iOS 18 is simply days away, with Apple set to unveil the software program replace throughout its WWDC keynote on June 10. Many new options and adjustments are anticipated for the iPhone, with extra particulars outlined in our rumor recap under.


The primary beta of iOS 18 must be made out there to members of the Apple Developer Program instantly after the WWDC keynote, and a public beta will possible comply with in July. The replace must be broadly launched to all customers in September, and it’s rumored that will probably be suitable with the identical record of iPhone fashions as iOS 17.

Listed below are a number of the key new options and adjustments rumored or previewed for iOS 18 to date:

  • Apple Maps: Customized routes and topographic maps.
  • Apple Music: Auto-generated playlists and smarter music transitions.
  • Apple Information: AI-generated information article summaries.
  • Calculator: A number of new options, together with a sidebar that lists latest calculations, an improved interface for changing items, integration with the Notes app, and extra. The app will lastly be out there on iPads.
  • Calendar: Deeper integration with the Reminders app.
  • CarPlay: New accessibility options, together with Sound Recognition.
  • Management Middle: Up to date interface, together with a revamped music widget and improved controls for HomeKit equipment.
  • Health: The app can be “overhauled” on iOS 18.
  • Freeform: A brand new “Scenes” operate.
  • Well being: New options powered by AI, however no particular particulars are recognized but.
  • House Display screen: Place app icons wherever on the grid and alter colours of app icons.
  • Keynote and Pages: AI-powered options for auto-generating slides in Keynote, writing quicker in Pages, and extra.
  • Magnifier: A brand new Reader Mode, and the choice to simply launch Detection Mode with the Motion button on newer iPhone fashions.
  • Mail: Prompt replies to emails.
  • Messages: RCS assist, per-word results, urged replies, customized emoji, message recaps, and new Tapback icons.
  • Notes: A built-in audio recording software, audio transcriptions, and the flexibility to show mathematical notation.
  • Notifications: AI-generated notification summaries.
  • Photographs: AI-powered picture retouching.
  • Safari: Shopping assistant that may summarize internet pages, and a “Web Eraser” software.
  • Settings: A revamped interface with improved search, and new accessibility options.
  • Shortcuts: Automate complicated duties extra simply.
  • Siri: A better ChatGPT-inspired model of Siri with extra per-app controls (in 2025).
  • Highlight: Extra clever search outcomes and improved sorting.
  • Voice Memos: Audio transcriptions.

For much more rumors, learn our iOS 18 roundup.

Fashionable Tales

Gurman: No {Hardware} at WWDC, Subsequent Apple TV No Longer Coming Quickly

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman doesn’t anticipate Apple to announce any new {hardware} throughout its WWDC 2024 keynote on June 10. “There’s no hardware slated to be announced at WWDC, unless Apple unexpectedly previews a new device launching later (to be clear: I don’t expect that),” stated Gurman, in his Energy On e-newsletter in the present day. Notably, Gurman now says a brand new Apple TV mannequin “isn’t imminent,” regardless of…

Unique: iOS 18 to Add Textual content Results to iMessage

Apple plans so as to add a brand new textual content results characteristic to the Messages app on iOS 18, in accordance with a number of sources acquainted with the matter. Whereas it’s already doable to ship iMessages with bubble results or full-screen results, corresponding to invisible ink or confetti, the textual content results would permit you to animate particular person phrases inside a message. With the Messages app set to realize RCS assist on iOS 18, …

Sonos Ace Headphones vs. AirPods Max

Sonos in Could determined to get into the headphone market with the launch of the Sonos Ace headphones. The $449 Sonos Ace headphones have some engaging design components and options you will not see in Apple’s headphones, so we thought we might evaluate them to the $549 AirPods Max to see which is finally higher. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for extra movies. When it comes to design, each the…

Greatest Purchase and Amazon Introduce Steep Reductions on M2 and M3 MacBook Air [Updated]

Greatest Purchase has an enormous assortment of reductions on Apple’s MacBook Air this weekend, together with each the earlier technology M2 fashions from 2022 and the model new M3 computer systems that launched this 12 months. Regarding the M2 fashions, you will discover the most effective offers at Amazon. M2 MacBook Air Amazon in the present day has each mannequin of the 2022 13-inch MacBook Air out there for $170 off, representing new all-time low…

iPhone 16 Professional May Break File for Thinnest Bezels on a Smartphone

Apple’s upcoming iPhone 16 Professional fashions can have the thinnest bezels of any smartphone, beating the display border thinness of even its newest iPhone 15 Professional gadgets. That is in accordance with the leaker often called “Ice Universe,” who has divulged correct details about Apple’s plans prior to now. In keeping with a number of sources, regardless of minimal design adjustments, each iPhone 16 Professional fashions will improve…