Apple Shares Full List of Over 250 New Features and Changes Coming With iOS 18

[rotlex]

And all I wanted was the ability to be returned to my inbox after reading and deleting an e-mail in the mail app. I mean really, HOW HARD CAN THAT BE, lol.

 

[chibihabibi]

I’m experiencing less visual glitches than 17.6 (that dreaded notification bubble glitch drove me up the wall)

 

[ry-guy]

Sweeeeet. I will probably use……1.

 

[Sean7512]

What are the compatible vehicles for spatial audio?!

 

[PowerButton]

I wish my car could do Spatial Audio

And actually be quiet enough to enjoy it while traveling down the freeway 😋

 

[Starfia]

I'm interested to see how well the eye tracking feature works.

If I'm not mistaken, this is already on iPadOS. I didn't find it extraordinary, but I could see myself using it to work my way through interfaces with restricted arm or hand movement, and that it worked even passably impressed me.

Update: I was mistaken! I was thinking of "Head Pointer" in the Accessibility settings on the Mac. I just tried it again and it's even better than I remembered.

 

[Starfia]

Has Apple yet posted a similar, comprehensive PDF of all the new features in macOS 15? (They did this last year for Sonoma, but so far i haven’t seen it for Sequoia)

I could only find the iOS version after the event. But I'm with you – I loved reading through every feature in the past when they'd routinely publish them for every platform.

 

[HouseLannister]

My sister-in-law is running it on her base 11 and she said it feels no different than iOS 17.

My uncle works at Nintendo and he said the Switch 2 is going to run iOS 17.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

My uncle works at Nintendo and he said the Switch 2 is going to run iOS 17.

Okay. I get the reference but not sure your point?

If you're referencing my sister-in-law, then it was my brother who installed it on her phone. He keeps up with the betas and upgrades and is more gadget interested than me.

 

[HouseLannister]

I get the reference but not sure your point?

I have to have a point now?

Just joshing you. But don't trust other people's opinions too much. First-hand experience trumps all anecdotal observations.

 

[klasma]

Interesting they don’t list the visual intelligence as a feature. Feels like something they announced last minute. I don’t want to upgrade from a 15PM, but I actually would like to try visual intelligence when it is released.

It’s because they are marketing Visual Intelligence as a Camera Control / iPhone 16 feature, not as an iOS 18 feature.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

I have to have a point now?

Just joshing you. But don't trust other people's opinions too much. First-hand experience trumps all anecdotal observations.

I was just confused.. 😛

 

[tkaravou]

Do we have a list of the CarPlay vehicles that support Spatial Audio?

 

[klasma]

The topographic and trail maps is exciting for me. I wonder if Maps will lead me off a cliff or to a nonexistent trail?

There’s a reason why they implemented Fall Detection and Emergency SOS via satellite.

 

[UliBaer]

250 features?!
My hands have 5 fingers each, so that are 10 features - right? 🤣

 

[eveluvsrainbows]

Isn't the GM still quite unstable? I think I can survive a couple months without the AI slop and have stable software.

no, it isn’t. it’s quite stable. whoever’s been telling you different isn’t actually running it.

 

[eveluvsrainbows]

I thought that was being able to install a non-WebKit browser

the majority of people don’t care about that.

 

[fatTribble]

“Album attribution
View which custom albums a photo has been added to in the Info pane.”


Yes! Hurray! 🥳

 

[TigerNike23]

I thought that was being able to install a non-WebKit browser

So Blink can become yet another monopoly on yet another platform?

 

[slomtbr]

Don't forget removing Siri's ability to shuffle playlists and artists in CarPlay.
Making original Siri even dumber to make AI Siri look better?

 

[mrfunnypenguin]

Surprised Apple did not mention automatic crossfade in Music. It seems to be working for me (iPhone 12 Mini/iOS 18 RC1).

 

[iDento]

feels like Apple advanced their SW significantly more than their HW this year

the iPad Pro is amazing, and the iPhone 16 isn’t bad when it comes to hardware upgrades. I think they should actually focus even more on software and services.

 

[DesignTime]

I find it funny that this list of features is a PDF and not a web page. Would have been easier to create and more accessible.

 

[CloneBB]

Stable for me. I think it's one of the best Release Candidates.

Isn't the GM still quite unstable? I think I can survive a couple months without the AI slop and have stable software.

Maybe the iPhone isn’t for you based on your slop and stable comments. Perhaps you should go elsewhere.

 

[Sasparilla]

Have a couple of relatives on Android, so will be looking forward to the RCS integration into iMessage, really for the pictures being usable, but delivery and read receipts will be nice as well.

"RCS (Rich Communication Services) Message your friends and family who don’t use iMessage over RCS, which brings support for richer media and more reliable group messaging than SMS/MMS as well as delivery and read receipts."