iOS 17.3 is Out! - What's New?

Summary

The video discusses the new features and changes in iOS 17.3, which Apple has released. It covers updates to Apple Music that allow playlist collaboration, a new stolen device protection feature, updates to device security with lockdown mode, a new Unity watch band and wallpaper for Black History Month, AirPlay improvements for hotels, enhanced Apple Care warranty visibility, new journaling suggestions, spatial video updates, Siri workout updates, improved crash detection, and some remaining bugs. Additional details on performance, battery life, and expectations for iOS 17.4 betas are provided.

Takeaways

• 😊 iOS 17.3 released with new features like shared playlists in Music app and stolen device protection
• 👪 Music app now allows creating shared playlists and collaborating with others
• 🔒 New stolen device protection feature adds security when iPhone is away from familiar locations
• 🎵 Can now add emoji reactions to songs in shared playlists in Music app
• 🔐 Lockdown mode now disables Game Center along with other features
• 🖼️ New Unity themed wallpapers added honoring Black history and culture
• 🏨 AirPlay to hotel TVs enhanced to not require sign in or transfer personal data
• 📔 Journal app has new journaling suggestions feature with privacy controls
• 🎥 Spatial video now shows splash screen explaining the feature when enabled
• 🚨 Crash detection optimized further for iPhone 14 and 15 models

Q & A

What is the latest iOS version released by Apple?

iOS 17.3

What new features have been added in the Music app in iOS 17.3?

New features in the Music app include the ability to collaborate on playlists by inviting others, add emoji reactions to songs, and see who added each song in a shared playlist.

What is the new 'Stolen Device Protection' feature in iOS 17.3?

It's a new security feature that adds another layer of protection when an iPhone is away from familiar locations. It requires Face ID to access certain data and introduces delays that prevent quick changes to security settings.

What new wallpaper has been added in iOS 17.3?

A new 'Unity' wallpaper designed to honor Black history and culture. It has different color and style options.

What new feature helps when using AirPlay in hotels?

Hotels that support AirPlay to TVs or Apple TVs now allow you to AirPlay from your device without signing in or transferring personal data.

What does the updated Apple Care & Warranty settings show now?

It now shows all devices signed into your Apple ID, not just the device you're using, along with their Apple Care status and warranty information.

What new feature has been added to the Journaling app?

A new 'Journaling Suggestions' feature has been added with settings for privacy and notifications.

How has spatial video capture on the iPhone 15 Pro been improved?

A new splash screen explains spatial video features and options the first time you enable spatial video.

What enhancement was made to Apple's crash detection feature?

Crash detection has been optimized on iPhone 14 and 15 models in iOS 17.3 for improved performance.

What feedback has there been so far on performance and battery life in iOS 17.3?

Early feedback indicates performance is very good with high Geekbench scores. Most users also report better battery life compared to iOS 17.2.

Outlines

00:00

😀 iOS 17.3 Released with Emoji Reactions, Stolen Device Protection, Hotel Keys & More!

Paragraph 1 summarizes the key details of the iOS 17.3 release. It mentions the worldwide rollout, compatibility with iOS 17 devices, new features like emoji reactions in Apple Music, security updates, and support for hotel key sharing via AirPlay.

05:01

😊 Updates to Journaling App, Device Warranty Info, Crash Detection & More in iOS 17.3

Paragraph 2 covers additional iOS 17.3 features like journaling suggestions, expanded AppleCare device info, optimization of crash detection, and AirPlay streaming in supported hotels without sharing personal data.

10:02

🤔 Lingering Bugs, Performance Improvements & Should You Install iOS 17.3?

Paragraph 3 discusses remaining bugs in iOS 17.3 like notification jumping and wallpaper dimming. It notes performance improvements, good battery life reports, and recommends installing 17.3 over 17.2.1. It also speculates on iOS 17.4 beta 1 timing.

Keywords

💡iOS 17.3

iOS 17.3 is the latest software update for iPhones released by Apple. It contains new features like shared playlists in Apple Music, stolen device protection, and updates to spatial video recording. The video reviews the changes in iOS 17.3 and advises users to install the update.

💡Apple Music

The Apple Music app on iPhones now allows users to collaborate on playlists. Multiple people can contribute to the same playlist, see who added each song, and react with emoji. This makes it easier to share and enjoy music with others.

💡Stolen device protection

A new iOS security feature that adds layers of protection if an iPhone is stolen. It requires Face ID to access certain data if the phone is away from familiar locations. There are also delays before security settings can be changed to make unauthorized access more difficult.

💡Spatial video

A video recording format available on iPhone 15 Pro models that captures depth data for immersive viewing experiences. iOS 17.3 optimizes spatial video and shows a new prompt the first time it's enabled to explain the format.

💡AirPlay

The ability to wirelessly stream content from an iPhone to supported TVs and speakers. The update adds an AirPlay to TV feature for hotels that allows guests to easily connect without transferring personal data.

💡Emergency SOS

A safety feature on iPhones that can quickly contact emergency services and notify emergency contacts. Crash detection triggers Emergency SOS automatically after severe car crashes. The update further optimizes this.

💡Bug fixes

In addition to new features, iOS updates also address software bugs. For example, iOS 17.3 resolves app library crashes some users experienced. Bug fixes improve stability and performance.

💡Battery life

How long an iPhone can run before needing to be recharged. Many users reported improved battery life compared to the previous iOS 17 version after installing the 17.3 update.

💡Heat

Excessive heat is an issue in electronic devices. But the video notes iPhone heat has been well controlled in iOS 17.3, likely due to efficiency improvements in the operating system.

💡Performance

How smoothly and responsively an iPhone operates. Performance benchmarks show iOS 17.3 offers faster processing speeds compared to the earlier version.

Highlights

iOS 17.3 is out around the world for iOS 17 supported devices

New music collaboration feature allows creating shared playlists and libraries

New stolen device protection adds security when iPhone is away from familiar locations

New lockdown mode disables more features like Game Center for maximum security

New Unity themed wallpapers in multiple colors to honor Black history and culture

Apple Care in settings now shows all devices on Apple ID, not just current device

Journaling app has new privacy settings for new journaling suggestions feature

Spatial video on iPhone 15 Pro has new splash screen explaining the feature

Siri can now ask to end workout if using AirPods when nearing end of workout

Crash detection optimized again on iPhone 14 and 15 models in this update

Bug with app Library crashes seems to be fixed in this update

New modem firmware could help improve connectivity issues for some users

Performance and battery life are improved over iOS 17.2.1 for most users

iOS 17.4 beta with features like emoji and sideloading compliance coming soon

Overall, recommended update for features, security, bugs, performance, and battery

Transcripts

hi everyone Aaron here for zolot Tech

and today Apple released iOS 17.3 to the

public iOS 17.3 is out around the world

at the same time for everyone as long as

you have an iOS 17 supported device this

released alongside many other updates

for things such as Apple watch iPad

Apple TV and others and we have new

features to music that have been added

as well as security updates and more so

let's jump right into the new features

if we go into music the first thing that

you'll see if once you've installed iOS

7 19.3 is a new splash screen with all

of the new feature updates if we go into

music and then our library and then

playlists and we create a new playlist

so maybe we'll just put a new

playlist as an example here and once we

tap create you'll see that we have a new

option in the upper right with a little

person here so you'll see that here and

if we tap on the person we have the

option to invite people to join we can

approve collaborators and start

collaborating so if we tap on start

collaborating will be presented with our

share sheet and then we can actually

share this either with a text or maybe

we could airdrop it whatever you choose

you can see on the other device I sent

it to we have an option to join playlist

we can tap join and then it will join

into the playlist We just created if we

tap join again once we've done that

we'll be able to share our libraries

together so you'll see they're in sync

now I have them side by side so let me

go ahead and add a few different songs

so we'll add this one we'll just add a

few that showed up right here and tap

done so now we've got them here they'll

automatically sync on the other side and

show you who they've actually been added

by so if you have multiple collaborators

you'll see that here also if we go ahead

and tap the little icon in the upper

right you'll see now there's two

different people here and it shows the

collaborators again and gives you

options to either stop collaborating you

can share a link invite more people and

turn on approve if you'd like also if we

tap on a song so let me turn this all

the way down here we tap on a song it's

playing if we go into this you'll see we

have a new option for an emoji if we tap

on that we can now add an emoji reaction

so if we really like the song we can

give it a thumbs up we can change that

to whatever we'd like and it's animated

as well so if we want to change it maybe

to A Little Party symbol there and we

can add others as well so we have the

option to add more Emoji whatever we'd

like here if we want to add a little

smiley face we can do that and it

animates for everyone that we add so

it's a nice little update to music that

they've added throughout all of the

playlists something we've had or wanted

for a while that they've shown with iOS

17 that we finally have a big feature

that Apple has added with iOS 17.3 is

stolen device protection if we go into

our settings scroll down if we go to

face ID and passcode put in our passcode

if we scroll down again once we're in

this menu you'll actually see a new

option for stolen device protection we

can turn this on and it says this adds

another layer of security when iPhone is

away from familiar locations such as

home and work face ID is required to

access certain data and a delay prevents

quick changes to security settings now

this is actually a little bit of an

issue sometimes if maybe you're planning

to bring it to Apple for service you may

want to turn it off ahead of time since

this actually is typically finding where

you're located based on your home and

other places if we go to turn it off

we'll actually have to put in our face

ID and then sometimes it will actually

delay it for an hour so that's actually

a feature to make it more difficult to

actually change settings and passcodes

we can tap start security delay and

despite me being at home it still makes

me wait an hour to turn this back off so

just keep that in mind if you're going

to use it but it is something new that's

really nice that makes it much harder to

actually change information if someone

was to grab your device we'll tap done

and then we'll go back something else

they've added that sort of goes along

with Device security has to do with

lockdown mode if we go to privacy and

security scroll down to the bottom and

if we have lockdown mode enabled Game

Center will no longer function properly

so keep that in mind if you want to use

lockdown mode for the most secure device

possible certain functions won't

actually work and they've actually added

Game Center to that list this time

around if we go back to our lock screen

they've added a new wallpaper press and

hold we'll go over and start a new

wallpaper or add one here if we scroll

down you'll see a new Unity wallpaper it

says designed by black creatives and

allies at Apple to honor black history

and culture this goes along with an

allnew Apple watch band as well and we

have different options here so we can

swipe between Styles where we have

different colors such as red green and

multicolor or black and pick whatever we

choose again we have a couple different

options and apple typically adds these

every year around the same point so we

have the older ones that we had from

previous years but we also have some new

ones called Unity Bloom so if you want

to use those they're now available if

you travel a lot and stay in hotels

often there's a new feature that will be

really beneficial once the hotel

supports it if we go into our settings

then General than AirPlay and handoff if

you're using AirPlay select hotels that

support AirPlay to TVs or Apple TVs will

now have the option to allow you to

airPlay from your device without

actually signing into anything or

transferring any personal data it keeps

the device secure and also allows you to

transfer things such as music if you

want to airplay that you can set it to

music or movies or anything else that

you can AirPlay you'll be able to do

that in hotels so hopefully many hotels

start to support this also there's an

update in your settings under General

and then Apple Care and warranty Apple

Care and warranty will now show you all

the devices signed into your Apple ID

not just those paired with the device

that you're using so if we scroll down

you'll see all the different devices I

have in my family or my own personal

devices and it shows the Apple Care

status as well so that's something

that's really nice instead of just

seeing some of your select devices

everything's now listed here with

warranty information and more with iOS

17.2 Apple finally added the journaling

app Journal now has a new new Option so

if we go under settings scroll down a

little bit till we get to journal under

Journal you'll see a new option for

journaling suggestions now you may or

may not have all the options I have here

depending on what you've allowed within

the journaling app itself but journaling

suggestions is new and it has some

settings for privacy and notification so

if we go into privacy it brings us right

into journaling suggestions privacy we

can turn them all off for activity and

more and then just arrange this to

whatever we'd like we've also got

notifications but but when we swipe back

it doesn't bring us back to where we

were we have to go back into Journal

then go to journaling suggestions and

then go into the other options here for

notifications so we have some

notification options for journaling as

well so it's nice that they've added

these but it's kind of odd that you have

to swipe back a couple times and then go

back into your settings to get to the

journaling

suggestions now if we have spatial video

enabled on our iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max

that allows us to record spatial video

for Apple Vision Pro that's coming up

out very soon with the two cameras here

on the side we now have a new splash

screen the first time we enable it so

first it needs to be enabled so if we

scroll down to our camera settings then

we go to formats under formats scroll

down you'll first need to turn on

spatial video for Apple Vision Pro once

you have that enabled go into camera

then rotate to video once you've rotated

you'll see the little icon there for

spatial video so we'll try that again

tap on it and the first time you go into

it you'll see a new splash screen that

EXP explain some new features with it

and that it records at 1080P and can be

used with apple Vision Pro you can view

those here as that was added previously

but it's just a new little splash screen

you'll actually see the first time you

go in now if you're using the fitness

app and you're using this along with

maybe airpods working out maybe working

out to one of the workouts within

Fitness Plus or something along those

lines once you get close to the end of

your workout Siri will now ask you if

you're using airpods and have Siri

enabled if you want to end that workout

so it will audibly ask ask you and then

you can say yes end the workout Apple

didn't State this specifically but it

seems to work in this update so that's

something new let me know if you've seen

that before though now Apple also

mentioned one other thing but they

didn't put it under a bug fix but it

really is more of a bug fix with iPhone

14 models and iPhone 15 models Apple

added emergency SOS with crash detection

crash detection has now been optimized

again on all iPhone 14 and 15 models so

that's more of a bug fix where they've

made that so it's optimize so it either

works better when it's supposed to or

doesn't work when it's not supposed to

I've actually seen this firsthand in a

car accident I was in last year it

worked really well thankfully no one was

hurt so I actually canceled it but it

was about to call emergency services so

it's definitely something that I

recommend using if you don't have it

enabled already but it should be even

better this time around there's also a

bug that's been resolved thanks to a few

viewers that sent this in that actually

noticed that 17.3 had actually resolved

the issue of the app Library causing a

crash crash to the overall system and

respring when you went out of it went

back to the main Pages swiped through

them sometimes you would see some odd

crashes that seems to be fixed in iOS

17.3 but Apple hasn't called it out

specifically now there's also security

updates in this update but we won't see

those actually updated probably for a

few hours sometimes Apple updates them

right after an update releases sometimes

it's a couple days before they add

everything but you can see the overall

security updates I'll link them in the

description and you can see iOS 17.2

here with its different security updates

with its impact description in the cve

number and the researcher or person that

actually submitted it to Apple so be

sure to check those out if you're

interested I'll link them in the

description below now as far as

additional bugs well the wallpaper

dimming bug is still there you'll see as

I scroll up it sort of loses some

saturation it seems to be less severe

but it's still present also the

notification bug is still there however

I don't currently have any notifications

but they will just jump jump in and out

that hasn't been fixed since iOS 16

though so maybe they're just waiting

until iOS 18 to resolve this I'm not

really sure as far as Wi-Fi it seems to

be resolved for most people I haven't

had any issues whatsoever in iOS 17.3

with Wi-Fi if you are still having an

issue you may want to try resetting your

network settings however I wouldn't

recommend doing this unless you know all

of your passwords as it could wipe some

of those out but if you go into your

settings go to General then transfer or

reset iPhone tap reset and then reset

network settings you can do that and

sometimes it will resolve the issue but

again you may have to re-enter a bunch

of passwords for networking after that

so keep that in mind now there is a new

modem update in this version so that

could improve some connectivity overall

so going from IOS

17.21 to iOS 17.3 you'll see an update

but if you were on the betas you

wouldn't necessarily see a modem update

so that could help with overall

connectivity when it comes to

Performance it's been pretty good I've

been using this full-time on my my other

device here so performance has been

pretty great and I haven't really had

any issues everything seems to load nice

and fast scrolling is nice and smooth as

far as promotion and it's been a pretty

good experience in fact the geekbench

scores typically show that so if we go

back out and let's go over to this

device I ran it right before I made this

video go into geekbench you'll see we

have

2,955 for single core

7,448 for multicore that's probably the

highest I've seen it in a very long time

if ever so I would say overall

performance is quite good heat is quite

good as well I haven't had the device

getting very warm and I'll just show you

this very quickly with a thermal camera

now keep in mind I was holding on to

this so it's going to warm up a little

bit but as far as the overall

temperature we have almost about 32° C

and it seems to be cooling down a little

bit and we have about

86° F so it's staying pretty cool in

general most people are saying the same

thing with the follow-up video as far as

battery life let's take a look at the

phone I've been using fulltime here if

we go into our settings and then we go

up to battery we'll go to battery health

and charging we're at 100% so at the

time of this video I'm still at 100% in

as far as Cycles if you're curious about

that on the iPhone 15 models we can

check that in general and then about

you'll see I currently have 86 Cycles so

I've been using it full-time like I said

and back in battery this could drop

anytime soon though but over the last 10

days yesterday I didn't have great

battery life but many people are

reporting this is much better than iOS

17.21 so the majority of people are

saying that especially in the weekend

follow-up video I had about 3 hours and

15 minutes of screen active Time 1 hour

and 19 minutes of screen idle time

depending on the day I had over 4 hours

I'm easily getting through the day with

about 30 to 40% left so I'm not sure if

this is actually reporting accurately

but either way most people are reporting

that it's better but we'll check again

on the weekend just to see if it's

really staying that way over the the

week now if you're wondering if you

should install iOS 17.3 well absolutely

if you're on iOS 17.21 I would for not

only additional features but security

updates bug fixes and more again most

people report it's actually better as

far as the overall using it during the

beta and through the RC so I really

wouldn't hesitate but if you are nervous

again you could wait for the follow up

on the weekend we'll talk about that in

detail as far as iOS 17.4 beta 1 we can

expect that next and typically we'll see

that usually the day after the release

of this update or a couple days later I

would expect a couple new features with

that such as Emoji maybe we'll see the

first version of side loing as Apple has

to comply with that by March but that

would typically be in the EU only so at

this point in time we don't really know

for sure but it looks like iOS 17.4 beta

1 will start out in a couple days so

look for that of course I'll have a

video all about that as well let me know

your experience if you're running iOS

17.3 I'd love to hear from you in the

comments below and I'll link this

wallpaper in the description like I

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is Aaron I'll see you next time