Is much of new IOS 17 seem catch up?

[Sharp_3yE]

OK, not all of it. Some new features are improvements on old things. Some are features Android already has. "Put your phones together and send things like contacts to each other." Hmm you mean like NFC that has been first able to do this on Android (and Windows phone back thn) since 2010?

 

Otherwise, the standby screen basically for when your phone is docked seems alright. Allowing good tracking to let someone know you got home safe is nice. 

 

Idk, it's features that have mostly been around, just tweeked, updated, or finally brought to Iphone. Some stuff Android has had. 

[Zando_]

Normal iOS update. They mostly just iterate upon the last with additional QoL features, iOS 7 was the last major UI update. Apple waits ages before implementing functionality, Android OEMs are in a much more brutal market so they tend to shove in whatever's new in order to try and drive sales vs their competition. So you get stuff sooner on Androids but it can be pretty jank, when Apple does finally get around to it they usually implement it well, so that's the tradeoff. 

[seanondemand]

These products are so mature these days that none of these updates are really going to be groundbreaking. It’s not 2010 anymore, that’s for sure. 

[Deadpool2onBlu-Ray]

The focus was on "vision os" for the new Apple AR this year. Also, the WatchOS update was rather significant. The TVOS update was larger than expected too. The two "underwhelming" ones this year were IOS and MacOS

[saintlouisbagels]

You can literally make this topic about all of the iOS updates. It's a well-known meme that iOS updates (and hardware) adds features years after Android.

Starting this topic is just flame-bait.

 

[dilpickle]

Smartphones peaked a long time ago. There is not much left to add besides gimicky social features.