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Apple has started to push out the seventh beta for both iOS 17 and iPad OS 17. This comes just a week after the sixth betas were released. Which is pretty normal for Apple at this point. We’d expect to see a new beta every week until the release candidate in early September.
You can head over to Settings > Software Update and download the beta today. If you have not installed the beta already, you can check out how to do that here.
iOS 17 is getting pretty mature and stable at this point, since we are so close to the stable release coming out. We’d expect that to launch around the third week of September, so there’s less than a month before that happens.
What’s new with iOS 17?
iOS 17 isn’t a huge update this year, but there are still a number of new features available. This includes StandBy. This is a new mode for your iPhone when it is plugged in or on a MagSafe dock and in landscape mode. It will show you the time, as well as other options for picture galleries, shortcuts to Home toggles and more.
The update also brings interactive widgets to the home screen and lock screen in iOS 17. Something that users have wanted for quite some time.
AirDrop is also bringing in some new features for iOS 17, which includes NameDrop. Now when you tap your phone with someone else’s, you can instantly provide your contact information. No more needing to hand out business cards, nor write down someone’s phone number. Speaking of phone numbers, iOS 17 also brings in Contact Posters. This is a customizable poster that others will see when you call them. This can include just text, or a memoji, or even a portrait of yourself.
iOS 17 should be launching for everyone on the week of September 18, so just a little over a month before it’s available for everyone.