iOS 11 Said to Bring Easy Wi-Fi Sharing, Better Gmail Notifications, and More 651q6n

While Apple Pay. Notably, not all features in the developer preview may make it to the final public release.

 

Apple's iOS 11, which will be made available widely this fall, brings along a new feature that allows s to share their Wi-Fi with friends or with their other devices by just a single tap, AirPods do for the establishment of a connection. When you bring a new device in proximity to a device that is already connected to the Wi-Fi network, the connected device will see a notification that informs about the new device trying to connect to the network. s can then share the Wi-Fi access by a single tap, the report points out.

Moving to the GIF , although GIF images were already ed by certain platforms within the iOS, some Reddit s have found that now the for animated images has been added to the native Photos app with iOS 11, as per a report by The Next Web. As Live Photos were already ed within the Photos app, it doesn't come as a surprise that animated GIF has also been added but it surely is a much needed addition.

Notably, the Cupertino-based company has also added a built-in screen recording functionality that can also be pinned to the all-new customisable notification centre by s, as per the TNW report. As s had to resort to third-party applications to achieve this functionality, this definitely comes as a welcome addition too.

Coming to the Gmail push notifications, s who have got their hands on iOS 11 preview have witnessed a change in the behaviour of the notifications for the better, as per a report by 9To5Mac. Gmail s who have been using iOS would know that the Gmail notifications, from the synced with device, have been coming with a delay for quite some time. However, if 9To5Mac report is to be believed, Apple has finally resolved this issue with the version of the platform.

Finally coming to the expanded NFC features, with iOS 11, Apple has added the for Core NFC to the iPhone 7 Plus, reports Engadget. Core NFC has been defined as "a new framework for reading Near Field Communications (NFC) tags and data in NFC Data Exchange Format" in the released documents, as per the report. While NFC chip in iPhone is currently used only for Apple Pay, the for Core NFC indicates that the Cupertino-based company has more plans lined up for the technology going ahead.

This means that the company could even enable the functionality where you can tap to pair with Bluetooth speakers with your iPhone, a functionality that is already enjoyed by Android s, Engadget points out. However, this increased functionality can potentially pose privacy issues with the platform, as per the report.