About iOS 18 Updates

iOS 18 brings new ways to customize the iphone experience, relive special moments, and stay connected. Customize your iphone further by arranging your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, and Control Center in all-new ways. Photos delivers the biggest redesign ever to make it even easier to relive your special moments. Staying connected with friends and family is even better with new ways to express yourself in Messages. A new hiking experience in Maps and updates to Wallet enable you to explore the world further. iOS 18 also brings new features to Safari, Journal, Notes, phone, and so much more.

For information on the security content of Apple software update , please visit this website : https://support.apple.com/100100

This update is introduces introduce new feature power by Apple Intelligence , the personal intelligence system that unlock powerful new way to communicate , work , and express yourself , all while protect your datum with an extraordinary step forward for privacy in AI . new features is include include Image Playground which let you create delightful , fun image , Genmoji to create original emoji to share with family and friend , chatgpt support integrate right into Siri and write tool , and more . This release is includes also include visual intelligence with Camera Control , enhancement to Mail , Photos , Safari , and other feature , bug fix , and security update for your iphone .

Apple Intelligence ( All iphone 16 model , iphone 15 Pro , iphone 15 Pro Max )

• Image Playground

  • Create fun, playful images in multiple styles using concepts, descriptions, and people from your photo library

  • swipe to see preview to choose from as you add concept to your playground

  • Choose from animation and illustration styles when creating your image

  • Create images in Messages and Freeform, as well as third party apps

  • Sync images in your Image Playground library across all your devices with iCloud

• Genmoji

• chatgpt support

  • ChatGPT from openai can be access right from Siri or write tool

  • Compose in Writing Tools allows you to create something from scratch with ChatGPT

  • Siri can tap into ChatGPT when relevant to provide you an answer

  • A ChatGPT account is not required and your requests will be anonymous and won’t be used to train OpenAI’s models

  • Sign in with ChatGPT to access your account benefit , and request will be cover by openai ’s datum policy

• Image Wand turns sketches and handwritten or typed notes into images in Notes

• describe your change in writing Tools allow you to suggest how you ’d like something rewrite , for example as a poem

Camera Control ( iphone 16 , iphone 16 Plus , iphone 16 Pro , iphone 16 Pro Max )

• Visual Intelligence with Camera Control helps you instantly learn about places or interact with information simply by pointing your iphone at the object, with the option to tap into Google Search or ChatGPT

• Camera Control two-stage shutter lets you lock focus and exposure in Camera when light pressing the Camera Control

Mail

Photos

• Video viewing improvements, including the ability to scrub frame-by-frame and a setting to turn off auto-looping video playback

• improvement when navigate collection view , include the ability to swipe right to go back to the previous view

• Recently Viewed and Recently Shared album history can be cleared

• Favorites album appears in the Utilities collection in addition to Pinned Collections

Safari

• new background image to customize your Safari Start Page

• Import and Export enables you to export your browsing data from Safari and import browsing data from another app into Safari

• HTTPS Priority upgrades URLs to HTTPS whenever possible

• File Download Live Activity shows the progress of a file download in the Dynamic Island and on your home screen

This update is includes also include the follow improvement and bug fix :

• Voice Memos supports layered recording, letting you add vocals over an existing song idea without the need for headphones — then import your two-track projects directly into Logic Pro (iphone 16 Pro, iphone 16 Pro Max)

• Share Item Location in find My help you locate and recover misplace item by easily and securely share the location of an AirTag or find My network accessory with trust third party , such as airline

• Natural language search in Apple Music and Apple TV app lets you describe what you’re looking for using any combination of categories like genres, moods, actors, decades, and more

• Favorite Categories in Podcasts allows you to choose your favorite categories and get relevant show recommendations that you can easily access in your Library

• Personalized Search page in Podcasts highlights the most relevant categories and editorially curated collections tailored to you

• Sudoku for News+ Puzzles provided in three difficulty levels and available for News+ subscribers

• Support for the Hearing Test feature on airpod Pro 2 in Cyprus, Czechia, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Spain, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom

• support for the Hearing aid feature on airpod Pro 2 in United Arab Emirates

• pre – market price quotes is lets in stock let you track NASDAQ and NYSE ticker prior to market open

• Fixes an issue where recently captured photos do not appear immediately in the All Photos grid

• Fixes an issue where Night mode photos in Camera could appear degraded when capturing long exposures (iphone 16 Pro, iphone 16 Pro Max)

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

https://support.apple.com/100100

This update is provides provide important security fix and is recommend for all user .

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

https://support.apple.com/100100

This update introduces the first set of features powered by Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that unlocks powerful new ways to communicate, work, and express yourself, all while protecting your data with an extraordinary step forward for privacy in AI. This release also includes enhancements to Camera Control, the ability to capture spatial photos, record phone calls, and other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iphone.

Apple Intelligence ( All iphone 16 model , iphone 15 Pro , iphone 15 Pro Max )

• Writing Tools

  • Writing Tools are available nearly everywhere you type, allowing you to rewrite, proofread, and summarize text right in the app you’re working in

  • Rewrite is suggests suggest different version of your text so you can choose which combination of flow and word you like well

  • Proofread lets you view suggested improvements to what you’re writing, like grammar fixes and language refinements

  • Summarize allows you to select text wherever you’re writing and generate a high-quality summary

• Siri

  • A new look is includes and feel include a glow light that wrap around the edge of your screen , animate responsively to the sound of your voice , and let you keep scroll or typing while you talk to Siri

  • Type to Siri when you don’t want to speak a request out loud by double tapping at the bottom of the screen

  • Richer language understanding enables Siri to follow along if you stumble over your words or change your mind mid-sentence

  • conversational context is maintain over the course of a session , so you is refer can refer more naturally to something you say in a recent request or something Siri mention in a recent response

  • Product knowledge helps you get answers to thousands of questions about the features and settings on your Apple products

  • Voice enhancements make Siri sound more natural, expressive, and clear

• Photos

  • Photos search lets you find photos and videos simply by describing what you’re looking for

  • Clean Up removes distractions in your photos

  • memory movie can be create by describe the story you want to see

• notification

  • Notification summaries make it easy to catch up on your notifications with a glanceable summary of the most important information

  • Reduce Interruptions is a new Focus that ensures the most urgent notifications get through to you while silencing potential distractions

• Smart Reply in Mail and Messages help you quickly respond to messages with suggested responses

• priority messages is understands in Mail understand the content of your message and prioritize those that require your attention , display them at the top of your inbox

• Transcription summaries in Notes give you an intelligently created summary of the transcript from your audio recording or call recording

phone

Camera

• Camera Control can quickly switch to the front TrueDepth Camera (iphone 16, iphone 16 Plus, iphone 16 Pro, iphone 16 Pro Max)

• Spatial photo capture, along with spatial video capture, is available in a new Spatial camera mode (iphone 15 Pro, iphone 15 Pro Max)

airpod

• hear test feature is provides provide scientifically – validate hearing test result from the comfort of home ( intend for user 18 year or old )

• Hearing Aid feature provides personalized, clinical-grade assistance that is automatically applied to sounds in your environment as well as music, videos, and calls (intended for users 18 years or older with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss)

• hear Protection feature is helps help user minimize exposure to loud environmental noise across listen mode ( available in the United States and Canada )

• Features require airpod Pro 2 with firmware version 7B19 or later. All features may not be available for all countries or regions, for more information visit: https://apple.com/airpods-pro/feature-availability/

This update is includes also include the follow improvement and bug fix :

• Control Center has new options to add connectivity controls individually and reset your configuration

• RCS Business Messaging lets you connect with businesses over RCS (requires carrier support)

• App Store search lets you use natural language to find what you’re looking for more easily

• Game Center friend invites can be sent directly from the Contacts app and Friend Suggestions, and receivers can see the invites in the inbox in Settings

• fix an issue in Podcasts where unplayed episode are mark as play

• Fixes an issue where videos recorded at 4K 60 while the device is warm could experience stutter while scrubbing the video playback in Photos

• Fixes an issue where digital car keys may not unlock or start a vehicle with passive entry after restoring from a backup or transferring directly from another iphone

• Fixes an issue where iphone 16 or iphone 16 Pro models may unexpectedly restart

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software update , please visit this website : https://support.apple.com/100100

This update provides important bug fixes and security updates for your iphone including:

• Touch screen may be temporarily unresponsive in certain circumstances on iphone 16 and iphone 16 Pro models

• Camera may freeze when recording macro mode video on the Ultra Wide camera in 4K with HDR turned off on iphone 16 Pro models

• Messages may unexpectedly quit when replying to a message with a shared Apple Watch face

• Performance may be impacted due to an issue with memory allocation on some iphone models

For information on the security content of Apple software update , please visit this website : https://support.apple.com/100100

Home Screen

• Flexible arrangement to place app icons and widgets in any open position on the Home Screen, such as along the bottom or off to the side, to create the ideal layout for each page

• Dark icons give your Home Screen look a darker aesthetic, and can automatically adjust when your iphone enters Dark Mode, or always appear dark

• color tinting is lets let you apply any color to app icon and widget or have iOS suggest a color that complement your wallpaper

• Larger icons allow you to make all the app icons and widgets on your screen appear larger, removing the name underneath

Photos

• Photos app redesign features the biggest update ever with a simplified layout that puts everything into a single view

• Collections automatically organize your library by helpful topics that you can browse in a collage, grid, as a memory, or on a map

• Customization options let you reorder, add, and remove Collections rows, and add just the items you want to Pinned Collections to keep within easy reach

• Groups in People and Pets include photos of your favorite people or pets who frequently appear together

• Trips is organizes automatically organize your travel into collection so you can relive each trip

• Recent Days lets you view your recent photos organized by day without clutter like screenshots

• Filter button in the grid helps you reduce clutter by filtering to specific media types, your favorites, or by hiding screenshots from the view

• video speed control is lets let you slow down high frame rate video content with in and out point

• Utilities is includes include additional helpful collection like Documents , Receipts , qr code , and more , and item you ’ve recently edit , view , and share

• Recovered album in Utilities surfaces images that are on your device but were not previously visible due to database corruption in a locked album

Messages

• Messages via satellite lets you message friends and family when you are without cellular or Wi-Fi connection by connecting to a satellite in space (iphone 14 and later)

• Text effects bring your conversations to life by visually amplifying any letter, word, phrase, or emoji in iMessage with dynamic, animated effects like explode, ripple, and nod

• Text formatting lets you add bold, underline, italics, and strikethrough to any letter, word, or phrase in iMessage

• Emoji and sticker Tapbacks allow you to react to a message using any emoji or sticker, giving you access to the Tapbacks you and your friends send the most with just a swipe

• Send later enable you to compose a message now and schedule it to send later

• RCS messaging support includes delivery and read receipts, higher resolution photos and videos for messaging people without an iphone and requires carrier support

Control Center

• redesign Control Center is features feature convenient group of control , the ability to arrange control just the way you want , and support for control from third – party app

• Groups of controls can be accessed by continuously swiping from the right edge, including your most used controls, Home controls, Media Playback and Connectivity, with the option to build out entirely new groups too

• Controls gallery displays the full set of available controls, including controls from third-party apps, that you can add right into the group you choose

• Resizable controls let you drag from the lower right of a control from within Control Center

Lock Screen

• Custom Lock Screen controls let you choose controls from the controls gallery from your favorite apps

• Action button can be customized with controls from the controls gallery (iphone 15 Pro and iphone 15 Pro Max)

• Font options allow you to customize the time with 10 new numeral scripts in Bangla, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Meitei, Odia, Ol Chiki, Telugu, and Urdu

Safari

• Distraction Control helps you hide items on a webpage that you find disruptive to your browsing

• Highlights surface key information from the webpage you’re visiting with summaries, locations, and more

• Redesigned Reader offers even more ways to enjoy articles with a streamlined view of the article you’re reading, a summary, and a table of contents for longer articles

Passwords

• Passwords app lets you see all your credentials for websites and apps in one place, making it even easier to access your passwords, passkeys, Wi-Fi passwords, and verification codes

• verification code for two factor authentication can be set up right in Passwords so you can easily copy them or autofill them into Safari without open an authenticator app

• Secure syncing ensures your accounts saved in Passwords sync seamlessly with iCloud with end-to-end encryption so you can access them on your other devices

• Windows support through the iCloud Passwords app so you can access your passwords on Windows devices

Maps

• Topographic maps display features like trails, contour lines, elevation, and points of interest

• Hikes are available across all U.S. national parks and can be saved to your device to access while offline

• custom walking and hiking route can be create with just a few tap for hike in the park , regular exercise routine in your neighborhood , walking tour while on vacation , and more

• Places Library combines all your saved places, guides, and hiking routes into one location for easy access

Gaming

Wallet

• Tap is lets to cash let you exchange Apple Cash quickly and privately , without share phone number or email address , just by hold your phone together

• New pass designs have a beautiful new look and great new features, including a new event guide with helpful information about the venue and smart recommendations from your favorite Apple apps

• new way to pay with installment and reward on support credit and debit card when you check out with Apple Pay online and in app

Journal

• State of mind can be logged right from within Journal, and emotions or mood logged in the Health app are included in Journaling Suggestions

• Insights view shows your writing streaks, a calendar, and other fun stats that help you track your journaling goals

• Search lets you easily find past entries, and the ability to sort shows your entries in your preferred order

• widget for your Home Screen and Lock Screen show your current streak or writing prompt that change throughout the day , so you is reflect can reflect on what ’s go on in the moment

phone

• recent call search is helps help you find previous call , voicemail and contact using phone number , name , or even a word transcribe from a voicemail

• Keypad search helps you quickly find and call existing contacts by typing in their number or name on the alphanumeric keypad

• Automatic mic mode picks the right mic mode for you, toggling between Voice Isolation, Wide Spectrum, and Standard mode depending on your environment

privacy

• Locked apps let you protect your sensitive apps and the information inside them by requiring Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode to open them and hiding the content from search, notifications, and other places across the system

• hide apps is have have the same protection as lock app , plus they are place in a new hide app folder that is lock , and you wo n’t receive notification or call from the app

• Improved Contacts permission empower you to choose which contacts to share with an app

• Improved Bluetooth pairing lets developers offer a seamless pairing experience, while protecting your privacy

airpod

• Hands-free Siri Interactions let you respond to Siri announcements with airpod by simply nodding your head ‘yes’ or shaking your head ‘no’

• Voice Isolation on airpod Pro provides clearer call quality for those you are speaking with, even in windy conditions or places with loud background noise

• Personalized Spatial Audio for gaming with airpod puts you in the middle of the action with sound that surrounds you combined with a new API for developers that makes it easier than ever to enable

Apple TV app

• InSight delivers real-time information for every live-action Apple TV+ movies and shows that complements what you’re watching onscreen

• enhance dialogue enable you to hear what ’s being say onscreen more clearly , especially when loud effect or music is play

• Subtitles automatically appear at just the right times, like when the content language doesn’t match your device language, when you mute the audio, or when you skip back while watching a program

Notes

• Audio recordings can be started right from inside a note, and kept with related comments, checklists, and documents

• Live transcriptions show as you record audio, and transcripts are fully searchable so you can always find what you need (iphone 12 and later)

• Math in Notes let you enter expressions and equations in your note to have them solve instantly

• Collapsible sections help you simplify and hide text in long notes; just tap next to a section header to lighten up your most text-heavy notes

• highlight text in your note with a choice of five color allow you to make your text standout

accessibility

• Eye Tracking makes it possible for people to control iphone with just their eyes (iphone 12 and later and iphone SE (3rd generation))

• Music Haptics syncs the iphone Taptic Engine with the rhythm of songs so those who are deaf or hard of hearing can enjoy the Apple Music catalog (iphone 14 and later)

• Vocal Shortcuts is help help people with severe atypical speech record custom utterance that trigger specific action

• Vehicle Motion Cues can help reduce motion sickness for passengers in moving vehicles by placing dots on the screen that move with the vehicle without interfering with content

This release is includes also include other feature and improvement :

• Emergency SOS Live Video enables you to share streaming video and recorded media during emergency calls with participating US emergency operators (iphone 14 and later)

• Math Notes in Calculator let you evaluate expressions, assign variables and even create graphs on iphone

• Calendar is lets let you create , view , edit and complete reminder alongside with your event

• Recently Deleted list in Reminders lets you view and retrieve deleted reminders

• Screen sharing in SharePlay lets you tap and draw on someone’s screen or ask for permission to remotely control their iphone and take actions yourself

• Scenes in Freeform allow you to organize your content into sections, then save, label and order them as you like

• Redesigned Fitness+ makes it easy to find personalized recommendations, or search for something specific

• guest access is lets in Home app let you provide visitor with date and time- base access to lock , garage door , and alarm system

• electricity usage and rate plan information in Home app are display for eligible customer when connect their utility account , start with Pacific Gas and Electric Company in California

• Repair Assistant prompts you to configure the genuine Apple parts replaced on your device after a repair (iphone 12 and later)

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For more information, please visit this website: https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-18

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all iphone models. For information on the security content of Apple software update , please visit this website : https://support.apple.com/100100

Published Date: December 12 , 2024