Perhaps the mostuseful new features in iOS 17are in the Phone, Messages, and FaceTime apps.
But iOS 17’s new features make callsand voice messagesa little less annoying.
“Live voicemail transcriptions can be highly useful as they provide real-time information about incoming voicemails.
Audio Message Transcription in iOS 17.Apple
Call It Off
A phone call is almost always an intrusion.
With a text message, it’s possible for you to choose when you read it.
With a phone call, the caller decides.
Live Voicemail Transcription on iOS 17.Apple
You have to answer, or at least decline, the call.
At the same time, we seem to have lost the taste for chatting on the phone.
But people still like to talk,leaving rambling, five-minute voice messagesthey expect you to listen to.
Audio Message Transcription in iOS 17.Apple
Apple has fixed both of these problems while introducing a brand new one.
Never again will you have to listen to another human unless you want to.
The alternative at the time was listening to each message in the order they were left.
Now, the iPhone lets you do text-based call screening.
There are countless scenarios where this will be great.
They offer immediate and direct interaction, enabling real-time conversation and emotional connection.”
The next feature, though, might be my favorite.
All of this is done on-rig instead of packing it off to the cloud and therefore remains private.
But not everything is great in this release.
Finally, one wonders what effect this might have on robocalls.
But until then, enjoy these new weapons in your personal war on annoying interruptions.
