I agree! I can imagine Cook's face when they told him there was no way the AI features could be ready in time for the release of iOS 18. What a mess.
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Just Install iOS 18? Here Are 10 Things to Do First
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You can thank our EU overlords for RCS on the iPhone, for alt AppStores etc
It’s not the overlords. It’s apple’’s fault for insisting on having a closed system, so they can grab even more money from users and developers. No other os had any problems launching in Europe, but Apple. This should make you think.
Regarding the ai features that maybe we’ll see sometimes in 2025, it won’t matter for a while lot of people because, unlike Microsoft and Google, apple - a trillion dollar company - is only capable of supporting a few languages, yet they sell worldwide. I don’t remember paying less for my iPhone for lacking Siri, translations, news, fitness+ and now ai. We should sue. I’m pretty sure most features will be outdated by then.
The new photos is hell on Earth. I regret allowing my phone to update-- nothing makes sense, I can't create a new album in a folder anymore when Im moving pics around-- yikes. This is awful.
The new photos is absolutely atrocious! I don’t notice any missing photos but it has a different number count than before the update. Any ideas? Shame on Apple of this pathetic update! Truly the last straw, as much as I despise Android at least I’ve never had these types of unwanted and unnecessary issues with that OS. Get rid of Tim Cook, seriously. Asleep at the wheel as Apple continues a downward decline.
So the new features are mostly buttons. None of the more interesting features are ready yet. Why show people software back in June that won't be available for 6 months?
#11 turn off RCS because android users don't deserve a good experience
Blame the EU bureaucrats who seem intent on screwing up Apple's secure ecosystem for political brownie points,
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yeah, I think the problem with mirroring is that they were concerned they'd be required to have a Mac ALSO be able to mirror an Android phone. Clearly it takes software on both devices complicating accomplishing that.
I believe rather the converse, allow third parties to mirror an iPhone. Mirroring Android to Mac is already possible using third-party software, there are no market restrictions there.
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Does it still take several minutes to restart a song after you go back to the beginning?
Not for me. Sucks that a lot of people are seeing these problems, but so far I haven't seen any of the ones mentioned.
I think it is a security breach not to allow the Setting app the ability to be locked with Face ID.
I like the password app. However until it does all I need it to do I'll keep my password manager app going.
The long-awaited iOS 18 update is now available for everyone to download, and there are hundreds of new features and changes for you to learn about. Some of the additions require a little bit of setup to get up and running, so we've created this guide that walks you through the features you should check out first after updating to iOS 18.
Set Up Your Home Screen
The Home Screen has several design changes that allow for more customization and personalization. You can put icons where you want, change their size and change their colors.
Get started by moving your icons and adding spaces around wallpapers if you like. You can have spaces around icons and widgets, creating unique looks. There's still a grid system so an icon can't go just anywhere, but it can go anywhere on the grid, with empty spaces permitted.
After you've rearranged icons, long press on the Home Screen, tap Edit, and then choose Customize. From this interface, you can make app icons bigger by removing the app names, toggle on Dark Mode icons, or even change the tint of icons to match your wallpaper.
You'll want to take a look at our full Home Screen guide to get details on everything you can do.
Set Up Control Center
The Control Center interface is much more customizable, and you can reorder your controls, put them on different pages, and even access them from the Lock Screen and Action Button. There's a whole Controls Gallery, complete with support for controls for third-party apps.
To set up your Control Center, swipe down from the upper right corner of your iPhone and long press on any empty space until the grid shows up, or tap on the "+" button at the upper left of the display.
From there, grab an icon and move it to where you want it to be. You can move it on the same page, or drag it to a new page. Like the Home Screen, you can have empty spaces. You can have a different page for related controls like music and home, or mix them all up. Drag on the corner of an icon to change its size.
In this same editing interface, tap on "Add a Control" to get to the Controls Gallery, where you'll see all your Control Center options organized by category.
If you want a few other tips and tricks on using the new Control Center, check out our guide.
Hide and Lock Apps
If you have to hand over your unlocked iPhone to a partner, child, or friend, you can now do so knowing that apps can be locked and hidden, requiring Face ID to access.
To lock or hide an app on the Home Screen, long press on the app icon, tap "Require Face ID," and then choose either Require Face ID or Hide and Require Face ID.
Adding the Require Face ID option only locks an app and you'll need to enter a passcode or scan your face when trying to open it. Opting in to hiding an app as well removes it from the Lock Screen and all other places on the iPhone, and it will only be accessible from a locked Hidden Apps folder in the App Library.
Change Your Lock Screen Buttons
You know the Camera and Flashlight icons that have been on the Lock Screen forever? You can now swap them out or even remove them.
From the Lock Screen, long press, tap on Customize, select Lock Screen, and then tap the "-" buttons on the Camera and Flashlight to remove them. You can stop there, or tap on the "+" button to add other Control Center buttons, like turning on Dark Mode or starting a Voice Memo.
You can even add third-party controls here.
Organize the Photos App
There are no more tabs in the Photos app because Apple introduced a new unified design. To get to different sections like Memories and albums, you just scroll down in the app.
The Photos app is now organized into "Collections," and you can customize which collections you see and where they're located in the Photos app interface. To organize your collections, scroll down to the bottom of the Photos app, and tap on Customize and Reorder.
You can also pin content that you want to add to Collections. Scroll down to Pinned Collections and tap on "Modify" to make changes.
The new Photos app can take some getting used to, so if you need more instruction, we have a Photos guide that walks through all of the changes.
Check Out the Passwords App
Apple added a new Passwords app to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac to make it easier to get to your stored iCloud Keychain logins and passwords. It basically offers the same functionality as the Passwords section of the Settings app, but it's been moved into a separate app.
Passwords are automatically added to the app when you save a login or password when logging into a website, and it will already feature all of your logins and passwords if you use iCloud Keychain.
There are warnings for weak passwords, reused passwords, and compromised passwords, along with support for passkeys and sharing passwords.
Get more info on the Passwords app in our dedicated guide.
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Here (IPhone 15PM) I can’t search a song in a playlist and play it , the app freezes
Sometimes when listening to music on my AirPods it freezes on one song on screen even if it plays the songs after this one , I have to kill the app and restart it
I Hope I won’t have to deal with that during months…
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"a complete mess" seems a bit overblown, no?
It amazes me the amount of moaners on here just embrace the change and look forward to what is to come and have some fun along the way
Also no issues here so far, if people do have issues have you tried a simple fone restart and see if that helps
Im the same - plus I get used to where apps are so its kinda in muscle memory to get to a specific app and launch it!