iOS 18 is lastly out of beta and launched to the general public on Monday afternoon. You possibly can obtain and set up it in case your machine is suitable, but it surely comes pre-installed on all iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, and iPhone 16 Professional fashions that will probably be out there on September 20. Replace by: Settings > Common > About > Software program Replace and begin the obtain and set up course of.
To see in case your machine is eligible, we have offered a listing of iPhone fashions that assist iOS 18.
A number of the “hidden” options our editor Cherlynn noticed embrace Apple Maps upgrades, calendar and reminder integration, and expanded Tapback choices in Messages that allow you to see who has reacted to which emojis. Safari is getting a “Highlights” characteristic that makes use of machine studying to generate snippets of the pages you are visiting. Our UK bureau chief Mat Smith additionally tried out a few of the early iO18 options in July, and his primary takeaway was that Apple Intelligence was the actual star. Sadly, Apple Intelligence is not out there but right now, however its first options will probably be out there in October as a part of a subsequent replace.
Along with iOS 18, all of Apple’s different main sibling working system updates are additionally out there. These embrace iPadOS 18, visionOS 2, macOS Sequoia, tvOS 18, and watchOS 11, all of that are coming to their respective gadgets right now. You should definitely test in case your machine is eligible for the replace and has sufficient area. You might have to liberate a number of GB of storage first.
Up to date September 16 at 8:17 pm ET: Added a extra full listing of different Apple working system updates at the moment out there, in addition to extra background details about Apple Intelligence (some, however not all, options will probably be out there beginning in October).
