iOS 17: All the little things

[Ansath]

Since I noticed this thread was not yet created, I thought I would create it. Taken from Mr ErikGrim's iOS 15 version..... (Mods, can we pin?).

Post about the little things (excluding highly published features) that have changed in iOS 17 here. Note that this is a wiki post, which means that you can add directly to this post.

NOTE: As always this is NOT a thread for bugs, questions, or troubleshooting the betas. All posts must present a new feature or function, or new behaviour not mentioned in the keynote. Please screenshot where necessary. Comments on features are welcome, but stay on topic. This is also not a thread for whining about missing features, complaining, in-fighting, or personal agendas. Keep this informative and to the topic at hand.



Beta 1:
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[Ansath]

You can crop a photo without going to edit.

When you zoom in, you get a ‘crop’ button on the top right. Less steps For something simple!

 

[nikhilnagaraj24]

Recent calls view now has an inline Voicemail indicator

 

[BigMcGuire]

I don't have iOS 17 but from another poster who does (and who responded to my question in another thread), it looks like Apple has finally increased the margins to use the full screen space of an iPhone in Apple Books - like the Kindle App and every other app on iOS.

 

[nikhilnagaraj24]

The Apple TV remote on the iPhone has a new layout

 

[podycust]

Mobile data is now called mobile service in settings.

never made sense it be called mobile data when it had all settings rated to mobile service in it lol

 

[klasma]

Mobile data is now called mobile service in settings.

never made sense it be called mobile data when it had all settings rated to mobile service in it lol

I think originally it only had settings related to mobile data, as opposed to normal phone service.

 

[Dylan33x]

Thank you for making this thread!

 

[sdm1985]

Can’t wait to see this thread grow ❤️

 

[TruBleu]

When you set a photo as wallpaper, it kinda extends the top to ‘elongate’ the picture and fill the screen…not sure how to word it. This is one of my favourite new features.

 

[TruBleu]

The small contacts widget allows you to add buttons for messaging and calling. What’s even better is you can configure each button to message/call via whatever app you have installed.

 

[TruBleu]

New silencing option in focus mode settings allows you to either silence calls always or only when the screen is locked. It used to be always until now.

 

[TruBleu]

Many changes to contents in the Weather app.

 

[Paddle1]

New silencing option in focus mode settings allows you to either silence calls always or only when the screen is locked. It used to be always until now.

That's great. I had to enable phone calls to bypass DND altogether because they would get instantly sent to voicemail without notice, was especially annoying with verification codes.

 

[hesoba]

From Reddit.

If you take photos from food apparently it shows you recipes for it?

 

[adrianlondon]

The small contacts widget allows you to add buttons for messaging and calling. What’s even better is you can configure each button to message/call via whatever app you have installed.

Do you know if the "call" option be set to FaceTime?

 

[AppleFanboy1984]

Is this new? Setting > accessibility > Sound & visual

Play sound when iPhone shuts down/starts up

 

[AppleFanboy1984]

Also, new clock widget?

 

[klasma]

Is this new? Setting > accessibility > Sound & visual

Play sound when iPhone shuts down/starts up

No, that's not new, see https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/enable-mac-like-startup-sound-turn-on-iphone-14/.

 

[SpaceGrayAlways]

Preferred pronouns (he/him/his, she/her/hers, they/them/theirs, etc.) are now available in the Contacts.

 

[gank41]

Adding the MacRumors Forum homepage as an iPhone web app seems to be SOOOO much like an actual app. It’s great. Let’s see how notifications work.

 

[TruBleu]

Do you know if the "call" option be set to FaceTime?

I went back and checked this. Strangely enough, there is no option labelled ‘FaceTime’, but there is one called ‘iPhone’. I suppose that would route the call using FaceTime if available. I couldn’t test it because I hardly have anyone using it. Maybe someone who actually uses FacteTime could check it. My Dad uses it, but on his iPad (no phone number, but email id). Tried calling him via the Contacts widget and that made a call to a lengthy random garbage number like this…

 

[Ansath]

The Lock Screen control for an Apple TV has changed. The volume control is no longer a slider.

 

[Polaroid]

The Lock Screen control for an Apple TV has changed. The volume control is no longer a slider.

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Ew, hopefully it changes back to slider lol

 

[s2mike]

The Lock Screen control for an Apple TV has changed. The volume control is no longer a slider.

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It’s still a slider for me…

iPhone 14 Pro