![]() It’s no dramatic reimagining of how your iPhone or iPad works, but everything here looks like a smart, appreciated tweak. In short, it makes the operating system a lot more useful on any iOS device, provides key apps with an aesthetic overhaul and a functional boost, and even gives the Apple Pencil a bunch of extra abilities on compatible iPads. It also makes Siri sound better and work smarter, gives the App Store a major makeover, and brings other perks to Maps, Apple Pay, Photos, and more. ![]() Overall, iOS 11 has even more enhancements, such as a proper Files app for once, giving you a macOS Finder-like way to browse your local and cloud content. If you have an iPad, then you’ll see a lot of big additions in iOS 11: there’s a much more useful dock, drag-and-drop capabilities between apps, a highly tweakable control center, multitasking improvements, and other major quality-of-life improvements. Oh, right: you probably want to know why you’d bother installing iOS 11 right now, aside from needing to be on the cutting edge all the time. We dug into this a bit earlier this spring, and the situation seems dire: if you have older apps that you still want to use, you might want to hold off on iOS 11 altogether. One more note: iOS 11 will see Apple cut off older 32-bit apps and games entirely, and if they haven’t been rebuilt for 64-bit devices, then they simply won’t work at all. It’s your call, obviously, but consider sticking with iOS 10 on any devices that you rely on. Why? Because this is unfinished and potentially buggy software, which means that hitches can really throw a wrench into your daily routine. ![]() We don’t recommend installing the iOS 11 beta on any critical everyday devices, however – so if your lone iPhone is the one you carry in your pocket, you might want to wait. The sixth-generation iPod Touch will take the beta, too. Meanwhile, as far as tablets are concerned, there’s a wide array of compatible models: every iPad Pro model, regardless of size, as well as both iPad Air devices and the 5th-generation iPad. Quite a few, actually! If you’re wielding an iPhone, then an iPhone 5s or newer will do the trick – so all of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 6 devices are included, as is the iPhone SE.
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