FILE - Apples Messages icon displayed on a phone screen is seen in this illustration photo taken on Aug. 26, 2021. (Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO - No more ducking around.
Your iPhone is getting an update to its autocorrect feature.Many iPhone users know that when you type a certain expletive, it’s often replaced with "ducking." Thanks to new machine learning technology, the autocorrect feature is getting "a comprehensive update" in the new iOS 17 that is more personalized to each user, Apple said."In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too," Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, said during the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday in Cupertino, California.RELATED: iPhone will soon be able to replicate your voice after just 15 minutes of trainingSpecifically, the keyboard should be more responsive to the language vernacular of the iPhone user, according to 9to5mac.com.