Five IOS 17 Features That Won’t Be Available on Launch Day

iOS 17 promises to be a significant update . This OS, which will likely launch alongside the iPhone 15 series, is full of features that Apple announced back in June. However, some of the announced features will not be available after the launch of iOS 17 . There are five features coming to your iPhone later this year.

Collaborate on playlists in Apple Music

At the moment , Apple Music does not allow you to team up with friends to create playlists. iOS 17 will eventually change that by introducing collaborative playlists for Apple Music, but the feature will arrive shortly after launch day. Once launched, you and your friends will be able to add, edit, and reorder playlists, as well as send emoji reactions to the Now Playing screen, according to Apple .

AirDrop over the Internet

In the later version of iOS 17, AirDrop transfer will become much more useful, as you will be able to continue sending files even after your iPhone is out of range. Apple says that if you initiate an AirDrop transfer from another device, if you move away, the file transfer will continue over the Internet.

New Journal app

For those of us who like to keep a digital journal of our lives , the Journal app looks very promising. First of all, it will be free and built into iOS, so it will be quite accessible. In addition, Apple promises that your log data will be kept private and uses end-to-end encryption in iCloud to protect your privacy , while maintaining the ability to sync log entries across devices.

NameDrop to Apple Watch

NameDrop is a new feature in iOS 17 that allows you to quickly share your contact information with people using Apple devices. While this feature will be available the day iOS 17 launches on your iPhone, you won’t be able to use NameDrop on your Apple Watch right away, as it’s coming later this year with the watchOS 10 update .

AirPlay in hotel rooms

Apple has announced that iOS 17 devices will be able to use AirPlay to stream content to TVs in hotel rooms. However, it will take some time for hotels to add support for this feature. When it becomes available, you can scan the QR code on the hotel TV and use the big screen to stream content from your iPhone to the TV.