Peppy AirDrop Animations To Fast Haptic Touch: All The New Features In iOS 17 Beta 2

Apple Inc. AAPL is rolling out the iOS 17 beta 2 to developers and beta testers. The latest iOS beta update includes several changes and some major new features, like an updated AirDrop version with cool new animations and a fast haptic touch to make up for the missing 3D Touch feature.

Here, we have compiled a list of all the essential new features in iOS 17 beta 2.

What Happened: The iOS 17 beta 2 update is rolling out for developers and beta testers with eligible devices. It includes several new features and design tweaks, and here's the list of the major ones.

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Updated AirDrop With Cool New Animations

The most significant improvement in the iOS 17 beta 2 update is the updated version of AirDrop. While transfers via near-field communication (NFC) are not new, Apple has given it a delightful touch with cool new visuals and haptic feedback.

When you bring two iPhones close to each other, their respective top halves of the display light up, indicating that the process of beaming something to the other device has begun. There is haptic feedback upon completion.

"Beam me up, Scotty", but for phones!

Fast Haptic Touch

Apple killed 3D Touch in 2019 with the launch of the iPhone 11. It has now added customization options for haptic touch to make up for it. The "Fast" option is nearly twice as fast as the default option.

Apple Music Improvements

Apple Music now has new widgets of different sizes, and crossfade now has a slider to control the fade duration between two songs. Apple has also fixed a crash that would occur when enabling the crossfade option in Settings.

Other Changes

The iOS 17 beta 2 update also includes a refreshed "Update" screen that shows more information about new updates. Apple has also added new wallpapers in CarPlay.

The iOS 17 update is all set to launch this fall, likely alongside iPhone 15 in September.

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