Apple Releases First Beta of iOS 18.4 With New Vision Pro App

[alchemistmuffin]

With testing starting in late February, iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 are expected to see a launch in April.

I am assuming the iPadOS 18.4 and iOS 18.4 will be released at the same time as new iPad Air and iPads are announced? (Alongside MacBook Air as well?)

With that being said, next Apple “launch” will likely be in April, don’t know if it will still be an “event” considering Apple internally cancelled all events until WWDC due to upheaval at Apple board with some potentially retiring in protest……

 

[Wathman105]

Can anyone inthe UK confirm if this forces deactivation of Advanced Data Protection?

I can confirm it's now blanked out and switched off for me.

 

[TLewis]

If you don't have a Vision Pro, it can be downloaded from the App Store.

Ooh, fancy new Apple technology of downloading hardware. 😜

 

[Minato1990]

Unfulfilled promises.

Yeah no reason for me to even try this beta.
I’ll update when its official and hop jump on the 18.5 beta with the new siri

 

[uczcret]

Those 12.5 people that own one will be sooooooo grateful..

This joke got so old so fast.

 

[newtestleper]

Yeah no reason for me to even try this beta.
I’ll update when its official and hop jump on the 18.5 beta with the new siri

Hope you’re enjoying the new beta.

 

[Rafagon]

Ooh, fancy new Apple technology of downloading hardware. 😜

It is 3D-printed on your 3D printer which is actually your regular printer converted into 3D by Apple Intelligence.

 

[contacos]

Nope. I didn't use it before. But it tells me on German not, that it's not working, because I'm in the EU. v.v
It's Schroedinger's availability! Useable and unuseable at the same time, as long, as you don't try it.
And before you ask: I use it on an iPad Pro with 16 GB Ram, it should work!

P.S.: Apple Intelligence works. The language is setup to german, but Apple Intelligence understands only plain English.

Ok doesn’t work. It enabled but can’t process anything.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

Ooh, fancy new Apple technology of downloading hardware. 😜

Still costs $3500 though

 

[Silberbogen]

Ok doesn’t work. It enabled but can’t process anything.

Plug your device into a socket and leave it plugged in. Even if it is already at 100%. Only when the power is connected will Apple download the local data for Apple Intelligence. And don't forget to activate “ChatGPT” in the Apple Intelligence settings.

And then another 20 minutes to 2 hours, depending on the server load, then hopefully you will have Apple Intelligence in working condition. I now have it working on one iPad, while the other iPad and the MacBook are still not working with Apple Intelligence, even after loading everything. It is hillarious!

 

[ke-iron]

I can’t find the app on my phone or the App Store.

 

[contacos]

Plug your device into a socket and leave it plugged in. Even if it is already at 100%. Only when the power is connected will Apple download the local data for Apple Intelligence. And don't forget to activate “ChatGPT” in the Apple Intelligence settings.

And then another 20 minutes to 2 hours, depending on the server load, then hopefully you will have Apple Intelligence in working condition. I now have it working on one iPad, while the other iPad and the MacBook are still not working with Apple Intelligence, even after loading everything. It is hillarious!

Ah yes, I see the sentence now on top of the AI settings. You'd think there'd be a progress bar or something indicating that it's doing anything

 

[Silberbogen]

Ah yes, I see the sentence now on top of the AI settings. You'd think there'd be a progress bar or something indicating that it's doing anything

On macOS long time there was only a rotating spiral, until it said suddenly 98%, minutes later 100%, and then another hour later it was done. On iPadOS there is nothing visual, that it's downloading, but at some point, you get a system message, that Genmoji and other stuff is ready to be used. After that message it took another hour, until it understood German and worked. But to be honest: I'm not impressed. It all feels and looks, as if it would need another 1-2 years in development, before it's useable. Just my opinion.

 

[Johnstrass2]

So a whole bunch of nothingness... Got it.

The Apple Vision Pro app is going to be very helpful. I think it would be great for me to be able to use my phone to decide what I want to download on my Vision Pro rather than actually put on the device. Sometimes it’s just faster to add it on with my phone I would imagine.

 

[Johnstrass2]

Those 12.5 people that own one will be sooooooo grateful..

yes, indeed, those of us who own the Apple Vision Pro and love using it. I’m gonna find this app for the phone to be actually quite helpful. You’re exactly right.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

Those 12.5 people that own one will be sooooooo grateful..

Ha. More than 100k own AVP. And many many more are following the tech.

 

[kasei]

My phone is stuck in the Apple Logo loop.

 

[cheekyjeremy]

I can’t find the app on my phone or the App Store.

Same here, are others finding the app ?

 

[moodler]

Same here, are others finding the app ?

Same problem for me. 18.4 beta in Australia

Can someone please post a direct link to the app?

 

[klowy79]

On macOS long time there was only a rotating spiral, until it said suddenly 98%, minutes later 100%, and then another hour later it was done. On iPadOS there is nothing visual, that it's downloading, but at some point, you get a system message, that Genmoji and other stuff is ready to be used. After that message it took another hour, until it understood German and worked. But to be honest: I'm not impressed. It all feels and looks, as if it would need another 1-2 years in development, before it's useable. Just my opinion.

Apple will never be able to catch up. 1-2 years is optimistic IMHO.

 

[r-k-f]

My phone is stuck in the Apple Logo loop.

Had the same problem with my iPad (an 2020 Air). Was forced to revert to iPadOS 18.3.1 via DFU mode and recovery - lots of „unknown errors“ on the way, and only the sixth try did work finally.
Today tried it again, but the update hangs claiming „verification impossible for now, try later“ (translated back to English from German). Will wait for the next beta release …

 

[doelcm82]

Howwwwww do we have a Vision Pro app before an AirPods app?! 😤

You need an app to manage and monitor guest users for your AirPods? To search for apps to download onto your AirPods? To pre-load content onto your AirPods?

 

[barabba9174-bis]

My user is set as Uk: no Vision Pro app available.

 

[jarman92]

You need an app to manage and monitor guest users for your AirPods? To search for apps to download onto your AirPods? To pre-load content onto your AirPods?

You can do all those things on the Vision Pro itself, just as easily as you can on an iPhone; the same can’t be said of the AirPods, which currently have no less than 23 different settings and functions crammed into a menu in Settings (that’s only sometimes visible).

 

[doelcm82]

You can do all those things on the Vision Pro itself, just as easily as you can on an iPhone; the same can’t be said of the AirPods, which currently have no less than 23 different settings and functions crammed into a menu in Settings (that’s only sometimes visible).

I will likely use this Vision Pro app more than I would an AirPods app, even though I use my AirPods more (several times a day) than the Vision Pro (once or twice a day).