The iOS interface that has driven iPhones for over 15 years is an iconic part of a pervasive product. But an underreported fact is that earlier this year Apple built a whole new interface within iOS to help less confident and able users interact with the iPhone.
Assistive Access, which is part of iOS 17, is one of many features hiding in the Accessibility options of the iPhone's settings app. It arrived this summer to little fanfare, but since this is effectively a brand new type of iOS hiding within the familiar version, it feels worth exploring and discussing. And that's why we're about to go on a whistle-stop tour of Assistive Access. Here's who might benefit from Assistive Access as is, and how it could benefit from some changes in the future.
