IOS 17 includes some fun new features that appeal to many iPhone users, such as personalized phone cards, live voicemail, support for FaceTime video voicemail, new messaging features, FaceTime compatibility with Apple TV, a really cool digital clock mode for iPhone called StandBy, interactive widgets, NameDrop for easily exchanging contact information, a new Journal application, predictive writing online, autofill, filling in PDF files, compatibility with profiles of Safari, improvements to Siri and Spotlight, and much more. To determine your iPhone model based on physical details, see the Apple support article Identify your iPhone model. This is the official list of devices compatible with iOS 17 of all compatible iPhone models, directly from Apple. AirDrop has been improved and has the NameDrop feature for quick contact sharing.
In addition, you can keep two iPhones together for start a SharePlay session. The easiest way to determine if your particular iPhone model will run iOS 17 is to find out what exactly the iPhone model is and then compare it to the above list of compatible iOS 17 devices. If you're excited about iOS 17 for iPhone, you're probably wondering if your iPhone can run iOS 17 and which iPhone models are compatible with iOS 17.
