Our quick take

Apple iOS 11 - 4.5 / 5

  • iOS 11 tips and tricks: Master your iPhone’s new software

iOS 11 Control Centre

  • Full screen Control Centre Can now add/remove controls Force press for pop-ups

iOS 11 Messages

  • Apple Pay is coming (soon) New one-handed QuickType keyboard Two new full-screen effects

iOS 11 Live Photos and camera

  • Three new Live Photo effects Photos take up less space

iOS 11 Siri

  • Direct translation Smart suggestions when typing/browsing

  • 65 ways to get a giggle out of Siri

iOS 11 iPad

  • 7 Apple iPad features for students when iOS 11 arrives These are the best iOS 11 features Apple didn’t announce

Other bits

To recap

For iPhone, there are some very cool new features that we love, but it’s arguably for iPad that the software makes the most difference. We’d use the old cliche that updating an iPad to iOS 11 is like having a new device, but it’s more like having a new category of device. iPad is taking on the laptop, and is getting ever closer to being that all-in-one portable product that everyone will want.