Apple Pay and iMessage
In iMessage, you can send money to friends with Apple Pay as part of iOS 11.
Apple Pay and iMessage
QuickType keyboard will even suggest that you pay your friend within the message.
iMessage
When you sync into another new device, iCloud will sync all your messages. So if you delete a message on the iPhone, it'll delete it on all your synced devices.
Siri updates
Siri will have a male voice and new voice tones for its female voice. It will also suggest follow-up questions and topics you'll want to know based on what you're doing. Siri will also respond to a message with your location, or make a calendar appointment based on a reservation you booked using the Safari browser.
Languages
Siri will be able to translate languages, such as English to Chinese, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Camera app
Images will take up a lot less storage space because of new compression technology. You can take low-light photos with optical image stabilization. You can also trim live photos.
Photos and videos
Updates to photos and videos include the ability to loop a live photo to make a movie and grab and save a still frame from a video. There's also a new long exposure effect to get nature shots of things like moving water. Movies captured in "Memories" will now play in Portrait mode, not just landscape
Photos
Here are more areas that will improve as part of iOS 11.
Control Center
The Control Center will be one panel instead of three, and 3D Touch will let you dive into more granular controls.
Notifications
In iOS 11, you scroll up to see notifications from the lock screen, but you'll still get widgets on the left and the camera on the right.
Apple Maps
Apple Maps will provide detailed airport and mall floor plans.
Apple Maps
Apple Maps will also tell you which lane in which you should be when you're driving. Speed limits will also be a part of Maps.
Do Not Disturb While Driving
Do Not Disturb While Driving will expand iOS' Do Not Disturb function to phones in cars. It will detect if a phone is being used in a car, based on a Bluetooth connection or by detecting the Doppler effect over Wi-Fi. The feature will silence all notifications and alerts heading to the phone to reduce distracted driving.
AirPlay 2
iOS 11 will include AirPlay 2, Apple's latest Wi-Fi protocol that lets you sync speakers like the new HomePod smart speaker for multiroom audio.
AirPlay 2
AirPlay 2 users will be able to select from a list of rooms and group them. AirPlay is only one-to-one from your phone or Mac to a device. This new capability will bring it in line with competing systems such as Play-Fi, Chromecast Audio and Sonos.
App Store
Apple will also redesign the App Store in iOS 11. That includes a "Today" opening screen to highlight stories about developers and apps.
App Store
There will also be a Games tab in the updated App Store.
App Store
Apps will also have their own tab in the updated App Store.
App Store
In-app purchases will also get a featured spot in the App Store.
Augmented reality
Apple is just now launching the developer platform for augmented reality called ARKit, so this isn't something you'll be able to use right away.
Augmented reality
AR will come to the iPhone and iPad, which means you can interact with virtual items overlaid in the real world.
Augmented reality
An example of AR includes placing items like this coffee cup and lamp onto a real-life table.
iPad updates
In iOS 11, the iPad's dock will include tricks like opening apps by pulling them up from the dock.
iPad updates
A Drag and Drop feature will let iPad users move images and text faster and easier than before.
iPad updates
In iOS 11, the new Files app will help keep files and documents in one place, whether they are in iCloud or other third-party providers such as Box, Dropbox and Google Drive.
iPad updates
A redesigned app switcher in the iPad will make it easier to move between active app used in Split View and the new Slide Over view.
iPad updates
iOS 11 will give the iPad a larger customizable dock to add more apps and quicker access to them as well as documents from any screen.
Apple Pencil
The Notes app on the iPad will support in-line drawings, search and handwriting recognition with Apple Pencil.
Apple Pencil
iOS 11 will also be able to recognize and search words in handwritten notes.