Apple is testingiOS 17.4with a select group of iPhone users , which mean we ’re learning more about the new features arriving in the come weeks .
One small , but important change to proceedings will make one of the iPhone ’s oldest apps a little more useful .
The stop watch is being freed from the Clock app for the first sentence ever , meaning you ’ll be able to see its advancement on theDynamic Islandon theiPhone 14 Proand up .
It ’ll also be available as one of theLive Activitiesoptions on the ringlet concealment , along with the ability to pause and restart . This might be handy for runners , for instance , who desire to keep lozenge on their progress without venturing back into the Clock app .
This has been available for the countdown Timer for the last class or so , but strangely Apple has n’t lend the stop watch until now . iOS 17.4 will rectify that and with it will solve a little iPhone anomalousness experienced by most substance abuser at some point . A raft of times you ’ll go into the Stopwatch percentage of the Clock app and see one that ’s been running since god - knows - when .
At least with it usable on the unrecorded Activities you ’ll remember to break off and readjust it when you ’ve grilled the burgers on the other side for a few second .
Elsewhere in Io 17.4 , Apple is tot up motorcar - bring forth transcript in the Podcasts app , and the power to tally an extra Siri spoken communication for read messages aloud . The company is tweaking theStolen gadget Protectionsecurity feature of speech launched in iOS 17.3 , while there are 118 new emoji get your way too .
In the EUthere ’s a shift change coming pertaining to the App Storeand the way of downloading apps , but that wo n’t affect UK users .
