iOS 17 could be a much more significant update than expected. Mark Gurman today retracted his January prediction that the next major operating system release will focus on bug fixes and performance improvements. Apple would then do it again for Mac OS X Snow Leopard (2009), which refined the previous version of Mac OS – to the delight of error-weary users.
Honestly, many would have been happy about this substantive work, not necessarily visible of course, but life-saving to tighten the screws of iOS. But the Bloomberg snooper finally announces in his newsletter that Apple has changed its strategy: iOS 17 (codename “Dawn”) should finally integrate major new features that were expected.
Unfortunately, Gurman doesn’t elaborate on these new features, but we do know – or think we know – that iOS 17 will lay the groundwork for the system that will allow applications to be installed outside of the App Store, as required by the European DMA.
According to Bloomberg, Apple allows apps to be installed outside of the App Store
However, you shouldn’t expect anything as spectacular as lock screen customization. “The goal of the software is to tick several boxes on the list of features most requested by users,” Gurman writes. Tell us what you would like to see in iOS 17!