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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Meredith Clark

This could be the end of ‘ducking’

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Apple has finally unveiled a new improvement to its autocorrect feature, much to the enjoyment of expletive lovers.

On Monday (6 June), the tech company announced a number of software updates will soon be available to iPhone users as part of Apple’s new iOS 17 operating system. While speaking at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in California, senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi shared that Apple will also upgrade the autocorrect feature that annoyingly changes one of the most common swear words to “ducking”.

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