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This year at the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) Apple announced some significant changes to the way the iPhone will behave while its user is driving. The new Car Safety features in iOS 11 arrive in response to increased pressure from the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration, which has urged Apple and other cellphone manufacturers to develop safeguards to reduce death and injury attributed to distracted driving. Distracted driving has been an issue in at least some capacity for over 20 years without much response at the developer level. Distraction related accidents, whether involving gadgets or otherwise, killed nearly 3,500 people in 2015, according to the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration, with 391,000 lesser injuries.

At the recent WWDC 17 keynote, the HomePod smart speaker was one of the biggest announcements of the day. The seven-inch HomePod will come in Silver and Space Gray and will be available in the U.S., U.K., and Australia in December 2017. The Siri smart speaker has better audio quality than Amazon Echo and Google Home and is smarter than the Sonos smart speakers. It's also significantly more expensive than the Echo and Home speakers and there is reason to doubt it will be as smart as the Amazon and Google smart assistants. However, unlike the Echo and Home, the HomePod promises a great deal more privacy to its users. Wondering whether you want to invest in Apple's latest gadget? Here's what you need to know before you make a decision.

Last Monday, Apple held its WWDC keynote event, and it was a big one. Not only did we get to see previews of iOS 11, watchOS 4, tvOS 11, and macOS High Sierra, Apple debuted its Amazon Echo competitor, HomePod and released a full new lineup of iMacs, Macbooks, and the 10.5-inch iPad Pro. After Apple revealed the new iPad Pro, it gave us a preview of all of the incredible things you’ll be able to do with iOS 11 on iPad Pro. A stand-out feature is the new Files app, which will allow you to bring all of your file management systems (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc) into one app. That feature plus the ability to drag and drop pictures, documents, and more from one app to another with ease makes the iPad’s file organization honestly better than what you get on your laptop. So with iOS 11, can the iPad Pro finally replace your Macbook? Tell us what you think.

Now that Apple has held its WWDC 17 Keynote, we can now confirm some of our iOS 11 predictions and share additional updates to the newest version of Apple's mobile software. From a massive Siri upgrade to augmented reality, we’ve rounded up everything you’ve been itching to know about iOS 11 and the exciting changes it will bring to your iPhone and iPad. While iOS 11 won’t officially be available until the fall, the public beta will be available for download at the end of June. Read on to learn more about iOS 11’s most exciting features.

In the 59th episode, the iPhone Life team discusses the highlights of Apple’s 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. Get the scoop on Apple’s new Siri-enabled smart speaker called HomePod and discover the coolest new features of iOS 11, watchOS 4, and the new iPad Pro.

Twitter user Benjamin Geskin has released a video of a dummy claimed to be a mockup of the iPhone 8. The 11-second video features a phone which appears to match leaked photos of on-site production of the iPhone 8, also released by Geskin. In the video, dual screens are visible on the front and back of the iPhone 8 mockup, as well as an elongated power button and a rear facing camera.