We already know what’s new in iOS 17, some new features that will give your iPhone another look, such as the well-known StandBy mode, Calendar or the new Diary application. However, as you already know, in recent years, Apple has been slowing the arrival of improvements as the equipment is older. Therefore, in this article we are going to analyze what are the news that does not reach the older iPhone and that, if you consider that they are important, you should update your unit.
The non-news of iOS 17
The novelties that we are going to mention below are functionalities that will not even reach the iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone Pro and Pro MAX. So, you’re going to have to have like minimum an iPhone 12. Let’s see its limitations below:
- Effects on Facetime: we mean effects that come out around your call space when you move or perform different gestures on the body. These “animations” will only be seen on the latest Cupertino devices.
- Accessibility: This function is very interesting for people who have vision problems, since if you activate the camera and place it in front of an object, for example, a microwave, a text will appear indicating the information you are looking for.
- Improved autocorrect: In order to use the improved autocorrect you will have to have an iPhone 12 or higher, otherwise you will have the same corrector as in iOS 16. It is curious that this function is only available in English, French and Spanish. In the rest of the languages, yes, you can use it.
- Autocompletion of complete sentences: This function will only be available from iPhone 12 onwards, so one of the best functions of this generation will only be limited to those devices that are two years old now and three years old in September. In addition, this novelty will only be available in the English language.
Other software limitations
The absence of news goes beyond having a more recent iPhone, requires additional devices and that these devices meet a series of characteristics and technical specifications. For example, if you want to use Face Time on your TV, you need to have an Apple TV 4K second generation or later. Also, if you wants transfer your contacts from iPhone to Apple Watch, you need at least a second or first generation Apple Watch SE and an Apple Watch sect or seventh generation or later. Now, this function will not be available when WatchOS 10 and iOS 17 come out.
With respect to airpods, if you want to use the new adaptive mode, that is, between the transparency and noise cancellation mode, to do it you need thes second generation AirPods Pro and, of course, a iPhone after the XS or XR series.
Also, if what you want issilence a person drom AirPods, for example, when you’re on a call, you need AirPods 3rd generation and AirPods Pro 1st and 2nd generation and AirPods Max.
Finally, if you want the data transfer To be much more efficient, fast and intelligent, you need second generation AirPods Pro and an iPhone that updates to iOS 17. If not, the transfer of information between devices in the Apple ecosystem will be as before.
