Apple has finally released its Journal app, powered by AI. Teased for iOS 17 back in June, the new diary entry writing tool became available on Monday, thanks to the new iPhone update — nearly three months later than iOS 17 itself. After Apple releases iOS 17.2, iPhone users will now have access to the Journal app whereby users get the opportunity of registering their thoughts in a digital diary. Journaling can be such a way to help elevate the mind's wellbeing and also use it as fuel towards your creative project. Also have a detailed review on Apple IPhone 13 Users Facing Pink Screen Issues and how it can be fixed.
You are able to make traditional text entries, record into notes your voice or include recent videos or photos. If you need inspiration, AI-derived text prompts can offer suggestions for what to write or create an entry for next.
Additionally, the app forecasts and recommends points in time for you to jot down a fresh entry based on such recent iPhone activity as a recent photo or video that is newer, your location history, recently played playlists, and your workout habits. This guide will walk you through how to get started with the Journal app and personalize your experience using Gadgetheist reviews.
How to create a new entry in the Journal app on iPhone
When you open the Journal app, tap the + button at the bottom of the page to create a new entry. If you prefer from the start, tapping on 'New Entry' will display a blank page and you can start typing trying to compile your words there. Add in recent photos from your library by tapping the photos icon below the text space, take a photo in the moment and add it into your entry or include a recorded voice memo when you tap the voice icon. You may also add the location to your entry after you tapped the icon of the arrow at the rightmost at the bottom part of an entry page. This feature might be helpful for travel bloggers who were looking back on their trips in other countries. You can edit the date of an entry at the top of the page.
Alternatively, you can make a post from your phone's latest and recommended activities—like pictures it compiled for the day, locations from events you attended, contacts from yesterday. The recent tab displays people, photos and addresses that can inspire entries based on recent activity, all in chronological order. The recommended tab pulls from highlighted images automatically selected from your photo memories.
For example, a selection of portraits from 2022 can appear as a recommendation to inspire your next written entry. Under the recommendation tab, there might be a few recommendations that show up in-app with ‘Writing prompts.’ For example, a block of text may appear with something like the question, “The best part of my journey was?”
Scheduling, bookmarking and filtering
If by the time of suggestion you cannot be free to write, then you may save that specific moment for journaling to journal at a later time. A user with the journaling schedule feature will be able to set a certain time to be notified to make an entry which will help a user make journaling something they are used to or rather make it a consistent practice.
Go to settings app on your iPhone and search the Journal app. Moreover, you can flick through the feature ‘Journaling schedule’ and add up the days of a week to be notified on when you need to record your journal plus the time intervals. Well, in addition to that, in the Settings section, you can choose to lock your journal using either the device’s passcode or Face ID.
You may as well be able to organize your entries from within the application by allowing you to bookmark and be able to filter and find it later at your own convenience. Just like where you would either delete or edit a journal entry, you will then click on the three dots at the bottom of your page and scroll downwards to click on the bookmark tab after creating an entry.
Later on, when you're wanting to look back at something bookmarked, you can tap the three line icon at the upper left corner of the main journal page and will be able to choose the filter which you would like your entries applied. You might view only bookmarked entries, entries with photos, entries with recorded audio, or a location or place overview. This can be useful if your journal starts to fill up with recordings.
Adding music, workouts and other off-platform entries into your journal app
Using your choice of streaming app (Apple Music, Spotify or Amazon Music), you should be able to integrate a track as if it were yet another entry by tapping three buttons along the bottom of your screen that opens up the option to ‘share your music’. The share to option to the Journal app should occur and it will sit at the top of a blank entry when you open up the app.
The same approach you can use for other applications too, like Apple's Fitness app. You're able to share and export a logged workout to your journal and just start writing about that workout.
FAQ
What does the iOS 17.2 update do?
Apple's iOS 17.2 brings important security and bug fixes and brilliant new features making it an upgrade-worth applied to your iPhone. What is more, the upgrade also comes with a long-awaited Journal app which one can lock with Face ID or Touch ID so as to ensure it is private and secure.
What is new in the iOS 17.0 3 update?
iOS 17.0.3
This update contains important bug fixes and security updates and addresses an issue where the iPhone may become warmer than usual.
How do I use contact poster iOS 17?
Open the Contacts app on your iPhone. Tap My Card at the top, then tap Contact Photo & Poster. Alternatively, you can tap Name, and then enter your first and last name as you want them to appear to others, then tap Edit to pick a poster or make a new one.
Is iOS 17.2 safe for iPhone 13?
Notably, several models and versions of the iPhone are supported by The iOS 17.2 update which includes the iPhone XS series, iPhone 11 series, iPhone SE 2020, iPhone 12 series, iPhone 13 series, iPhone 14 series, and the latest iPhone 15 series. However, some features apply to only the latest series of iPhones due to hardware requirements.
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