Apple announced the release of the premiere iOS 17 public beta, which allows you to preview the most interesting new features coming to the iPhone. An update made up of many improvements and intelligent functions, some of which are really interesting. Here’s how to access the beta and test this new operating system on your iPhone.
iOS 17 arrives in public beta: what’s new and how to download it
The new iOS 17 public beta looks like quite stable to be able to test it without too many hesitations – although perhaps it would be better to stay on iOS 16 on the smartphone you use for work. In any case, we always recommend making a backup before installing the new operating system.
How to download the beta on iPhone
You can use the iOS 17 public beta and test what’s new if you have one iPhone XS/XR or later (so 11, 12, 13 and 14) and also up iPhone SE from the second generation.
Users interested in trying it can sign up for Apple’s Beta program. To register, simply visit the page dedicated to the Beta program, enter your Apple ID data and accept the terms. Once registered, users can download the beta profile directly from your iPhone, by visiting beta.apple.com/profile and selecting the download option.
After installation, iOS 17 will be available as a normal system updatewhich can be downloaded and installed via le General Settings Of the device.
In case you would like to go back, just restore the backup and wait for the official launch of iOS 17, presumably at the end of summer.
What are the main news of the public beta of iOS 17
The new Apple operating system for your iPhone will allow you to introduce various customizations that will make it truly yours. Starting from the lock screen, with the new interesting standby functionality, which activates when you’re charging iPhone (either via MagSafe, Lightning or Qi wireless charging). Your iPhone becomes a smart screen: you can show widgets, the time as an alarm clock, photos. Furthermore, you can choose to show notifications and interact with your widgets in a simple and intuitive way.
Also, you can create your own stickers directly from the photographs, isolating a subject and then modifying the image with filters and more. This way, you can have personalized stickers to use on any occasion.
Lots of little conveniences
Then comes a tbest board, that does not auto-correct “swearwords” and that underlines the automatic corrections in blue, so you can understand what it has changed.
The possibility of using the iPhone camera to get information about the world around us, such as the explanation of car warning lights and washing machine labels. Then there is the possibility of record your voice, making it processed by the iPhone (without uploading to the cloud that would endanger privacy), a really interesting accessibility function. And then Live Transcription: when you receive a call, you can have it transcribed without answering, so you know what the call was about even when you can’t answer.
The upcoming news are too many to summarize them all without boring the reader: the invitation is to try them a little at a time after downloading the beta. But there are two that we must emphasize. Siri improves, not only in functionality but also in convenience: no more saying “Hey Siri”, just call it by name. And then there are lots of new features for privacy and security, as we have told you here.
Let us know if you intend to try iOS 17 in public beta and which innovation seems most interesting to you in the comments.