Swiping from the left brings you to the Today screen, which is now far more customizable than before. This time around, though, it brings some new tricks. A revamped lock screenĪssuming all goes well, you'll be presented with the all-too-familiar lock screen. You'll want to have your phone connected to a charger while you're going through this process, unless your battery is almost full. Then just wait for the installation file to download (it's more than 1GB, so it takes a few minutes), and proceed with the installation. There's a good chance you've already been prompted to upgrade, but if you've procrastinated, head to the "General" section in the Settings app to manually initiate the update. (Also, restoring your phone from the cloud is much slower than with a local copy.) Even if you have your current iOS device set to automatically backup on iCloud, it's still worth making a local copy through iTunes in case all hell breaks loose. As always, though, be sure to back up your device before doing any sort of major upgrade.
IOS 10 VS 11 UPDATE
While there were widespread reports of the update "bricking" devices during its launch day, it looks like most of those issues have been ironed out. At this point, moving to a new version of iOS probably feels routine.