According to specialist Mark Gurman, iOS 17 would be a bigger update than originally planned by Apple. This future version should therefore bring some of the “most requested” features by users.
iOS 17 is the next big update expected for the iPhones – and the iPhone 15 in particular. This new version takes iOS 16 – and the few improvements that followed, such as iOS 16.4 – and promises to be better than expected. At least that’s what Mark Gurman, a Bloomberg journalist who’s often well-informed about Apple’s plans, says.
In a tweet, Mark Gurman explains, “When Apple started development of iOS 17, the original idea was to make it a debug version, focused more on bug fixes and performance improvements than adding new features. He goes on to say that by doing this, the Apple company hoped to avoid the worries that plagued the launch of iOS 16. This version was ambitious but had some bugs or features that were deployed after the deadlines.
iOS 17 wants to please users
“But later in the development process, the strategy changed. iOS version 17 should now offer several “nice-to-have” features, although it’s missing a major improvement like last year’s revamped lock screen. Mark Gurman concludes by saying that the upcoming update aims in particular to bring some of the “most requested” features by users.
When Apple started developing iOS 17, the initial thought was to call it a Tuneup release – one focused more on fixing bugs and improving performance than adding new features (similar to the approach taken by the company reintroduced with Snow Leopard on Mac OS X). 2009). The hope was…
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) March 26, 2023
Apple is expected to unveil the new features of iOS 17 at WWDC 2023 – a conference mostly dedicated to developers – likely next June. It then has to be put on a beta for a few months before the stable version comes out more or less at the same time as the iPhone 15.
Finally, note that iOS 17, in particular, should be the update that authorizes alternative app stores to compete with the Apple App Store. An innovation that is being pushed in particular by the Digital Market Act (DMA) of the European Union and that Microsoft wants to take advantage of as soon as possible with a kind of Xbox Store.
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