Apple‘s new iOS 17.3 goes to be launched to the general public subsequent week and, as at all times, it’ll embrace loads of options that folk are positive to like, hate, or fully miss out on — together with Stolen System Safety, collaborative Apple Music playlists, and a Unity Bloom wallpaper in your Lock Display, based on Mac Rumors and TechCrunch.

When does iOS 17.3 drop?

We do not have an actual date, however iOS 17.3 will possible come out on Tuesday, January 23, Forbes reported.

What are some iOS 17.3 options to find out about?

Glad you requested! We have damaged down among the key new options beneath.

Stolen System Safety

Stolen System Safety is probably the most thrilling of the updates, should you ask me, and, properly, nearly anybody else. As The Wall Road Journal reported final yr, dangerous actors can watch you kind in your passcode over your shoulder at, say, a bar or on the prepare. Then, once they steal your cellphone, it is that a lot simpler for them to open your system, snoop by way of your cellphone, flip off Discover My, take full management of the system, and depart you phoneless, helpless, and so unhappy. Stolen System Safety is an additional layer of safety to assist cease that from taking place. 

When you could have Stolen System Safety turned on, Face ID or Contact ID authentication is required, that means even when somebody steals your cellphone and is aware of your passcode, they will not be capable to unlock it with out your face or fingers. The function additionally provides a one-hour safety delay for notably delicate actions, like altering your Apple ID account password, until you are at a well-recognized location like your private home. You possibly can flip it on and off by navigating to settings, clicking Face ID & Passcode, after which selecting Stolen System Safety.

Collaborative Apple Music playlists

Apple can also be launching collaborative Apple Music playlists. That is far much less thrilling as a result of it is months behind Spotify and was initially promised for iOS 17, however was by no means delivered.

The function lets Apple Music subscribers add a number of individuals to a playlist who can add, reorder, and take away songs. They will additionally depart emoji reactions subsequent to playlist songs, which is fairly cute and isn’t a function Spotify has. Have a look at that! Envy from a Spotify person! To make use of this function, click on on the person-shaped icon in a playlist, copy the hyperlink, and add individuals. If you wish to approve each track that will get added, you could have that energy — and you may flip collaboration on and off everytime you need.

Unity Bloom wallpaper

The ultimate new function (that we all know of) would be the Unity Bloom wallpaper for the iPhone and iPad and the watch face on the Apple Watch. It consists of pink, inexperienced, and yellow flowers that may really bloom, “impressed by the resilience and fantastic thing about the Black neighborhood,” Apple wrote.