iOS 18 is coming next week: Here’s everything we know.
Apple is gearing up for its developer conference WWDC 2024 next week, and one of the big highlights of the event will be iOS 18. The new OS update for iPhones is said to bring the biggest revamp in iOS history, with a range of customisation options, AI, smarter Siri, and a lot more to offer iPhone users greater flexibility than ever before.
Now Apple will allow users to change the color of app icons in *iOS 18*. For example, "you can make all your social icons blue or finance-related ones green." This kind of home screen customization is currently only possible by creating single-action shortcuts with a custom icon that serve to launch an app.
iOS 18* will allow users to place apps anywhere on the home screen's grid. This will enable users to arrange icons more freely, similar to how widgets can currently be placed.
OS 18 also likely to bring updates to native apps including Safari, Maps, Photos, Notes
A revamped version of Siri that is more intelligent and able to take advantage of a new AI system that incorporates large language model technology. Many of the biggest improvements to Siri, however, aren’t expected to arrive until 2025.
Major new features for the Photos app, allowing users to enhance images, remove people and objects from images, and more.
The ability to generate custom emoji using AI. This feature will create new emoji icons that relate to what the user is typing. Bloomberg says the system can update on the fly as the user types out words in a text.
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OS 18: Which devices will be compatible?
Apple is gearing up for its developer conference WWDC 2024 next week, and one of the big highlights of the event will be iOS 18. The new OS update for iPhones is said to bring the biggest revamp in iOS history, with a range of customisation options, AI, smarter Siri, and a lot more to offer iPhone users greater flexibility than ever before.
Now Apple will allow users to change the color of app icons in *iOS 18*. For example, "you can make all your social icons blue or finance-related ones green." This kind of home screen customization is currently only possible by creating single-action shortcuts with a custom icon that serve to launch an app.
iOS 18* will allow users to place apps anywhere on the home screen's grid. This will enable users to arrange icons more freely, similar to how widgets can currently be placed.
OS 18 also likely to bring updates to native apps including Safari, Maps, Photos, Notes
A revamped version of Siri that is more intelligent and able to take advantage of a new AI system that incorporates large language model technology. Many of the biggest improvements to Siri, however, aren’t expected to arrive until 2025.
Major new features for the Photos app, allowing users to enhance images, remove people and objects from images, and more.
The ability to generate custom emoji using AI. This feature will create new emoji icons that relate to what the user is typing. Bloomberg says the system can update on the fly as the user types out words in a text.
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OS 18: Which devices will be compatible?
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)