iOS 18 by Apple is coming with many new exciting features and improvements. Some major highlights are as follows:
Home Screen Customization: iOS 18 will give users some additional customization tools to design the look of their Home Screen. On top of that, the icons of apps now support Dark Mode and can be tinted with some color, too. This enables apps to be moved freely around the Home Screen.
Redesigned Control Center: Control Center features a new design and is highly customizable with the addition of a new gallery. Developers can finally offer some of their tools in the Control Center out of their apps. Users can access other Control Center screens by swiping left continuously.
Customizable Lock Screen Controls: Lock screen controls have also been further customized. Apps can now be locked using authentication, and the information is hidden with Search and Siri.
Messages: Enhanced tapbacks in Messages—users can respond with almost any emoji. Messages can be scheduled to be sent later, and text can be formatted with bolding, italicization, underlining, and strikethrough. New text effects provide ways to emphasize words and phrases with automatic suggestions. Send and receive messages over satellite.
Mail: The sorting of emails into categories in order to identify messages high in priority.
Maps: There are also new topographical maps with trail networks and hiking routes.
Wallet: A new feature, “Tap to Cash”, dispatches cash by knocking two phones together.
Photos: Now, the new Photos app is totally redesigned—all your pictures, all in one place. The app is now serving up a photo grid up top, with a library organized by theme below.
For the first time, Game Mode even arrives on iPhone. It minimizes distraction with fewer background activities to keep frame rates high and, with AirPods and other wireless gaming controller connections, increases responsiveness.
Human-level AI: the most significant update to iPhones and iPads will be in iOS 18, and it is bringing everything from generative AI to the enhancement of Siri.
These are just a few of the new features that iOS 18 will bring about. The first developer beta of iOS 18 will be available today, followed by a public beta available sometime this summer and an official release to the public in the fall.
