Apple just released a preview of its big iPhone update, here’s what’s new

In June, Apple announced iOS 17, the latest version of the iPhone operating system. Now it’s available in a public beta form, and it’s free for iPhone owners to try.

Keep in mind — this is a beta version, intended as a preview of the final software, so Apple can get help finding and squashing bugs before it’s officially released to the wider public. 

In the fall, alongside new iPhones, Apple officially releases the software to everyone with a compatible iPhone. Apple recommends users who aren’t comfortable with beta software to wait until then.

Still, for people who like to live on the bleeding edge, Apple’s public beta for iOS allows them to get a preview of what all iPhones will look like in a few months — as long as they have an iPhone XS (released 2018) or newer.

There’s a new process for installing the public beta. Instead of enrolling on Apple’s website and installing a configuration profile, you can simply go to Settings > General > Software Update and choose to install a beta version of iOS from the drop-down menu.

Here are some of the biggest changes in iOS 17:

Contact posters. One of the most noticeable changes in iOS 17 will be that you can choose a picture and font to change how you appear when you call another iPhone user. You can create your own “contact poster” in the same way you’d customize your own lock screen. 

Better autocorrect. Apple’s autocorrect has been revamped with a new transformer-based language model, Apple said. This should improve accuracy and even improve grammar on the sentence level. 

iMessage improvements and interface revamp. Apple’s text messaging app has gotten one of its biggest updates in years. The most visible change will be that the interface has hidden apps like stickers or the camera, which now…