If you’re someone who loves profanity, there’s nothing more obnoxious than when you’re trying to drop some f-bombs in a text and your iPhone corrects “f**k” to “duck.” No, you’re not ducking annoyed. You’re not so ducking excited. In 2023, it seems ridiculous that no matter how many times you add the actual word you’re going for to your personal dictionary, Apple refuses to play ball. Well, that’s all about to change. In fact, Apple is now promising that iOS 17, which is due out later this year, will stop autocorrecting “f**k” to “duck” and instead will let you swear your heart out.
Apple’s software chief, Craig Federighi, revealed at WWDC 2023 that the new iOS will allow the keyboard to understand your intent when typing via a transformer model. Much like AI, this means it can learn how you speak and what you mean the more you type. In other words, it’ll know you have a potty mouth and will allow you to write accordingly.
However, it’s not just the word “f**k” that will be easier to type. This new technology will mean your phone will even be able to learn slang and idiomatic expressions that you use. I think I speak for most of us when I say, “It’s about ducking time!” Er…
Of course, this development is still a while off, at least for the general public. While beta testing on the new iOS will take place in July, most of us won’t be able to download it until September. That means there’s still a while longer for us to want to throw our iPhones at the wall when they won’t let us curse! It looks like we’ll just have to be patient… or maybe learn to use some less profane words to express ourselves in the meantime.
Nah, I think I’ll just wait for the update.
