iOS 11 Release Date Set for Fall

Jun 5, 2017 - 15 Comments

iOS 11

Apple has announced iOS 11, the next major operating system for iPhone and iPad. The new system software update includes a wide variety of refinements and various new features. There’s no wildly new adjustments or changes, making iOS 11 largely familiar to users of prior iOS versions.

iOS 11 Features

There are many new minor features and refinements in iOS 11 including:

  • Improvements to Apple Pay and iMessage based money sending
  • iMessage enhancements and improved iMessage syncing across iCloud
  • Enhancements to Siri including redesigned male and female voices
  • A redesigned Control Center
  • Smaller photo and video footprint
  • The ability to edit Live Photos and create looping Live Photos, Live Photos can make long exposure shots easily as well
  • Updates to Maps and maps navigation
  • Some new social features in the Music app to see what friends are listening to
  • A new “Do Not Disturb While Driving” feature
  • All new redesigned App Store that looks more like the Music app
  • Support for AR (Augmented Reality) apps and features
  • Plus much more…

iOS 11 control center

There also appears to be ever-so-slightly revamped icons on the iOS 11 home screen with mild adjustments to gradients and colors of some icons.

iOS 11 will be available in the fall for the general public, with a public beta version available later in the month. A developer beta of iOS 11 is available now.

iOS 11 features

WatchOS 4 for Apple Watch

Apple also announced watchOS 4 for Apple Watch. watchOS 4 will feature a new Siri based watch face that automatically updates based on days events and changes, along with a psychedelic kaleidoscope watch face, and a trio of Toy Story character watch faces as well. WatchOS 4 also includes a revised Activity app with little nudges to encourage you to be active, along with various other app updates, and a redesigned Music app again.

WatchOS 4

WatchOS 4 will be available to the public in the fall, with a developer beta available right away.

Separately, Apple also announced MacOS 10.13 High Sierra, also due to release this fall.

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Posted by: Paul Horowitz in iPad, iPhone, News

15 Comments

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  1. Shimul says:

    Ios 11

  2. Pece says:

    Where is the ducking iOS 11 download link????

  3. Tamax Seares says:

    I can’t update my iPhone5 what happen

  4. Bhuvaneshwaran.M says:

    How to update

  5. Poniyanus says:

    IOS 11

  6. Vinod says:

    iOS 11 not updated please help me

  7. muhamad says:

    how to dawnload ios 11 for iphone 5,1 please help me

  8. TheGypsyAngel says:

    Hi again—
    Sorry, forgot to ask one question-So …
    what IS the difference between the iOS Beta-
    — *Developer* vs *Public* versions? —
    ( well, other than the obvious, ya know! )
    Thanks again!
    あ.よ.み.

  9. DCJ001 says:

    Actually, iOS 11 will be available to everyone in the summer (before September 22).

    • Luis says:

      Yeah but that will be a beta version in july, not the final product. The final version is scheduled for september as the article says.

    • Luis says:

      Yeah but it’s still a beta version for testing that launches in july, even though it’s public. The final version, recommended for most users, comes until september.

  10. Kerblepumps says:

    Looks forgettable, I will skip iOS 11 thanks.

    • Luis says:

      Maybe on the iphone, but definitely not on the iPad. There are lots of changes in iOS 11 for ipad, but this article seems to have focused more on the iphone features. Among the new ipad features are a new dock similar to the one seen in macOS on the macs, a new files app, drag and drop functionality, enhanced support for apple pencil (ipad pro models only) and a built in document scanner feature in the notes app. So don’t skip iOS 11 on your ipad if you have one.

    • Bobber says:

      Yeah, me too. I have no need for any stupid security updates that will be coming along with iOS 11.

      • Luis says:

        As I said, don’t skip it on ipad. There are lots of useful new features for ipads that are not mentioned in the article, which seems to focus more on iphone.

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