How To: Download and Install iOS 17.5 Beta on Your iPhone — And Try New Features Before Everyone Else

Apple is still not finished with iOS 17. We're just a few months away from its developer conference, where iOS 18 will be revealed, but there are still things to be fine-tuned on your iPhone until then. This brings us to iOS 17.5 — now available to try on your iPhone.

How To: Download and Install iPadOS 17.5 Beta on Your iPhone to Explore New Features Before Everyone Else

Apple's developer conference, where iPadOS 18 will be revealed, is just around the corner. But before we get there, there's still work to be done on iPadOS 17. That brings us to iPadOS 17.5 — and you can test drive it on your iPad right now before the masses.

How To: Your iPhone's Clock App Is Getting a Big New Feature in a Future iOS Update

When iOS 17 first came out, the iPhone's Clock app received a giant new feature, one that lets you set multiple timers and keep track of them on the Lock Screen, in the Notification Center, and in the Dynamic Island. A future iOS 17 software update may give us something just as exciting for the stopwatch.

How To: Create and Use Collaborative Playlists on Apple Music with Your Friends (Works on iPhone, Android, and More)

Collaboration is available in many different Apple apps, from Notes and Reminders to Photos, Freeform, and even Files. Now you can add to the list Apple Music, which will let you collaborate on playlists with friends.

How To: Apple's iOS 17.2 Beta 2 Is Available — Here's Everything That's New for Your iPhone

Apple released the second developer beta of iOS 17.2 for iPhone on November 9, and there are some new features for Camera and Siri and quite a few changes from iOS 17.2 beta 1.

How To: These Are the iPhone Models iOS 17 Does and Doesn't Support

Apple's big iOS 17 software update for iPhone was released on September 18, and it will continue to test iOS 17 point releases as betas beforehand until iOS 18 comes out next year. But does your iPhone work with iOS 17 or any iOS 17.x releases to come? Apple kicked three iPhone models to the curb, limiting them to the latest iOS 16 updates.

How To: Here Are All the iPad Models iPadOS 17 Supports (And Doesn't Support)

The newest iPadOS version, iPadOS 17.0, was released on September 28, and some iPad models that worked on iOS 16 are not compatible with iPadOS 17.0 or any future iPadOS 17.x releases. Here are the iPad models that do and don't work.

How To: 15+ New Apple Notes Features for iPhone and iPad That Will Finally Make It Your Go-To Notes App

Apple Notes started with humble beginnings as a scratchpad of sorts, a place for us to stash some simple text for later. It's received many upgrades over the years, but Apple's latest iPhone software update is a game-changer.

How To: 11 Features Coming to Apple News on Your iPhone with iOS 17.5 — Including Some Big Ones!

The app getting the most significant update on iOS 17.5 is, by far, Apple News. While there are a few changes in Books and Settings, as well as minor changes in apps like Podcasts, Apple News has at least 11 new features and changes you should know, some of which are worth getting excited about.

How To: Apple's Integrating Game Center Leaderboards into News+ Puzzles with iOS 17.5

Your iPhone is going to get a few significant improvements with the iOS 17.5 software update, but my favorite is Apple's enhancements to the Apple News app, which is making its Puzzles section even more fun with Game Center integration and even a new type of word puzzle.

How To: Apple Has a Killer New Word Game Puzzle Called Quartiles Hiding on iOS 17.5

Apple's next software update, iOS 17.5, is relatively minor. Still, it includes one killer new feature for people who like word games: another lexical challenge to complement the crossword puzzles that Apple News already has.

How To: Apple News Gives You More Options for Automatic Downloads on iOS 17.5

In the upcoming iOS 17.5 software update, there are new features for EU countries and mobile device managers only, but there are also more widespread user-facing changes to Books, Podcasts, and other apps. News is one of those other apps, and it's giving us more preferences for automatic downloads.

How To: 27 New Features and Changes Coming to Your iPhone with iOS 17.5

Apple released iOS 17.4 on March 5 with over 30 new features, but now it's iOS 17.5's turn for the spotlight. The update, currently in beta, gives us a few interesting updates and changes for iPhone, including a new word game, and there's even a sneak peek at what could be coming in the stable build.

How To: Create Safari Profiles to Separate Browsing Activity for Personal, Work, and Other Topics on Your iPhone or iPad

Apple is finally adding profiles to Safari, so you can now keep your personal, work, and other topical browsing totally separate in their own instances, with their own history, cookies, website data, and active extensions.

How To: 11 Upcoming iOS 17 Features Apple Copied from Android

While the iPhone came before the first Android smartphone, every new iOS version seems to include a wealth of features already existing on Android, and iOS 17 is no exception.