Something that surprised me at the iPhone 15 launch last Tuesday was that iOS 17 was never mentioned during the event. This means that no one expected the next version of the iPhone operating system to be introduced, because in fact it already happened last June, at the WWDC 2023 opening event. And this is of course logical, Apple has to give developers a few months to adapt their application to what is to come.

However, In previous years we have seen an overview of the main events, a review of one or two of them, or at least a mention of a release date. It is not for nothing that all the presentations of the next generations of the iPhone show new functions that are directly related to the operating system, so we can understand that the new generation is satisfied with the new device and the new version of the operating system. . But no, not a single second was devoted to the reference to iOS 17 this year.

Now that the event is over, Apple has updated its website, more specifically the page dedicated to the new iteration of the operating system, confirming that iOS 17 will be released next Monday, September 18, so within tomorrow it will be downloadable and installed on all iPhone models that are compatible with it. If you don’t know if this is your case, check this link to find out which models are compatible.

As we told you back then, iOS 17 isn’t a particularly noteworthy update, though it has some interesting new features that make it worth the jump. Of course, as always with software and operating system updates, we recommend not updating immediately. Instead, it’s best to wait a few days to make sure there are no problems with the new surgery. This wait will surely save you some trouble in case of bugs in the initial version.

As we told you back in June, the main new iOS 17 features that Apple has focused on are These are the ones related to calling, FaceTime and messagingespecially in relation to what appears on the screen when we receive a call from a certain contact, the transcription of voicemail messages and audio and video messages in FaceTime to text when the person we call is not available.

Another important innovation is the arrival of the diary functiona log in which we can keep records of our activities and our mood and which for this purpose will have what we want to include in it, either directly or through the integration of functions and applications of the operating system, possibly also from third parties.