Apple’s WWDC’23 developer-centric conference is right around the proverbial corner anticipated in early June, so it’s only normal to anticipate more and more chatter about the upcoming iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS software releases.
iOS 17: New features
Spotlight Search and Search in general should receive a major boost in their utility, according to the latest iOS 17 leak. Can’t ever have too many improvements, so bring it on.
Probably the most intriguing new feature could be the so-called “Active Widgets”, which could bring truly interactive widgets, with tapable buttons, sliders, and other elements that could be interacted with. Definitely sounds an improvement to the mostly informative widgets that we have on iOS at the moment. Yet, “analyst941” isn’t sure if this feature will be ready in time for iOS 17.
New menus in Settings and custom accessibility settings are also expected to make an appearance, and some of these might make the iPhone way easier to use for children and the elderly.
iOS 17: When will it be released?
Our expectations are that iOS 17 will debut at WWDC’23, when most of its major new features will be showcased on stage. After that, we should see iOS 17 firstly appear as a developer-centric beta shortly after the WWDC keynote concludes, and the very first iOS 17 public beta should arrive roughly a month or so afterwards. iOS 17 would be officially released around the iPhone 15 series release, quite possibly in mid-to-late September 2023, which is when we expect to have Apple’s next phones in our hands.
