After many weeks of waiting by fans, in these hours Apple is releasing the update iOS 18 also valid for other “Apple” devices such as the iPad: the time varies according to the various parts of the globe as shown by some official notes on social media, in Rome time zone, time X is scheduled for 7:00 pm on September 16.
The main news
Beta testers have already tried what millions of users around the world are about to experience: among the most anticipated features there is the customizable home screen, Safari has been improved, there is an updated Photos app and more: with the update there will also be advanced text effects in the Messages area and improved organizational tools in Maps. As explained by Cupertino, the icons apps get a makeover and widgets will be even more elegant: you can choose between various colors and match them with a color as the background and they can also be enlarged.
Sensitive data can be protected when the device is used by other people thanks to Face ID also available for Photos to protect them from prying eyes. Control Center introduces two new groups of controls that can be seen by scrolling down on the Home screen. As mentioned, important news for Photos that will be automatically arranged and divided by topic. “Recent days, Trips, People & Pets. And with the ‘Featured Collections’ feature, you can quickly jump to the collections or albums that are most important to you”, Apple explains.
We thus arrive at iMessage that in addition to bold, italic, underline and strikethrough characters, you can add different animations to any letter, word, phrase or emoji. A promise kept is like what already happens today for emails: you can schedule the time to send a message so as not to disturb the interlocutor or for any other organizational logic. Speaking of emails, the “Main” category will be available to group the most important and urgent ones.
The search engine Safari will now be able to automatically find the most important information and highlight it using the “Highlight” function. “This way you have useful data, indications and quick links for further information on people, songs, films and TV series at your fingertips.“. To never forget anything again, a notable improvement is the introduction of the Password App where you can put all your login details together in the same place. “Passwords, verification codes and security alerts: everything is stored safely”explain the developers. On the Maps you can save both notes and thousands of excursions that you intend to do or that you have already done as well as it will be possible to create your own routes.
Compatible products
iOS 18, however, will not be available for all smartphones or iPads: it will be compatible with Se (2020) models and above: therefore all
various iPhone ranges from 11 onwards. To be able to perform the update, you will need at least 16 GB of available space: as always, you will have to go to Settings, General, Software Update and click on Install.
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