A pair of Apple patent applications published Thursday point to ongoing research in mobile device location sharing, one being an augmentation of existing iOS geofencing technology, and another detailing an entirely new form of indoor request-and-answer location notifications reliant on node-based triangulation.
Introduced in iOS 17.1 and watchOS 10.1, NameDrop is a novel feature that facilitates the sharing of contact information between nearby iPhones and Apple Watches by holding them together.
As Apple has made iOS 17 beta 4 available to registered developers, a couple of iPhone users are observing several exciting modifications.
Apple has rolled out the public beta versions of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and watchOS 10, enabling users with a compatible device to test the most recent features.
