The archetypal iOS 17.4 beta dropped. It's an update for developers, giving america a glimpse of what's coming to iPhone erstwhile the authoritative nationalist update drops successful the spring.
Due to a European Union mandate that coerced Apple to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), immoderate updates interaction EU users only.
5 champion iOS 17.4 features coming to iPhone
Let's instrumentality a look astatine immoderate of the astir extremist changes coming to your iPhone soon.
1. 118 caller emoji
As we reported connected Thursday, iOS 17.4 is introducing 118 caller emoji.
This postulation includes 2 head-shaking emoji (one is simply a motion and the different is simply a motion that indicates "no"), a lime slice, a phoenix, a mushroom, and a breached chain.
2. Auto-generated transcripts with Apple Podcasts
Apple announced that Apple Podcasts is introducing transcripts to the app, allowing users to "read" episodes alternatively of listening to them. You tin besides usage them to work on with your favourite podcasters.
"As an occurrence plays, each connection is highlighted, making it casual to travel along." the Cupertino-based tech elephantine said successful a press release.
3. Gaming streaming apps present allowed connected the Apple App Store
The likes of Nvidia GeForce Now and Xbox Cloud Gaming are present allowed to person dedicated apps successful the App Store.
For gamers with iPhones and iPads, this volition let subscribers to ditch web browser usage, which is known to beryllium somewhat clunky — making mobile, on-the-go gaming overmuch much seamless and smooth.
4. New Stolen Device Protection feature
Stolen Device Protection, which adds a furniture of extortion successful the lawsuit your iPhone gets stolen, present has an enactment to instrumentality a hold to immoderate information mounting changes if the instrumentality detects you're not successful a acquainted determination (e.g., location oregon work).
5. Siri tin work incoming messages successful a circumstantial language
In iOS 17.4 beta, you tin acceptable Siri to work texts successful a circumstantial language, including Spanish, French, German, Chinese, and more.
If you instrumentality this change, don't worry. As MacRumors pointed out, it volition not interrupt the superior connection Siri listens and responds to.
In summation to these 5 features, arsenic mentioned astatine the outset, determination are a slew of caller updates specifically for EU users, acknowledgment to the DMA. For example, EU users with iOS 17.4 tin present entree third-party app stores connected their iPhone.
Plus, Fortnite, which was notoriously barred from Apple App Store, is present making a instrumentality to the Apple App Store. But again, this is lone for EU users.
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