iPhone travel hacks: 6 useful features in iOS 17 to try during your next foreign vacation

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iPhone 15 or any iPhone user with iOS 17 software should know about a few little-known features that can make planning vacations easy, especially if flying to foreign destinations is on cards. Whether you are looking to click a passport photo to apply for a visa, planning a travel itinerary or sharing photos, iOS 17 has several ‘travel-friendly' features that can make life easy.

Planning a vacation requires travel bookings, stays, packing, itinerary, and much more to make your trip memorable. Here are 6 new features in iOS 17 to try during your next foreign vacation.

If you need to click a passport photo quickly for an online visa application or even get prints from a studio, you can use your iPhone with iOS 17 to take a passport photo with white background at home
 

For every trip, the list of things to pack almost remains the same. So, creating a reusable packing list template on iPhone makes sense so that you can simply tick items while packing before every new trip. You can use the Reminders app for the same.
 

After it's saved, tap the overlapping squares icon to access your Templates and select the template you want to use, rename it, then hit “Create.“ Now open the new list and modify as needed.

To add a location to your Reminder tap the Location button to assign a notification based on where you are. Select one of the options provided, or tap Custom to add your own location, choose whether you want to be notified when arriving or leaving, and set the perimeter of your reminder area. You can set a due date, add a tag or attachment, like a photo.

Before your trip, create and customise a guide in Apple Maps. You can share your guide with your travel companions, and even download Maps on your iPhone to use offline.

To create a guide in Apple Maps, do these:

With offline maps in iOS 17 and later, you can use Maps for information and navigation even when you don't have a Wi-Fi or cellular connection.

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