iOS 17, here are the news coming

Day of great advances for iOS 17, the operating system that Apple will present on June 5th.

iOS 17 and the new lock screen

An updated interface of the lock screen in iOS 17 will turn the iPhone into a smart home displaysecond Mark Gurman at Bloomberg. When not in use and placed horizontally, the ‌iPhone‌ will display information including calendar appointments, weather data, notifications and more, allowing it to act as a home data hub.

With the ‌iPhone‌ connected to a MagSafe charging stand in landscape orientation, for example, the smart home interface will appear, mimicking what users might see with a device like the Echo Show or Google Nest Hub. The functionality will build on the widget options that Apple added to the lock screen in iOS 16.

Apple wants to make iPhones more useful when they’re not actively being used and are placed on a desk or nightstand. The company plans to use a dark background with lighter colored text to make the information on the display easier to read.

Apple is developing a horizontal interface also for the iPad, but may not be ready for the launch of iPadOS 17‌. Additionally, Apple is also reportedly working on a low-cost tablet that would attach magnetically to walls and stands to act as a smart home hub.

Novità per Wallet, Find My e AirPlay

The upcoming iOS 17 will include improvements in several apps and features including Wallet, Find my, SharePlay e AirPlay.

Gurman said the Wallet app in particular will undergo significant changes, but did not provide specific details. He added that Apple is planning location services improvements for the Find My app, without elaborating further.

Apple is also working on updates to its SharePlay feature for watching content with family and friends during a FaceTime call and improvements to its AirPlay wireless streaming protocol. Gurman says Apple has been in discussions with hotels and other businesses in an effort to make it easier to play AirPlay content on TVs/devices located there.

App di journaling e mood training

iOS 17 will then include a dedicated journaling app, as anticipated in recent days. According to Gurman, the app of journaling is actually planned to be integrated into ‌iOS 17‌ and will introduce note-taking features and a very predominant social element.

There are no other details about the app, but it is expected to be designed to help users keep track of their daily lives, according to documents describing the software. The app will analyze user behavior to determine what a typical day looks like, including how much time is spent at home versus elsewhere and whether a given day includes anything out of the norm.

Based on documents seen by the WSJ, a personalization feature will highlight potential topics which users can write about, such as a workout. The app will also offer the “All Day People Discovery” feature to detect a user’s physical proximity to other people.

Additionally, Apple’s app will have the ability to collect far more user data than third-party journaling apps and will have access to text messages and phone calls, but privacy and security will be a focus of the design. The analysis of the user’s day will take place on the device and journaling suggestions will remain in the system for four weeks, after which they will be removed.

The app for the emotion monitoring it will allow users to track their mood, answer questions about the day, and view results over time.

With the journaling app and mood tracking feature, Apple plans to bring the Health app to iPad for the first time, allowing tablet owners to view their health data even when an ‌iPhone‌ isn’t available .