Apple released a new update for your iPhone last night, because iOS 17.2 is available. This is why you need to update now!
iOS 17.2 is available
Just update! Apple released iOS 17.2 for your iPhone last night. As a result, new functions become available on your phone for the first time in a long time, including even a completely new app. Enough reason to immediately update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS 17. Do you want to know what to expect from the update? We list all the new features for you!
1. Diary app comes to iPhone
With iOS 17.2, your iPhone gets a completely new app, Diary appears on your iPhone. This is an app for tracking your daily thoughts, activities and goals. The app uses your photos, but also the locations you visit, the music and podcasts you listen to, the workouts you do and basically anything else you can think of. Read all about the Diary app here.
2. Messages is being adjusted in iOS 17.2
Another Apple app that will be adjusted in iOS 17.2 is Messages. You will soon be able to respond to a message more quickly in the Messages app. By pressing and holding your finger on a conversation bubble you can send a sticker in response more quickly. You can choose from a sticker or emoji of your choice. It will then appear in the corner of the message. We are already seeing the same thing with WhatsApp.
In addition, Memojis are more customizable and Contact Key Verification is improved in iOS 17.2. You will especially notice the adjustment with Memojis, because you will soon be able to add a body to your avatar. You can then choose your arms, shoulders and much more. This makes your Memoji even more personal!
3. Finally: change notification sound
A small adjustment in iOS 17.2 is changing the notification sound of your iPhone. You can now choose which sound you hear when you receive a notification. You will then hear this sound in all apps that do not have their own notification sound. Previously this was never possible with the iPhone, but that is now finally changing! This way you are no longer dependent on Apple’s own notification sound.
4. New features for Apple Music in iOS 17.2
Apple Music gets a number of nice features in iOS 17.2. The music service gets shared playlists, so you can create a playlist in Apple Music together with others. There is also a new focus for Apple Music, which allows you to indicate that someone else is listening to music on your account. A new playlist will also appear from iOS 17.2, in which all your favorites can be found.
5. Sharing of contact posters has been adjusted
Another change to the settings of your iPhone: you will soon be able to choose with whom you share your name and photo on your contact poster. From iOS 17.2 you have the option to hide this data, only share it with your contacts or determine it per contact. This was already possible with Messages, but is now being extended to Phone and FaceTime.
More new features for iOS 17.2
Apple is also making a number of minor changes in iOS 17.2. You can expect these changes in the latest update for your iPhone:
- Weather app gets new widgets;
- Siri you can soon use with your health data;
- AirDrop is being improved: you will soon also be able to share (flight) tickets by keeping two iPhones together;
- New widget for the clock will be added in iOS 17.2;
- It becomes easier to pdf files to be completed on your iPhone;
- To inform now warns against receiving stickers that contain nude images or other sensitive content;
- Qi2 support for wireless charging of the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14;
- Wireless charging issues in cars was fixed in iOS 17.2;
- Action button the iPhone 15 will have a translation function;
- In iOS 17.2 it is possible to spatial videos can be recorded with the iPhone 15 Pro (Max).
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