2023-06-07 16:15:20
In addition to the Phone and Contacts apps, another app that received special attention with the announcement of iOS 17 it was the Messages (Messages)which, little by little (put it little by little), is becoming more and more similar to other very popular messengers, such as Telegram and the giant WhatsApp.
iMessage, for example, may not even have gained support for the standard RCSRich communications serviceor rich communication service.”>1but has received a number of changes that should improve the experience for groups with people using Android smartphones. As noted by XDA Developersparticipants chatting from an iPhone will now be able to reply to specific messages sent by Android users, as well as edit messages and receive videos/photos from other iPhone users in pristine quality.
Until then, whenever an Android user was added to a group, the entire conversation took place via SMS, which killed most of iMessage’s features. While it doesn’t change much for those who don’t have an iPhone, these new features should make group chats a lot more organized in iOS 17.
Speaking of organization, you can now also search for messages in iOS 17 using filterssuch as a contact name or a file type, as well as getting back to where you left off in a conversation by tapping an icon with an arrow in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Who accompanied the first day of WWDC23 no doubt you remembered some other messenger when Apple announced that, from now on, to reply to a specific message within a conversation, all you have to do is slide your finger to the right over its balloon. Currently, to do this, the user needs to hold the message until a contextual menu with that option appears on the screen, which takes a few seconds.
Another somewhat familiar novelty is the possibility of reading transcriptions of audio messages, which appear just below the playback button and automatically.
The iMessage apps, in turn, have been moved to a new menu symbolized by a “+” on the left side of the text box, which also houses things like the camera shortcuts, the gallery and the audio recording tool, for example. example. To access them, just open this new menu, tap “more” or swipe down.
This menu, of course, also houses the good old figurines — another aspect of Apple’s messenger that got much more complete. Now, in addition to Memojis, you can send any emoji as a sticker in iMessage, as well as resize it to drop it anywhere in the conversation.
By the way, with the resource Live Stickersyou can transform your Live Photos in true animated figurines, including a series of special effects. to create a Live Sticker, just access the sticker tool, tap “Add sticker” and choose a photo from your gallery to edit. Once that’s done, you can start using the sticker normally on any device, since everything is synchronized via iCloud.
In addition to letting you share your location without having to leave iMessage, iOS 17 now also takes care of notifying your contact if you’ve arrived at your destination safely. called from Check In (in Portuguese, Arrived well?), this feature is able to recognize if you are taking longer than expected to complete your route or if you ended up deviating too much from your route.
If any of these things happen, you’ll have 15 minutes to let the app know you’re fine. If no response is registered, the feature will alert the contact you are sharing your location with and send information such as your iPhone’s battery level, carrier signal strength, your route and the location where you unlocked your iPhone or took the Apple Watch off your wrist for the last time — which can vary depending on how you set up the feature.
Finally, the function Communication Security (Communication Safety)introduced by Apple in 2021 to protect children and adolescents from nudity and / or sensitive content – and which is already in Brazil – , has been expanded and now also works with adults.
When enabled, the feature automatically blurs any nude images sent via iMessage and displays a sensitive content alert. If you still want to check it out, just tap the “Show” button (“Show”), in the lower-right corner of the message.
As noted by Cult of Mac, this alert is optional and is disabled by default. In addition to iMessage, it also comes into play for images sent via AirDrop, FaceTime messages, and for sensitive images in the Phone app’s Contact Poster.
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