Apple Releases iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 With Genmoji, Image Playground, Siri ChatGPT and More

[N0ughtsAndCr0sses]

Just updated on iPhone 16 Pro and the Mail app failed to open every time. Just flashes and quits. Tried reboot and didn’t resolve. Anyone seeing this issue?

What SW did you come from?

 

[N0ughtsAndCr0sses]

Amazing saw the broken UI in RC1 and thought that was why RC2 was released. Here we are on the final version and its still broken. Apple has zero QA nowadays.

It’s perfect here in the uk. Dunno what you’re on about. Using betas since 18.1 came out.

 

[srbNYC]

They're sure doing a lot of hyping of iPhone 16 as being built for Apple Intelligence, but Apple Intelligence just isn't ready. It's really not yet a reason to get a new phone. "Apple Intelligence. Built for iPhone 17."

 

[yustas]

Who would pay apple to go back to iOS 17?

 

[SoGood]

What SW did you come from?

iOS 18.1.x series, the latest.

I’ve edited the earlier post. As it turned out, it related to a mail service that uses Microsoft Exchange backend. Turned the service off and the app issue resolved. Now need to find out why it’s having issues with Exchange.

 

[stark93]

ChatGPT doesn’t even work

 

[shenfrey]

And everybody bought it would come Monday.

Perhaps we can stop acting like we know what’s what now and just let Apple do its thing? Because they are clearly not as predictable as people think.

 

[MrENGLISH]

Amazing saw the broken UI in RC1 and thought that was why RC2 was released. Here we are on the final version and its still broken. Apple has zero QA nowadays.

I have broken UI and Apple Intelligence has been stuck on "Downloading" since Monday when I upgraded from iOS 18.1.1 to 18.2 RC2. Have no idea how to get it to complete the download. When I saw that the official release build was different, I tried that but still having the same issues. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Stromos]

It’s perfect here in the uk. Dunno what you’re on about. Using betas since 18.1 came out.

Look at the screenshot that I commented on over lapping text in the settings app basic UI stuff that's bugged.

 

[Starbright107]

Unfortunately, it won’t let me add stickers on iPhone 16 pro. It appeared for a second and disappeared.

 

[CarlJ]

To be fair, I think that was because of lot of background downloads and installs for the new Apple Intelligence features / AI Models.

If I look in the Battery section of Settings, under the heading "Insights and Suggestions", it says:

Update Finishing in Background

You can use your iPhone as you normally would while a recent software update finishes. This could take a while. Battery life and thermal performance may improve once finished.

 

[madrigal77]

Where is image playground? iPhone 15PM.

 

[audiophilosophy]

Looks like one common grievance of the redesigned photos app has been corrected (back to how it worked prior to iOS 18). Playing videos now start full screen instead of a smaller segment within the screen real estate.

I notice that they have still not fixed one of the most annoying things of the new photos app: scrolling back up in an album will exit you out of the album— totally unacceptable.

Looks like they made the mail app more annoying, but at least they allow you (via setting) to revert mail back to how it was prior.

I see that the music app is still nagging me to join Apple Music by showing me suggestions under the songs I’ve bought via iTunes. That’s very annoying and feels very cheap— akin to packaging bloatware to a PC or putting “intel inside” stickers on a computer. Please stop nagging me to subscribe to things, Apple.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

All updated... am I safe from prying eyes now?

 

[Digital Dude]

When considering all the intended technology features, Apple’s decision to heavily emphasize the ‘image playground’ feels like a major misstep. It creates the impression that the focus is on unicorns and sprinkles rather than practical, productivity-enhancing tools. 🦄~🧁

 

[Realityck]

Spoiler: iOS & iPadOS 18.2 Release Notes

Accessibility​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: If you use the Ignore Trackpad setting, it will be reset after updating to iOS 18.2 Beta. (139611885)

AVFoundation​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: In Swift, iterating over AVCaptureSynchronizedDataCollection with a for-in loop causes a crash. (135132312)

ChatGPT Integration​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: For devices with MDM profiles, users with anonymous restrictions are unable to sign out. (135440023)
• Fixed: Requests to generate images with ChatGPT in Writing Tools might fail. (138791595)

Find My​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Play Sound and Precision Finding features of AirTags, AirPods and third-party Find My-enabled accessories might not work. (138283512)

Genmoji​

Known Issues​

• A personalized Genmoji might not generate without selecting a different person first. (139676076)
  Workaround: In the People selector screen, select a different person, then reselect the original person.

Mail​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Recategorizing an email from a domain with a high number of messages might cause unexpected grouping behavior. (140360935)

Messages​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Messages might not appear in the Messages app. (138152993)

Stickers​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Stickers might not appear in the Emoji keyboard or in the sticker sheet. The sticker sheet is accessed through the Stickers item in Messages or in various other places like Freeform and Markup. You’ll either see missing stickers or a message that states you do not have any stickers. (138790914)

SwiftUI​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Compiling in the Swift 6 language mode might cause an @Entry error due to “static property defaultValue is not concurrency-safe because non-‘Sendable’ type”. (133885814)
• For apps compiled against iOS 18.2/visionOS 2.2 and run against iOS 18.0/visionOS 2.0, the popover modifier does not respect the arrowEdge argument on iOS, iPadOS, or visionOS, regardless of the deployment target of the app. Now, apps compiled against iOS 18.2/visionOS 2.2 and run against iOS 18.1/visionOS 2.1 and later do respect the arrowEdge argument. (135231043)
• Fixed: Views won’t accept dropped directories if UTType.directory or UTType.fileURL are not in the list of accepted content types for drop. (138158126)

UIKit​

Known Issues​

• In iOS 18.2 Beta 3, -[UIApplication defaultStatusForCategory:error:] and its Swift equivalent UIApplication.isDefaultApplication(for are not present. (139669875)
  Workaround: Build and run against iOS 18.2 Beta 2 to test adoption of this new interface.

UIWritingToolsCoordinator​

Known Issues​

• The two optional delegate methods intended for multiple container support are not available in iOS 18.2 Beta. (136619485)
• When the UIWritingToolsCoordinator state is Noninteractive, textual changes might be applied through the UITextInput Paste API, instead of through -writingToolsCoordinator:replaceRange:inContextroposedText:reason:animationParameters:completion:. (136631598)
• The delegate method -writingToolsCoordinator:requestsRangeInContextWithIdentifierForPoint:completion: does not support asynchronous use of the completion block. (136824869)
  Workaround: For the correct behavior when a user taps on a proofreading suggestion, the completion block for the method must be executed inline.
• UIWritingToolsCoordinator throws an exception if the delegate returns modified text in -writingToolsCoordinator:replaceRange:inContextroposedText:reason:animationParameters:completion:, when reason is Noninteractive. (138775662)
  Workaround: Only return modified text when reason is Interactive.
• The delegate receives more calls to -writingToolsCoordinator:selectRanges:inContext:completion: than necessary. (138868937)
• On Catalyst, if the delegate does not implement -isEditable as an @objCmethod, then Writing Tools will not apply changes to the text. (139031260)
• The UIWritingToolsCoordinator might quit Writing Tools if a user types in the InteractiveResting state or during operation of the previous/next revision buttons in the UI. (139196667)
• The UIWritingToolsCoordinator might request underline paths from the delegate at a time when they can’t be calculated. (139532897)
  Workaround: The delegate must be arranged to send -updateForReflowedTextInContextWithIdentifier: to the writingToolsCoordinator when underline paths can be calculated.
• Undo/redo grouping behavior is unpredictable when Writing Tools is active. (139533079)
  Workaround: For proper undo/redo grouping behavior, the delegate must start the grouping when the UIWritingToolsCoordinator’s state changes to InteractiveStreaming and stop when the state changes away from InteractiveStreaming. When the undo/redo stack is popped, the delegate should notify the Writing Tools coordinator, using -updateRange:withText:reason:forContextWithIdentifier: and passing the UndoRedo reason for each item. When all the items in the group have popped, use the same method to notify the coordinator, passing a 0-length range and a 0-length attributedString along with Typing for the reason.

Writing Tools​

Known Issues​

• For third-party apps adopting Writing Tools API on iOS, if the first responder is not a UIView, it will not be able to use the complete inline experience. (139833232)

Spoiler: About the security content of iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2

iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2​

Released December 11, 2024

AppleMobileFileIntegrity​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A malicious app may be able to access private information

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-54526: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)

AppleMobileFileIntegrity​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-54527: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Audio​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Muting a call while ringing may not result in mute being enabled

Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2024-54503: Micheal Chukwu and an anonymous researcher

Crash Reporter​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

CVE-2024-54513: an anonymous researcher

FontParser​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-54486: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

ImageIO​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure of process memory

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-54500: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Kernel​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An attacker may be able to create a read-only memory mapping that can be written to

Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

CVE-2024-54494: sohybbyk

Kernel​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2024-54510: Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL

Kernel​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-44245: an anonymous researcher

libexpat​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.

CVE-2024-45490

libxpc​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-54514: an anonymous researcher

libxpc​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-44225: 风沐云烟(@binary_fmyy)

Passwords​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to alter network traffic

Description: This issue was addressed by using HTTPS when sending information over the network.

CVE-2024-54492: Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk of Mysk Inc. (@mysk_co)

Safari​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: On a device with Private Relay enabled, adding a website to the Safari Reading List may reveal the originating IP address to the website

Description: The issue was addressed with improved routing of Safari-originated requests.

CVE-2024-44246: Jacob Braun

SceneKit​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial of service

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-54501: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

VoiceOver​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An attacker with physical access to an iOS device may be able to view notification content from the lock screen

Description: The issue was addressed by adding additional logic.

CVE-2024-54485: Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) from C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram India

WebKit​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

WebKit Bugzilla: 278497
CVE-2024-54479: Seunghyun Lee

WebKit Bugzilla: 281912
CVE-2024-54502: Brendon Tiszka of Google Project Zero

WebKit​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

WebKit Bugzilla: 282180
CVE-2024-54508: linjy of HKUS3Lab and chluo of WHUSecLab, Xiangwei Zhang of Tencent Security YUNDING LAB

WebKit​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption

Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

WebKit Bugzilla: 282661
CVE-2024-54505: Gary Kwong

WebKit​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

WebKit Bugzilla: 277967
CVE-2024-54534: Tashita Software Security

Additional recognition​

Accessibility​

We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India, Andr.Ess, Jake Derouin, Jason Gendron (@gendron_jason) for their assistance.

App Protection​

We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India for their assistance.

Calendar​

We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India for their assistance.

FaceTime​

We would like to acknowledge 椰椰 for their assistance.

FaceTime Foundation​

We would like to acknowledge Joshua Pellecchia for their assistance.

Family Sharing​

We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India, J T for their assistance.

Notes​

We would like to acknowledge Katzenfutter for their assistance.

Photos​

We would like to acknowledge Bistrit Dahal, Chi Yuan Chang of ZUSO ART and taikosoup, Finlay James (@Finlay1010), Rizki Maulana (rmrizki.my.id), Srijan Poudel for their assistance.

Photos Storage​

We would like to acknowledge Jake Derouin (jakederouin.com) for their assistance.

Proximity​

We would like to acknowledge Junming C. (@Chapoly1305) and Prof. Qiang Zeng of George Mason University for their assistance.

Quick Response​

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

Safari​

We would like to acknowledge Jayateertha Guruprasad for their assistance.

Safari Private Browsing​

We would like to acknowledge Richard Hyunho Im (@richeeta) with Route Zero Security for their assistance.

Settings​

We would like to acknowledge Akshith Muddasani, Bistrit Dahal, Emanuele Slusarz for their assistance.

Siri​

We would like to acknowledge Srijan Poudel for their assistance.

Spotlight​

We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) from LNCT Bhopal and C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram India for their assistance.

Status Bar​

We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India, Andr.Ess for their assistance.

Swift​

We would like to acknowledge Marc Schoenefeld, Dr. rer. nat. for their assistance.

Time Zone​

We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) from LNCT Bhopal and C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram India for their assistance.

WebKit​

We would like to acknowledge Hafiizh for their assistance.

WindowServer​

We would like to acknowledge Felix Kratz for their assistance.

Published Date: December 11, 2024

 

[raghu8912]

Yikes -- post install, iPhone 16 Pro running quite warm and battery depleting faster than the morning mist...

this can happen with most updates, ML is running in the background for few days.

 

[raghu8912]

Anything new for none-AI enabled markets? All I have seen so far was that I could set a different browser as default browser. That was it.

you don't need ML/AI features ? 🙀
that is the feature.
i am using ML to calculate mean, std deviation, it is more accurate and awesome.

 

[macguru212]

Thanks for the feedback. So even this feature is English-only for now. Really annoying and frustrating.

Is Siri AI only for US English? Or will this update finally allow Australian English? It's not in the release notes, so just tossing it out there.

 

[delsoul]

ChatGPT doesn’t even workView attachment 2461191

I just tried it on my phone. Seems to be working fine. Had it create a picture of a motorcycle riding a wheelie 😂

 

[killhippie]

Wow doing this on the iPad is erm oh sorry this was done on chatGBT. Oh well it’s better than what you can do in image graveyard.

 

[Apple$]

Anybody report any new features for the iPhone 15/15+ and below? Thanks.

 

[Rayansb]

Visual Intelligence isn't showing up for me.

 

[superarijit]

This underwhelming release shows that Apple has failed in AI. You don't need Siri to access ChatGPT -- just download the app and save yourself the trouble of interacting with two apps.

The only useful feature is the sharing of AirTag info. That could indeed be a lifesaver.

 

[Imperial926]

Hearing Test appeared today in the UK but no Hearing Aid features associated with it. I would love to know who is holding this back.