Mark Gurman says: iOS 17 will bring huge changes to iPhone

iOS 16.4should arrive soon, but it is the next major version of the OS that is making headlines at the moment, following the publication of Mark Gurman's newsletter yesterday. In it, the expert from the Californian firm provides some juicy details about the software that should equip our iPhones from next fall:iOS 17.

If initially, Apple planned an iOS 17 ingentle evolutioncompared to iOS 16, in fact, and as the source reports, you could well be surprised by the new features that the update would offer.

iOS 17: we want to know more!

For the moment, iOS 17 is named “project Dawn” in the Cupertino laboratories. Unfortunately, this is the only concrete information that Mark Gurman gives us in his weekly report, in addition to his statements about a change in Apple's outlook regarding the OS in preparation.

Because, as stated in the introduction, until then there were rumors ofFairly minor changes planned for iOS 17compared to iOS 16. But as WWDC next June looms on the horizon, during which we could see what it really is, we hear that the changes would ultimately be significant. Mark Gurman specifies that Apple is preparing new features highly requested by users…

Here are some of the biggest potential benefits that iOS 17 could bring to iPhone:

• The possibility for developers to offer applications outside the Apple App Store
• The possibility for third-party browserslike Firefoxto use an engine other than that of Apple (WebKit)
• A lock screen sharing feature
• Improved notifications for the home screen view
• A more powerful and intelligent Siri, to face the ChatGPT surge
• New augmented reality features, with in particular the support of a new AR product, a virtual reality headset that several analysts see arriving this year

And you, what new(s) would you like to finally see appear on iOS?

• Not to be missed:This is what iOS 17 could look like (concept)

Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.