iOS 17.2 Is Way Bigger Than We’ve Expected — 15+ Amazing Features!

Maybe iOS 17 isn’t as small as we thought

Nikhil Vemu
Mac O’Clock
Published in
10 min readNov 1, 2023

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Down-angle view of iPhone 13 Pro Max
Photo by TheRegisti on Unsplash

Apple’s wasting no time procrastinating.

We’ve got iOS 17.2 Developer Beta 1 just a day after iOS 17.1's released to the public. And to my awe, it’s got plenty of très useful features that’d make my life a lot easier.

Here I mention all the notable features and changes in the update with description on how they work and help make your life easier too!

What’s new in iOS 17.2

1 — The All-New Journal App
New Apple Books Features
2 — New Page-turning Animation for Apple Books
3 — Automatically Invert B/W Images
New Music Features
4 — Collaborative Playlists
5 — Exclusive Playlist for Favourite Songs
6 — New Focus Filter
New Messages Features
7 — iMessage Contact Key Verification
8 — New way to Add Sticker to a Message
9 — Choose a body for your Memoji Avatar
10 — Three New Memoji Poses
5 New Widgets
11 — 4 new Home Screen widgets
12 — 1 revamped Lock Screen widget
13 — Receive Content from Apple Vision Pro
14 — Live Translate with Action Button
15 — Set Rainbow Colours for your Contact Poster Text
16 — Know what’s in an incoming Image without seeing it
Help Apple Improve…
17 — AR Location Accuracy
18 — Emergency Alerts
19 — Live Activity for News
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