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iOS 11: The main Features and Tricks at a Glance

  • Sep 26, 2025
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iOS 11 offers the user numerous new options to optimize iPhone or iPad. We provide you with the most important Features at a Glance.

Images are more vibrant, and costs less memory

iOS 11 offers many new effects, which make images and Videos more lively.
  • Cool Features are about infinite loops, long exposure, or Loops.
  • This can be applied in retrospect to the Live Photos.
  • In addition, you should consume, thanks to a new komprimitierung technology, less storage space, but the quality should remain the same.
iOS 11: New Features

Improved Control Center

The Control Center, there is already a bit longer - more precisely, ever since iOS 7, however, there has been no way to personalize the control center.
  • With iOS 11 you can now use the control center to adjust according to your Wishes and needs, to make.
  • So you can add settings, move, or remove it altogether.

Screen Recording with iOS 11 is possible

Many users have requested this Feature already long - with iOS 11 it is finally: the Screen Recording.

More safety in road traffic

Previously, you could set the function "do Not disturb", only certain times.
  • Since iOS 11 you have more options. So, you can enable, for example, via the control center, manually the Feature "don't disturb".
  • Even easier the setting work if you have switched on the automatic mode: your iPhone will detect movements, which are typical for a drive and activates the "do Not Disturb"function independently.
  • However, the phone can't distinguish whether you are the driver or passenger. You are sitting in the seat on the passenger, you need to confirm in the case of automatic mode, only that you are driving yourself.

An emergency mode with Emergency SOS

A little hidden, but certainly useful: The emergency mode in iOS 11.
  • In order to put in a dangerous situation, an emergency or family contact members.
  • There are several ways of achieving this: a screen will appear with a slider, when you press the Power button five times in rapid succession.
  • The procedure, you can shorten even further by enabling the automatic call function. In the settings you can find the new item on the "Emergency SOS". Enter your emergency contacts in the Health App, and enable the automatic call function. The Slider on the emergency call screen does not have to press yourself.
  • So the iPhone knows, after how many seconds the call when open, the SOS screen has to be dropped to, and not accidentally, an emergency call is dispatched, set the time period with the setting "Count-Down".
  • By the way, have a User in the Beta Version of iOS 11 is a Trick discovered with the aid of the emergency mode, the Touch ID on the iPhone temporarily turn it off.
iOS 11 with emergency mode

More protection for your data

The privacy was improved in iOS 11.
  • So you can set for each App individually, if you allow the location service or not.
  • In addition, the system offers the possibility of Cross-Site Tracking in Safari to prevent.
  • How to on your iPhone, improve data protection, we declare in a separate practice tip.

Dark mode in iOS 11

Especially in low light, this mode is pleasant.

Changes in the Apple Store and Siri

Apple also missed his Store and Siri a couple of innovations.
  • The Apple Store gets a new Design. In addition, he is divided new in updates, games and Apps.
  • Also the voice assistant Siri will be revised: The computer voice should sound in the future of human. Also, you can translate Spoken directly in any language.
iOS 11 brings many new features, however, all of the Apps are even up-to-date. As before the change to iOS 11 check whether your Apps are compatible, we will explain in a further practical tip.

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