iOS 18: all the news, compatible iPhones and launch

iOS 18 is official and these are all the new features that have been presented, the compatible iPhones and their possible official launch

Apple haiOS 18 presentedin theWWDC24 inaugural conference. The new iPhone operating system comes with important new features and improvements in every sense, including the long-awaited artificial intelligence, which is one of themost important changes in recent years. The new iPhone operating system comes with very important design changes and functionalities.

• All the news of iOS 18
  • Design news in iOS 18
  • Improvements in iOS 18 applications
  • Artificial intelligence: Apple Intelligence
  • New accessibility features
  • Other news of iOS 18
• When will iOS 18 be released
• iPhone compatible with iOS 18

All the news of iOS 18

Apple has presented one of the best updates to the iPhone in recent years, at all levels. We have improvements in practically all the system apps and very interesting design changes. There is no doubt thatiOS 18 is a major updatefor the iPhone.

This version includes new customization options, the biggest redesign of Photos to date, big improvements for staying in touch, and the Apple Intelligence personal intelligence system

Design news in iOS 18

The iOS 18 home screen has been slightly modified to give the iPhone a fresh look. Now users canplace the app and game icons wherever you want on the screen, even if there are empty spaces between them. In addition, the icons can change color to our liking or to a duller tone when activating Dark Mode. There is also the possibility of making them larger.

iOS 18 also arrives with aimportant design change in the Control Center. Not only do we have improvements in the different widgets that appear, you can also organize them by pages to have the buttons and shortcuts better distributed. Apple's goal with this redesign is to simplify access to many of the tasks that users perform every day, offering greater customization and versatility.

Henew design of the Control CenterIt offers quick access to new groups with the most used controls: multimedia playback, the Home app and connectivity, being able to switch from one to another by sliding your finger. Controls from compatible third-party apps can be added to the Control Center and we have a new gallery of controls with multiple options available. Allowing you to customize the layout, as well as choose the perfect size and create new groups.

In addition, we have an important change to the lock screen with iOS 18 since, for the first time,You can modify the controls that appear at the bottom. Where the flashlight and camera accesses have always been, you can now choose from many options available in the control gallery and even remove them completely. And with the Action button on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, users can quickly access gallery controls.

For the first time we can modify the flashlight and camera shortcuts present since the iPhone X was launched. You can delete them or choose from many options, including opening any app.pic.twitter.com/hDVc57WuIa

— Angel Roca (@angelr191)June 10, 2024

Improvements in iOS 18 applications

Sonmany iOS 18 applications that have improved and included improvements. This is something quite common at Apple and makes using iOS 18 feel newer.

Messages

Messages is one of the apps with the most improvements. Starting with iOS 18, in iMessage we canreact to any message they send us with any of the available emojis. You can alsobold or italic text and underline or strike throughwords to express themselves in different ways, as well as addnew effects to our phrases.

This is how the new text formats and Messages animations appearpic.twitter.com/5oNOeTOqFA

— Angel Roca (@angelr191)June 11, 2024

iMessage can also schedule sending messages for later and is alsocompatible with satellite connectivityfor when we don't have mobile coverage. Satellite Messages offers the option to connect to the nearest satellite without leaving the Messages app itself to send and receive text messages, emojis and reactions via iMessage and SMS. And we must not forget about compatibility with the RCS protocol, which improves the experience when sending messages to Android users.

Mail

Mail arrives with a renewed design that will allow usaccess our emails faster thanks to a series of filters, a way to put order in your inbox and always be up to date. Emails are classified automatically, although we can also do it manually.

In iOS 18, Mail also includes anew summary view that groups all emails from the same companyso that users can quickly locate the information that interests them most. Although these functions will not arrive until the end of the year.

Photos

ThePhotos app has been redesigned like never before in iOS 18. The goal is that we have everything within our reach just by touching it. Simply sliding up or down displays different sections of the application, with our memories or the people we have added.

LasImages seem to come to life in the iOS 18 Photos app thanks to automatic content playback, which allows you to remember great moments when scrolling through the photos. And, since each person's photo library is unique, each user can personalize the app and organize and pin collections for easy access, or include their favorite images in the carousel view.

A simplified single view displays the grid, and new collections allow users to search by topic without needing to organize photos into specific albums.

New Passwords app

Thenew Passwords app in iOS 18 allows users to easily access their passwords, access keys, Wi-Fi network keys and verification codes. This was a feature that we previously had available in Settings and that now gains prominence with its own app. As before, the app alerts users about the most common vulnerabilities, such as passwords that are too weak or used multiple times, or that have appeared in known data leaks.

Artificial intelligence: Apple Intelligence

HeApple's next big step, this is how Tom Cook has defined it. A moment that Apple was waiting for because they have been working on it for many years. Apple's AI is calledApple Intelligence and is integrated throughout the system, can range from summarizing a text to highlighting notifications that it considers important to you, filling out an email for you or rewriting it to make it sound better. It is capable of understanding any text on your iPhone practically anywhere on the system, including Mail, Notes, Pages and third-party apps.

We will also have aImage Generative AI, which learns from your contacts and creates images for them. For example, an image with which to congratulate a birthday. With Image Playground, users can create fun images in seconds by choosing from three styles: Animation, Illustration or Sketch. It is very easy to use and integrates directly into apps like Messages, in addition to having a dedicated app.

Apple Intelligence is also important in the Photos app. Memories helps users compose a story to their liking by simply providing a description. Apple Intelligence will be in charge of selecting the best photos and videos from that description, creating a video with its own narrative. Furthermore, the new toolClean Up allows you to detect and delete excess elements from the background of a photowithout accidentally modifying the subject.

Siri

Siri is one of the great beneficiaries of Apple Intelligence, theassistant is now much smarter, has a new user interface, is much more capable, is more natural and understands context better to personalize its responses. You can understand what is happening on the iPhone screen and act accordingly. In addition, you can interact with Siri in writing and switch from text to speech as appropriate at any given time.

ChatGPT

iOS 18 integrates with OpenAI's ChatGPT, making Siri able to respond in many different ways. Access to ChatGPT is integrated into Siri and the writing tools of all Apple platforms, so users will be able to take advantage of ChatGPT's knowledge, as well as its ability to interpret images and documents, without having to change tools, without installing anything and for free. And integration with other AI platforms in the future is not ruled out.

New accessibility features

Apple confirmed these new iOS 18 accessibility features a few days agoand we have many interesting news. These are the announced features:

• Adaptive voice shortcuts. A feature that will allow users to assign a unique phrase that users can say to activate an accessibility setting.
• New “Categories” section for Real-Time Voice feature. Real-time speech, or Live Speech, allows you to type what you want to say and have it played aloud during phone calls or in-person conversations. The function will improve and phrases can be organized into categories that we can customize and add or delete phrases.
• More apps will be compatible with support for changing font size. Apple wants more apps to support this feature. macOS 15 is expected to extend this feature to apps such as Books, News, Stocks, Tips, and Weather.
• Avoid car sickness. Vehicle Motion Cues is a new experience for iPhone and iPad that can help reduce motion sickness for passengers in moving vehicles.

Other news of iOS 18

• Maps: The app allows you to explore thousands of routes through national parks in the United States, in addition to creating your own itineraries and accessing them offline. They can also save their favorite routes, custom itineraries and locations in the new Places Library and add notes about each of the places.
• Game mode- Optimize gameplay with more stable frame rates, especially during longer sessions, and improve the response of wireless accessories like AirPods and controllers.
• Apple Pay offers new payment options, such as Tap to Cash, which allows users to send and receive Apple Cash by simply bringing two iPhones together.
• AirPods improvements- Using AirPods becomes a more personal, private and useful experience thanks to interactions with Siri, which allow AirPods Pro (2nd generation) users to nod or shake their head to respond to Siri prompts. Call quality improves with the integration of Voice Isolation on AirPods Pro, which also now offer the best wireless audio latency created by Apple to take the gaming experience to the next level.
• Notes- When you enter a formula or equation in the Notes app, the result will appear instantly thanks to Math Notes. The app also debuts collapsible sections and underlining options to highlight important data.
• Calendar- The app is even more useful as it now displays events and tasks from the Reminders app. Reminders can be created, edited, and completed directly from Calendar, and the new monthly layout shows scheduled events and tasks at a glance.
• Health App- The medical data section has been redesigned to make it easier for emergency personnel to access information. Likewise, the app helps to better understand data during pregnancy by providing useful information and recommendations according to changes in physical and mental health.
• Emergency SOS Live Video- Allows users to share information via video in the moment or by sending recordings. During an emergency call, emergency personnel can request access to live video or camera content over a secure connection to provide necessary assistance as quickly and easily as possible.
• The Home app: It has a new access for guests, which allows you to share control of certain home automation accessories with other people and define schedules for them to access the home, among other things.

When will iOS 18 be released

iOS 18 is officially releaseda few days after the presentation event of theiPhone 16in the month of September. The update officially arrived onSeptember 16, 2024, a date similar to the releases of previous years:

• iOS 17:September 18, 2023(after the September 12 event)
• iOS 16:September 16, 2022(after the September 7 event)
• iOS 15:September 20, 2021(after the September 14 event)

Looking at the 2024 calendar, it is normal for the iPhone 16 to be presented on September 10 or 11 and thatiOS 18 will be available on September 16, 2024, although everything is pending confirmation from Apple and could be delayed or brought forward a few days.

iPhone compatible with iOS 18

It was expected that in the list of iPhones compatible with iOS 18 there would be three important absences: the iPhone XS, the iPhone XS Max and the iPhone so andall iPhones compatible with iOS 17 will be able to install iOS 18.

Therefore, thecomplete list of iPhones compatible with iOS 18it looks like this:

• iPhone 16 Pro Max.
• iPhone 16 Pro.
• iPhone 16 Plus.
• iPhone 16.
• iPhone 15 Pro Max.
• iPhone 15 Pro.
• iPhone 15 Plus.
• iPhone 15.
• iPhone 14 Pro Max.
• iPhone 14 Pro.
• iPhone 14 Plus.
• iPhone 14.
• iPhone 13 Pro Max.
• iPhone 13 Pro.
• iPhone 13.
• iPhone 13 mini.
• iPhone SE 2022.
• iPhone 12 Pro Max.
• iPhone 12 Pro.
• iPhone 12.
• iPhone 12 mini.
• iPhone SE 2020
• iPhone 11 Pro Max.
• iPhone 11 Pro.
• iPhone 11.
• iPhone XS Max.
• iPhone XS.
• iPhone XR.

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