With iOS 17, the iPhone becomes essential for doing laundry

• Apple quietly updated the iPhone's visual search, on the iOS 17 update, arriving this fall
• Visual search explains the meaning of symbols found on clothing labels
• This information tells you, for example, the right temperature for the washing machine

Thelist of new iOS 17 featuresstretches out. As a reminder, this new version of Apple's operating system was made official this June, and should arrive in a stable version this fall. In the meantime, iOS 17 is already being tested in beta, which allows you, little by little, to discover all the new features of the operating system. And among these new features, there is one that should be very useful on laundry days.

According to an article from MacRumours, which relays a publication by Federico Viticci, creator of the Macstories media, on iOS 17, the Photos application includes a new feature that deciphers the symbols on clothing labels. Don't know at what temperature to wash your t-shirt? All you have to do is photograph the label to get your answers.

iOS 17 Photos App Can Tell You What Those Confusing Laundry Symbols Meanhttps://t.co/BLVwDRy0Hpby@julipuli pic.twitter.com/m7OHsSWlOF

— MacRumors.com (@MacRumors)June 28, 2023

This is an extension of the visual search feature on iPhone, which identifies objects in photos. On iOS 17, this feature will also be able to identify symbols on labels. As you can see in the screenshots, iOS explains the meaning of each symbol and provides explanations. You can also click on the links for additional information.

Apple-style artificial intelligence

According to MacRumours, the iPhone operating system will be able to identify symbols for washing machine temperature, and help you understand recommendations for bleaching, drying, ironing, etc. . On the other hand, for the iPhone functionality to be able to identify these symbols, it is important to zoom in well.

Note that if you are in a car and you don't understand the symbols on the buttons, iOS 17 will help you too. Indeed, like laundry detergent, visual search will also help you understand the symbols you can find in a car.

At a time when other digital giants, like Google and Microsoft, arefocus on generative artificial intelligence, Apple seems for the moment to favor practical functions for the user's daily life.