About ducking time! Apple’s autocorrect feature is getting a HUGE upgrade in iOS 17 – and it means your iPhone will be able to learn your favourite swear words
- Apple confirmed autocorrect is getting a huge upgrade in the iOS 17 update
- The update will stop your iPhone from correcting f***ing to ducking
Whether it’s in a fit of rage or in response to eagerly-awaited news, there are often times when the only way to express yourself is through swear words.
But if you use an iPhone, it’s likely you’ve experienced an irritating autocorrect, just as you’ve fired off a message.
Thankfully, the days of having to retype your message will soon be a thing of the past thanks to a huge update coming in the iOS 17 update.
The update will keep Apple’s autocorrect feature from correcting one of the most common expletives to ‘ducking.’
‘In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too,’ said Craig Federighi, Apple’s software chief, during the WWDC event last night.
Whether it’s in a fit of rage or in response to eagerly-awaited news, there are often times when the only way to express yourself is through swear words. But if you use an iPhone, it’s likely you’ve experienced an irritating autocorrect, just as you’ve sent off a message (stock image)
How to switch off autocorrect on an iPhone
By default, autocorrect is switched on, but here’s how you can change this:
The iPhone keyboard autocorrect feature has always had its quirks, sometimes taking a misspelled word while texting and substituting what it deems a logical option that ends up changing the meaning of a particular phrase or sentence.
Such occurrences generally produce follow-up texts along the lines of ‘damn autocorrect!’
But the ‘ducking’ substitution is a long-standing source of mirth or frustration, depending on how many times you’ve had to rewrite your texts or scream at your device.
Thankfully, in iOS 17, the feature is receiving a ‘comprehensive update’.
In a post in its newsroom, Apple explained: ‘Autocorrect receives a comprehensive update with a transformer language model, a state-of-the-art on-device machine learning language model for word prediction — improving the experience and accuracy for users every time they type.
‘It also receives a refreshed design to better support typing, and sentence-level autocorrections can fix more types of grammatical mistakes.’
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks before the start of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
In iOS 17, users will receive predictive text recommendations inline as they type.
This means adding entire words or completing sentences will be as easy as tapping the space bar, making text entry faster than ever.
While the software update isn’t coming out until September, the news about the autocorrect changes has already been widely welcomed by iPhone users, including one who called it ‘ducking marvellous’.
Another wrote: ‘About Ducking time cos the amount of ducks I’ve typed and it doesn’t ducking spell it right.’
One user added: ‘Good, because, until now the only real corrective has been to add your favorite profanities as individual entries in your address book, which is… not great.’
And one joked: ‘iPhone autocorrect will now learn the F word. Duck yeah.’
Aside from the changes to autocorrect, Apple is also making a small but mighty change to Siri – users can drop the ‘Hey’ and only need to say ‘Siri’ to activate the virtual assistant.
The change has been a sought-after feature of iOS fans, and it seems Apple has finally listened to their demand.
The operating system will also see new apps geared toward your physical and mental health, along with personalized posters of a user that shows their photo or emoji to a call recipient.
A live voicemail feature also transcribes messages directly on the display, allowing you to ignore or answer the call.
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