iOS 17 is finally out, but it’s only partially out. It brings a wealth of improvements and new features: Contact posters, live voicemail transcription, StandBy, FaceTime messages, new autocorrect and dictation, Siri improvements, and a lot more. But some features you may be looking for weren’t there when you updated your iPhone in September. While they’re part of iOS 17, they won’t be ready until later this year.
Apple does this every year with iOS updates, and it’s no cause for concern. It just means that some features are earmarked for iOS 17.1, 17.2