use the new Messages features in iOS 17 Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeiOS 17 is available now and ready to install if you’ve got an iPhone released in the last five years — and as usual, Apple has added upgrades and new features to its iOS apps as well as to the mobile operating system itself. Here, we’ll show you what you can now do in Messages using iOS 17 that you couldn’…

A smart tags that will work on both Android & iOS? I have an Android device while my wife is with an Apple one. We want to put the smart tags on our kids 🙂 on the next trip, and be able to track them, on both phones. What solution would allow this to us? Thanks. submitted by /u/ssmihailovitch

Downgrading an iPhone From iOS 17 to iOS 16 is No Longer Possible Following the release of iOS 17.0.3 earlier today, Apple has stopped signing iOS 16.6.1, iOS 17, and iOS 17.0.1, preventing iPhone users from downgrading to any of those software versions. Apple continues to sign iOS 17.0.2 for now. Notably, this means that it is no longer possible to downgrade an iPhone from iOS 17 to iOS 16. It is not possibl…

There’s an iOS 17.1 Already If it feels like iOS 17 just launched, that’s because it did. Apple released the latest big iPhone update on Monday, September 18, introducing a series of new features and changes we’ve been digging into ever since. However, it’s already time for another update—or, at least, time to test it. Read more…

Apple releases macOS Sonoma, with iOS-like widgets and Game Mode macOS Sonoma brings the iOS lock screen to the Mac. | Screenshot: Monica Chin / The VergeApple injects a little more iOS into the Mac today as it releases macOS Sonoma, aka macOS 14.0. Sonoma brings with it features like persistent desktop widgets, a new iOS-style lock screen, and a game mode that promises better gaming on your Mac. The file clo…

No, iOS 17 Won’t ‘Kill’ Your iPhone Are you scared to update your iPhone to iOS 17? You’re not alone. There’s a genuine fear out there that installing Apple’s latest update will doom your older iPhone to a premature retirement, slowing it down and generally making it worse overall. The good news? It’s not true. Read more…

How to turn off NameDrop in iOS 17 Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeiOS 17 offers a lot of interesting new features for your iPhone, one of which is called, appropriately, NameDrop. What NameDrop does is let you exchange contact information with another iPhone (and gives you a chance to use your snazzy new Contact Poster) by just holding the top of your phone near the top …

iOS 17 Has Security Risks Already iOS 17 is a great update for your iPhone. It adds 20+ new ringtones and alert tones for this first time in a decade; lets you set up a full-screen Contact Poster that appears when you call other iPhones; and introduces video voice messages for FaceTime. Read more…

Apple Updates Pages, Keynote, and Numbers for iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma Apple today updated its suite of iWork apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, adding new features to Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. On the ‌iPhone‌ and the ‌iPad‌, the three iWork apps now support 3D objects in the USDZ file format. Apple says that these can be added to documents to “bring new dimensions” to your work. In Keynote specifically, embed…

Everything You Should Know About iOS 17 iOS 17 is finally here, and I’ve spent a good deal of time with it over the past couple of weeks. Now that it’s out for the wider public, more and more people will be downloading the update to see what it’s all about. This time around, Apple focused more on making changes to already existing features, although some… Read more…

These iOS 17 Features Are Launching Later This Year Following over three months of beta testing, iOS 17 was released on Monday for the iPhone XS and newer. The free software update includes a wide range of new features, but not all of them are available right away. Below, we have listed features that Apple says are coming “later this year” in a future update, such as iOS 17.1 or iOS 17.2. Journa…

iOS 17 Can Blur NSFW Pics on Your iPhone NSFW messages can be acceptable, depending on the time and the place—but you don’t want them popping up unexpectedly on your iPhone. Until now, however, there was no way to properly block them while allowing other, innocent images sent via iMessage: Nudes would come through the same as any other picture. Read more…

Apple TV Can Be Restored With an iPhone Starting With iOS 17 Starting with the iOS 17 and tvOS 17 software updates released on Monday, any Apple TV HD or Apple TV 4K model experiencing problems can be restored with a nearby iPhone, according to a new Apple support document. If a black screen with an iPhone appears on the TV, users can unlock their iPhone, hold it close to the Apple TV, and follow the on-…

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iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 are now available Photo by Nilay Patel / The VergeiOS 17 and iPadOS 17, Apple’s next major updates for the iPhone and iPad, are now available to download. With iOS 17, some of the biggest new features come to phone calls. Apple’s new Contact Posters let you pick a photo (or Memoji) and font that fill up the screen when you give someone a call. Live Voicemail wil…

How to install iOS 17 on your iPhone Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeOkay, it’s time — Apple is rolling out iOS 17 to everyone today. While it’s been possible to download the developer and public betas of iOS 17 for a while, you can now download and install this latest version of Apple’s new mobile operating system, which is stable and ready to go. But first, an important r…

iOS 17: How to Set and Label Multiple Timers It’s taken this long, but in iOS 17, Apple has added support for multiple timers, and has also made it easy to manage several timers on iPhone with the introduction of labels. That’s right. Believe it or not, iPhones have not included the ability to set multiple ongoing timers until now. In ‌iOS 17‌, the Clock app finally enables several timer…