Apple finally released iOS 18 last monday, after three months of beta testing. A week has passed since the Apple Event that introduced the iPhone 16 series, Apple Watch 10, and more. The talk of Apple Intelligence was circulating in the minds of fans and users around the globe, as speculations were made that it would come with the iOS 18 update. The iOS 18 brought some new features, but we have to wait a bit more for Apple Intelligence. We will get to it in detail, but before that, let’s look at what’s new, and how it can be useful.
If you haven’t updated to iOS 18 yet, you can go to the Settings app of your iPhone X or later, tap on General and then select Software Update. You will see the current version of iOS you are using. If the iOS 18 update is available, tap on Update. Once the software is installed, you will be ready to use the new iOS 18 features.
iOS 18 – Top new features
Here are some interesting iOS 18 features that you might find useful.
Source: Know Techie
Rearrange your Control Centre
On iOS 18, you can rearrange and resize control across multiple pages. You can assign the apps and functions of your choice and have a quicker access to the buttons you use more often.
Customize your Home Screen
Finally, you can brag to your Android-using friends that you can move the icons anywhere on the Home Screen of your iPhone. The iOS 18 will also give you the option to give your icons a dark mode filter or to customize their tint to suit the wallpaper.
Redesigned Photos app
The iOS 18 will facilitate an automatic organization of the photo library, categorized under recent, trips, people & pet, etc. This will be done by the on-device intelligence to help an user find a picture related to a particular memory of a place or person easily. The users can personalize their experience with customization.
Enhanced iMessage
The latest iPhone operating system will now allow you to schedule messages to send later, highlight a word by making it bold or underline it, and select more emojis. The Rich Communication Support or the RCS will ensure an improvement in messaging with Android devices.
More protection for apps
You can now lock any app behind Face ID, Touch ID, or a password. Plus, the all-new Password app will help you to manage your passwords, passkeys, two-factor authentication code, and more.
Source: MacRumors
Game Mode
This was first introduced in MacBooks, and is made available for iPhones with the iOS 18 update. Game Mode will significantly reduce the background activity to sustain high frame rates during gameplay, resulting in minimized lags. It will also enhance connectivity to AirPods and wireless gaming controls.
So overall, this is what we got from the iOS 18 install. Not much, but certainly some interesting features. Now, we must tell you all we know about Apple Intelligence. Rumours are around that it will arrive in beta in October this year as a part of iOS 18.1 update. So yes, we have to wait a bit longer.
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