Apple recently released the first public beta version of iOS / iPadOS 17, in addition to the integration of Beta 3 updates for developers, but also introduced a number of new features/characteristics.
The summary information is as follows:
Save full-screen screenshots
Apple in iOS 16 system, allowing users in Safari, memos and maps and other applications to take screenshots, and will be the whole page content or scrolling content saved as PDF documents, and now in the iOS 17 version of the option to save as a picture is added again.
Apple has also added a “Save to Photos” option for full-screen screenshots in Beta 3 and the new public beta, increasing flexibility.
Optimized Dual SIM support
Apple iOS / iPadOS 17 optimizes dual SIM support with the ability to sort text messages by SIM, separate ringtones for different SIMs, the ability to select a SIM when calling back an unknown number, and more.
Bilingual Siri support for Indian users
Users in India typically ask Siri questions in a mix of English and selected Indian languages including Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi, Kannada and Marathi.
Apple has optimized Siri in the iOS / iPadOS 17 public beta to support users to ask Siri questions bilingually.
Also in the update:
- Support for transliteration of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam on iOS. With this extension, Apple now supports 10 Indian languages.
- Users upgrading iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma will be able to sign in to their Apple ID using their phone number in addition to their email.
- Built-in Punjabi dictionary for getting cross-platform definitions of words and phrases.
- Users will be able to see up to 2,000 calls in the Call History section, including Facetime and WhatsApp calls.
- Filter email by known and unknown senders on the iPad.
