At last year’s WWDC, Apple Intelligence certainly stole the show. I personally believe iOS 18 still would’ve been a very substantial software upgrade, even without a single AI upgrade.
One of the large non-AI upgrades in iOS 18, besides the fully redesigned Photos app, is actually a subtle yet massive win for user privacy. Here’s why.
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iOS 18 brought a major change to Apple’s Calendar app: you can now see all your reminders alongside calendar events. But there’s one change that would make the feature even better.
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Earlier this year, Apple began supporting carrier-provided satellite connectivity in iOS 18 for iPhone 14 and newer models. Now, with the release of iOS 18.5 RC, Apple is extending that support to the iPhone 13 lineup.
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Apple has released iOS 18.5 release candidate 1. The pre-release iPhone and iPad software update has been light on features, although there are some small changes. This version is the first to include release notes from Apple.
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Every day, it seems like hundreds of finance-related apps hit the App Store. Some focus on budgeting, others on credit card points, investing, or even trying to do it all. While scrolling through X, I came across a tweet from someone who said they just wanted a finance app that tracked three things: what they spent today, this week, and this month. The idea was so simple, yet so valuable. A few hours later, I saw that developer Steven Zhang had actually built it. In just two hours. Here it is.
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iOS 19 will be unveiled next month, but plenty of iPhone users still haven’t discovered all the new features of the last major update. Apple Maps, for example, scored a great addition inspired by the Notes app in iOS 18, but it’s completely hidden by default. Here are the details.
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Apple has released iOS 18.5 beta 4 for developers. The pre-release iPhone and iPad software update has been light on features, although there are some small changes.
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Apple Notes used to be a fairly barebones tool, best known for being used by celebrities to apologize. But a few years back, Apple started investing heavily in making Notes a worthy competitor with third-party alternatives. And in iOS 18, Apple Notes gained a power user feature that’s especially hard to find elsewhere: collapsible sections.
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Control Center has experienced a lot of changes since iOS 18 launched last fall, including a handful of additions in the recent iOS 18.4 update. But there’s one new feature that quickly became my go-to, and it’s consistently been my most used Control Center toggle ever since.
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Apple has released the second iPadOS and iOS 18.5 developer beta. The first beta was a big nothing burger for iPhone and iPad users. Hopefully iOS 18.5 beta 2 brings more interesting changes.
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I used to change up task managers often, always looking for a new app that could make keeping up with todos just a little bit better. But for years now I’ve stuck with Apple’s Reminders app, and a tiny new iOS 18 feature has turned out to make a big difference for me.
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If you go to Settings -> Battery on your iPhone, you can see a lot of stats about the performance and health of your battery. This includes a charge graph that plots the battery percentage of the iPhone over the last twenty four hours, so you can track how it charges and how quickly it depletes. The chart is colored differently based on several factors, but what does ‘Slow Charger’ mean?
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My favorite moments with Apple Maps are when I’m not going anywhere physically, but rather browsing the app and saving new places to visit. And an iOS 18 upgrade has made that experience better than ever.
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Hot off the heels of releasing iOS 18.4 to everyone, Apple has pushed out the first developer beta version of its next big point update. iOS 18.5 beta 1 is now available to developer beta testers. We’ll dig in to learn what’s new and report back so stay tuned.
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A number of people are reporting that previously deleted iPhone apps are reappearing on their devices after upgrading to iOS 18.4.
Some Reddit users are also claiming apps they have never installed have appeared on their iPhones …
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iOS 18.4 is now available for iPhone users everywhere. The update brings new Apple Intelligence features, upgrades to Apple News, new emoji, CarPlay changes, and more. Head below for the rundown on all the new features in iOS 18.4.
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The second iOS 18.4 Release Candidate build is rolling out to developers and public beta testers today. In conjunction with that, Apple has shared the official release notes for iOS 18.4 for the first time. The release notes cover much of what we’ve reported here at 9to5Mac over the last month, but with a few new tidbits.
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Last year, when Apple announced iOS 18, the company revealed that some features like Apple Intelligence wouldn’t be available to users in the European Union due to regulatory concerns. Although iOS 18.4 enables Apple Intelligence in the EU, there’s still one feature that will remain unavailable there: iPhone Mirroring.
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Apple made a lot of changes to the Photos app in iOS 18. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways users can customize the app to their liking, too. For example, there’s one change I immediately made that fixed my biggest problem with iOS 18’s big Photos redesign.
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Just a week after releasing iOS 18.3.2 to the public, Apple has now stopped signing iOS 18.3.1. For iPhone and iPad users, this means that they can no longer downgrade to this version of the software if their device is already running a newer version.
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Apple Maps is great for navigation, but I especially love using the app to browse new areas, find a great coffee shop, and plan outings and adventures. For those use cases, iOS 18 brought a key change to search in Apple Maps that somehow has been missing for years: you can now search the specific area you’re viewing on the map. And that’s been a huge answered wish for me.
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In iOS 18, Apple spun off its Keychain password management tool—previously only tucked away in Settings—into a standalone app called Passwords. It was the company’s first move at making credential management more convenient for users. It’s now been revealed that a serious HTTP bug left Passwords users vulnerable to phishing attacks for nearly three months, from the initial release of iOS 18 until the patch in iOS 18.2.
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As expected, Apple has released iOS 18.3.2 for iPhone users today. The update brings bug fixes and security improvements and comes a month after iOS 18.3.1 was released.
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Whether you’re a heavy user of Apple Notes or not, you may have missed that iOS 18 introduced a new feature designed to take lots of the work out of note-taking. Thanks to the addition of audio recordings, bolstered by transcripts and summaries, Apple Notes makes it easier than ever to capture notes on your iPhone, iPad, and more.
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