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The latest iOS 11 update is iOS 11.3 beta, and everything about these changes give your iPhone and iPad a nice refresh, even if there are irritating iOS 11 problems for some users.

It's a big deal even if you're not upgrading to iPhone X or iPhone 8. Your device may feel like new thanks to several user interface changes and fresh features.

So what's iOS 11.3 like? Is it worth downloading early? And is it bug-free enough for you to do so? Below you'll find our thoughts on every major iOS 11 feature.

Latest update: iOS 11.3 beta

Four new Animoji: lion, dragon, skull and bear
iMessages can now be stored in iCloud
AirPlay 2 multi-room audio

You download the iOS 11.3 beta 1 this week and assume new Animoji masks, just in case you think their 15 minutes of fame isn't over yet.

There are four new Animoji masks for the iPhone X coming with 11.3: lion, dragon, skull and bear. Sadly, you still can't use Animoji outside of the iMessages app.

Ready for more iPhone storage with iOS 11.3? Messages can be stored on iCloud thanks to this update, freeing up space on your phone. This is especially handy if you text photos and videos to your friends. Also, when you delete a message, it vanishes on your other devices (like a Mac or iPad).

Finally, you can test out AirPlay 2 with multi-room audio. It's just in time for the Apple HomePod launch on February 9.

That's not all, Apple's latest update will feature a switch that users can toggle to unlock the performance potential of their iPhones. After being under fire for secretly downclocking performance on older iPhones, like the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S, Apple is now letting users decide between which is more important to them: performance or battery life.

iOS 11.2 features

Apple Pay Cash made its US debut on December 4
Users can send money to each other via iMessage

Apple Pay Cash, which lets you send money to friends through iMessages, made its debut in iOS 11.2 along with some bug fixes.

The company's peer-to-peer payments system started rolling out to iPhone and iPad users on December 4, though it's only in the US so far.

iOS 11.1 features

iOS 11.1 added over 100 new emoji
Warning: only users with iOS 11.1 can send and receive them

iOS 11.1 launched on Tuesday, October 31, directly ahead of Friday's iPhone X release date. It's a natural time to make sweeping changes to the mobile OS.

The big highlight are the new iOS 11.1 emoji. There a hundred new or changed emoji you can send (or receive) if you make the update. Note: they won't show up properly for anyone running iOS 10.0.3 or below.

iOS 11 features exclusive to iPhone X, iPhone 8

iOS 11 includes a couple of iPhone X-exclusive features that you won't find on the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, or older handsets.

Apple is combining emoji with animations, and it takes advantage of the iPhone X's 3D face-scanning TrueDepth camera array. The result is Animoji, which tracks the muscles in your face to animate the emoji. All of your Messages texts will benefit (or suffer, depending on your view of expressive emoji).

Face ID and home-button-replacing gesture-swiping will also be an iPhone X-only feature. Face ID replaces Touch ID as a biometric sensor, and it's going to take time for people to learn how iOS 11 replaces the home button on the new flagship Apple phone.

Portrait Lighting, also available on the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, is an option Apple has added to its existing background-blurring Portrait Mode photos. It uses the dual-lens depth-sensing camera and machine learning to simulate a range of lighting effects: Contour Light, Natural Light, Stage Light, Stage Light Mono, and Studio Light.

Watch our video below to learn all about the iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus