Apple scraps iPhone feature that had long frustrated users

Apple has announced one of its most unpopular keyboard features on iPhones will be scrapped under the latest iOS update.

The tech giant said it will no longer automatically change the word "f---ing", to "ducking" - a feature that had long frustrated users.

Once the latest update rolls out on devices, artificial intelligence will be able to detect the context of the word and be able to understand what users really mean.

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"In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too," said software boss Craig Federighi, per the BBC.

People with iPhones had long complained about the autocorrecting, with many being forced to rewrite sentences in text messages.

The change will be part of the iOS 17 operating system, expected to be available as a beta in July, with a general release in September.

Apple announced the next generation of its iOS yesterday at the company's annual developer conference WWDC in Cupertino, California.

iOS 17 will be available for iPhones as old as the iPhoneXs and all iPhones announced since then, that means millions of Australians will get an all-new update to their iPhone by the end of this year.

While the updates are not going to change the entire look of an iPhone, it will bring new features which Apple has been working on behind the scenes.

One of the new features is called "Live Voicemail", similar to "Call Screening" which is available on some Android Phones.

This feature displays a live transcript on your iPhone of the voicemail message being left.

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