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Users are going to find this update of iOS 17 very annoying

By Wieke Veenboer | #!31Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:15:03 +0200+02:000331#31Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:15:03 +0200+02:00-11Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam202331 14am31am-31Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:15:03 +0200+02:0011Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam2023312023Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:15:03 +02001511158amMonday=9#!31Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:15:03 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam8#08-14-2023#!31Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:15:03 +0200+02:000331#/31Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:15:03 +0200+02:00-11Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam202331#!31Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:15:03 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam8#

A new update is coming for iPhone users, so brace yourself: this is being called the most intense update in years. Many features will look quite different, and I am someone who struggles with change, so I am already getting nervous about it. My muscle memory goes haywire when an app is moved somewhere else on my home screen. Sound familiar? Then you’re going to have a tough time with this.

The change that will bring the most complaints is — I dare to bet money on it — the relocation of the icon to end a phone call. As we all know, it is currently in the middle at the bottom, but in iOS 17 you will find it somewhere else: in the spot where the icon for ‘contacts’ currently is. Bottom left in the menu, which is visible when you are on a call, and I am already getting an error from that.

It’s going to get even worse: in the spot where the icon to end the call currently is, the option to FaceTime will appear. Sorry Apple, but now you are just being incredibly mean; hundreds of thousands of people are going to accidentally FaceTime people when they actually want to hang up. Aaargh.

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Is it going to be nothing but misery with the new iOS 17 update? Fortunately not: they promise a better autocorrect (it was about time) and we will get the option to put our phone in standby mode. By the way, if you can’t wait to try all this; a Beta version will be available in September, but there may still be some bugs here and there.