StandBy for iOS 17
<p>While I’m only a week or so into using the iOS 17 beta — <a href="https://www.threads.net/@mgsiegler/post/CvvWy6kIZlF" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">I’m getting too old for this shit?</a> — it’s already pretty clear what the standout feature is: <a href="https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2023/06/ios-17-makes-iphone-more-personal-and-intuitive/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">StandBy</a>. This is the new mode where when you have your iPhone in landscape mode whilst charging, it displays a new data presentation style, geared towards far more glanceable information. Things like the time, the date, the weather, etc. It sounds mundane. And it is. But it’s also brilliant.</p>
<p>The obvious use case is as a bed-side clock. And it’s good for that. While you might worry about having a screen beaming its backlight in your face all night, Apple has created a smart mode (“Night Mode”) that shifts all the visuals to red. It looks like you’re on a submarine. Or like it’s DEFCON 1. It’s cool — albeit slightly masculine? It’s clearly borrowed from the “Night Mode” on the new Apple Watch Ultra — more on this in a bit — but it’s arguably more useful here.</p>
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