All the exciting stuff coming in iOS 17

Here's what the latest rumors predict.

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Leander Kahney
May 01, 2023

There is some interesting stuff coming in iOS 17, due in just over a month at Apple’s WWDC23.

We just published a roundup of the best new features that are rumored to make their debut in June.

You also can listen to a discussion of upcoming iOS 17 features on our podcast, The CultCast.

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— Leander Kahney, EIC.

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One more thing ...

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People get stuck as they get older. Our minds are sort of electrochemical computers. Your thoughts construct patterns like scaffolding in your mind. You are really etching chemical patterns. In most cases, people get stuck in those patterns, just like grooves in a record, and they never get out of them. It's a rare person who etches grooves that are other than a specific way of looking at things, a specific way of questioning things. It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing. Of course, there are some people who are innately curious, forever little kids in their awe of life, but they're rare.

— Steve Jobs, 1895.

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