Apple has revealed that its iPhones will finally stop autocorrecting swear words like “duck” from f**k.
If you’re an iPhone user, you’ve probably experienced the experience of wanting to type abusive words into a message, only to find that as soon as you try to send it, it changes to something else that isn’t abusive. .
If you’re trying to vent your frustrations over text, but your phone autocorrects f**k to “duck” and s***t to “shut,” you won’t get the same effect. Plus, it’s annoying to have to change the words you really want to say over and over again.
After disgruntled iPhone users lashed out at the issue, the Apple team listened and was eventually persuaded to make some changes to the autofix technology.
During the Worldwide Developers Conference 2023, a major corporate trade show showcasing exciting things happening in the world of Apple technology, Apple’s head of software, Craig Federighi, said AutoCorrect could make users angry. He said he would try not to.
“When you want to type a ducking word, the keyboard learns it too,” said Craig.
according to CNET, The iOS 17 iPhone keyboard uses the Transformer model. Open AI (Company behind Chat GPT) uses its own language model to learn from what you type on your keyboard and better predict what you’ll say next, whether it’s a name, a phrase, or even a weird swear word.
If you’re not happy with the correction, you can tap the underlined word to see what you originally typed and go back quickly.
This new and improved feature is expected to be available for beta testing in July before general availability in September.
With future updates, we have no doubt that many will be delighted to finally have a device that understands them. However, this wasn’t the only big news revealed at the Apple event.
Guests were also shown Apple’s new VR/AR headsets.
The new Apple Vision Pro headset is easily mistaken for expensive-looking snorkeling goggles, but it has a full 3D interface and can be controlled with your hands, eyes, and voice.
When you put on your headset, you’ll see all the apps placed around you.
Like straight out of a sci-fi movie, the floating iPad/MacBook interface allows you to switch between apps and tabs, play music, and watch movies. CEO Tim Cook said, “This is the first Apple product that you look at, rather than look at.”
You can also use the dial to switch between augmented reality and full virtual reality. The device uses pass-through video for full viewing of the real world, while also having the ability to project 3D objects into real space.
