You’re going to do a lot more sharing between iPhones soon
One of Apple’s signature iPhone features is AirDrop, which lets you quickly send photos or small files to another iPhone within range. It’s a feature that makes the best iPhones that much better, and even though Android phones can send files with Nearby Share, it isn’t as fast, easy, or just plain cool as AirDrop. With the next major OS update, iOS 17, Apple is adding a bunch of amazing new features that are sure to make AirDrop one of the features you use the most.
Apple is making it faster and easier to find the phone, or even the Apple Watch, you want to share with depending on what you’re sharing. There’s a new way to pair and share, and it’s going to work with more than just simple photos and files. It’s going to make AirDrop a much bigger deal.
You’ll also have a personal brand to go along with your AirDrop sharing, in the form of contact posters. Friends and family will see that poster quite a bit, so you’ll want to make it look good and reflect your personal style.
Of course, it isn’t all wonderful in the land of AirDrops, and some iPhone owners complain of being the unwanted target of – shall we say – sensitive material. Apple is also making it easier to block and blur anything you might not want to see without warning, and these new communication safety improvements work in AirDrop and throughout the iPhone.
Here is every new feature coming to AirDrop and all the reasons you’ll want to use AirDrop when you upgrade your iPhone to iOS 17. Be sure to also check out our list of which phones will get iOS 17 to make sure you’re ready for the upgrade.1. Contact Posters will be your AirDrop identity
Before you AirDrop with someone, you’ll want to set up the new Contact Poster coming to iOS 17. Your contact poster will be the face of your iPhone and everything you share.
