This is no minor update, to say the least.
The official version of iOS 18 arrived today
Apple officially released iOS 18 today, Sept. 16.
As long as your iPhone can run iOS 17,you could update to iOS 18, too.
Here are the most important iOS 18 features you should probably know about.
Smart Reply is a related feature, which lets you use AI to quickly add context to your emails.
Priority Notifications: Apple Intelligence will rearrange your notifications to put the most important ones at the top.
Once the feature actually rolls out en masse, we’ll see if it can actually highlight important alerts.
There’s also a new Focus mode called Reduce Interruptions, which will automatically silence low-priority notifications.
Summarize articles or emails: Apple Intelligence can generate summaries of long emails or articles.
This can save you some time, as long as the summary is accurate.
This feature will work in Apple’s Mail app and Safari.
This transcription feature also works in Apple Notes.
iOS 18 will also allow you to generate emoji based on text prompts.
you might quickly correct yourself, and Siri will answer queries accordingly.
Quite a bit of Apple Intelligence runs on-machine, but Apple can draw on server-based models for certain features.
If you’re wary about utilizing OpenAI’s models, you’re free to avoid them entirely.
Other than that, it works only on iPads and MacBooks with Apple’s M-series chips.
A built-in password manager
One of the biggest additions to iOS 18is the new Passwords app.
I’ve used it to move most-used features to the bottom-right corner, which my thumb can easily reach.
It’s available on all iPhones running iOS 18.
A revamped Messages app
Apple gave Messagesa lot of attention in iOS 18.
All-in-all, the experience should feel similar to iMessage.
(Although Apple still makes these bubbles green.)
iOS 18 also lets you schedule messages to avoid bothering people at odd hours.
Big improvements to Apple Notes
With iOS 18,Apple Notes is getting a big upgrade.
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This prevents apps from scraping all your contacts when they only need access to a couple.
Beyond this, there areplenty of hidden featuresyou should keep an eye out for this year.
