At its “It is Glowtime” occasion on Sept. 9, Apple unveiled the brand new Apple Watch Sequence 10, new AirPods, and, sure, the iPhone 16 sequence. Alongside these new iPhones, Apple can be launching its newest iPhone working system, iOS 18.

iOS 18 was introduced at WWDC again in June, teasing a sequence of recent options. These embody new methods to arrange your House Display screen, a brand new customizable Management Middle, and Apple Intelligence, the headline function.

Beta testers have been in a position to check out most of those options for a while now — however with a public launch, you will lastly get them for your self. Right here’s what it’s good to know.

iOS 18 launch date

Apple all the time releases new variations of iOS alongside its new iPhones — and outdoors of the beta testing program, you possibly can obtain and set up iOS 18 for your self on Sept. 16, a number of days earlier than the brand new iPhones are launched on Sept. 20.

Whenever you do, although, it received’t supply all of the options that Apple introduced in June. Some sensible dwelling options, for instance, are reserved for iOS 18.1, which doesn’t have an official launch date but, so that you’ll have to attend somewhat to attempt it out. Then, there’s Apple Intelligence, which has its personal launch timeline.

What’s new in iOS 18?

iOS 18 brings with it a sequence of nice new options. Many of those relate to customization, permitting customers to personalize their units.

Other than Apple Intelligence, maybe the headline function is one which ex-Android customers have been asking for—a extra customizable House Display screen. With iOS 18, you’ll be capable of place apps wherever you need on the display screen (throughout the grid, in fact) as an alternative of getting them organized from left to proper, high to backside, always. Moreover, you possibly can set new Darkish and Tinted House Display screen choices, which convey totally different colours to your House Display screen wallpaper and apps.

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The Management Middle can be changing into extra customizable. In iOS 18, you possibly can create and customise a number of pages of the Management Middle and extra simply place and resize your current controls. So, you may have a complete web page devoted to sensible dwelling controls, or you may place solely the controls you care about on one display screen within the precise place that works for you.

Loads of Apple’s first-party apps are getting new options as effectively. iMessage will allow you to use any emoji as a Tapback response, and also you’ll be capable of format textual content with underlines and italics — to not point out RCS assist, which brings higher cross-platform messaging. The Pictures app is getting an all-new single-page design, and also you’ll now be capable of lock apps behind Face ID — so you possibly can higher safe delicate info. Lastly, passwords are shifting out of the Settings app and into their very own Passwords app.

Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence is probably an important “function” of iOS 18. It’s simply the identify that Apple calls its bundle of recent AI options. Sadly, accessing these options isn’t fairly so simple as downloading iOS 18. The very first Apple Intelligence options received’t be accessible till iOS 18.1, which is predicted someday in the direction of the top of October, based mostly on earlier iOS iterations. 

Even when iOS 18.1 is launched, it received’t have all the Apple Intelligence options that Apple introduced in June. The at present accessible beta model of iOS 18.1 has new writing instruments that may generate and summarize textual content, urged replies in Messages, telephone name recording and transcripts, and notification summaries for each the Messages and Mail apps. These options will nearly actually be accessible in iOS 18.1, until Apple runs right into a hitch and decides to drag them, which is unlikely.

There are options that nobody outdoors of Apple has examined but, however these will seemingly be held till a later iOS 18 launch. These options embody some headliners, like Picture Playground, Genmoji for generated emoji, Siri enhancements (with the ChatGPT integration), and on-screen consciousness. These are a number of the most vital options of Apple Intelligence, however Apple is taking issues gradual with AI. The corporate has even stated that some options will not be launched till 2025, although it did spotlight that ChatGPT integration could be accessible by the top of 2024, so different Siri enhancements will seemingly be out by then, too.

Once more, although, options might be delayed if Apple needs to carry them longer.

Which units will assist iOS 18?

iOS 18 will probably be accessible on all the similar units that assist iOS 17, which is nice information for these with a barely older telephone. Nevertheless, not all of those fashions will get Apple Intelligence. Solely the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max (together with all iPhone 16 units) get the brand new AI options.

Here is an inventory of units that can get iOS 18.

• iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Professional, 15 Professional Max

• iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Professional, 14 Professional Max

• iPhone 13, 13 Mini, 13 Professional, 13 Professional Max

• iPhone 12, 12 Mini, 12 Professional, 12 Professional Max

• iPhone 11, 11 Professional, 11 Professional Max

• iPhone XS, XS Max

• iPhone XR

• iPhone SE (second-generation) 

• iPhone SE (third-generation)