iOS 17.2 released: Reasons to upgrade

Apple has released iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 today. There are several improvements and new features worth knowing about that make this an update you don’t want to miss.

Journal App

Apple have finally released their Journal app. It will prompt you several times a day to reflect on your mood and what might be causing you to feel that way, in an attempt to step back from the feelings and analyse your behaviour. Journalling has been shown to help with many mental health issues and I use it myself, but I am not sure I will switch from my Obsidian plain text method to this.

Apple says:

Journal is a new way to reflect on and relive special moments. Capture your thoughts on life’s big events or everyday activities. Add details to any entry with photos, music, audio recordings, and more. Mark important moments and revisit them later to find new insights or set new goals.

Your iPhone can create personalized suggestions of moments to remember and write about based on information like your photos, location, music, workouts, and more-all using on-device machine learning.

Other apps can tie into the Journalling app using an API, so I expect this feature to bloom over the coming months and will revisit it when new use cases appear.