Apple shared the first details of the next major version of iOS, its operating system specially designed for the iPhone, at WWDC 2024.
As expectedIt is a pivotal moment for the mobile platform because iOS 18 will focus on artificial intelligence.
“I am delighted that we will present new deep intelligence capacities which, we hope, will inspire developers, delight users and make our platforms even smarter and more useful than ever,” said Apple CEO, Tim Cook, when it was introduced to the event. Later in the presentation, Apple announced that it is integrated Cat in Siri and other system -scale interactions.
But before talking about AI, Apple mentioned the new personalization features. The icons can now be arranged as you wish on your home screen so that they do not hide your background photos.
“IOS 18 is a large version that offers more ways to personalize your iPhone, stay connected and relive special moments,” said Apple SVP of Craig Federighi software engineering.
Icons Can be personalized with a color color. For example, if you want all your icons to look yellow, you can tint all the application icons to this color.


Control center also gets an update. It is not limited to the buttons you see on the main page of the control center. You can slide down to see media playback and home controls. You can also directly change the control center from the control center by pressing a editing button in a corner.
There is a new set of API for Control Center, which means that third -party developers can create shortcuts of control and lock screen. For example, Apple has shown that you can replace the camera button on the lock screen with a snapchat button.
Applications can now be individually locked. In this way, you must identify yourself with Face ID, Touch ID or your password to unlock this application. This application does not appear in the search results either. Being able to hide applications will also be important for AI’s features.
Messages Receive a very welcome update in the Tapbacks. You can now react to messages with any emoji or sticker and they will appear in color (almost like in all other messaging applications). You can send messages later and format text (underline, strikethrough, etc.). Apple also adds RCS support At iOS 18. It was announced previously, but the calendar was not clear. As a reminder, RCS is an update of the SMS protocol with more features, such as the native group support.
Email You will also get new categories, much like Gmail categories so that promotions, newsletters and other transactional emails are hidden from your reception box. There is also a new digest view that draws all the relevant emails you have received, like your flight information before going to the airport.
Calendar Receives a small update with optional integration with reminders. You can decide to display reminders directly in your calendar.
Wallet gets new capacities. You can Press Cash To reimburse someone by holding your phone together. He uses Apple Cash behind the scenes to charge your card and send money to your friend or family member. Event cards receive an update with more information on your event, such as a stadium card.
NewspaperThe recently introduced journalization application receives an update with information and a new way of quickly finding previous entries. Game modeA special mode that stimulates the performance of devices, arrives on the iPhone. It is no longer limited to MacOS.


THE Photos The application receives its annual update But this one is larger than usual. It is a complete overhaul with a unique unified view. You get the good old photo grid at the top with filters for years and months. There are buttons to filter screenshots, zoom and zoom. It should be a little easier to understand than the old design.
Under the grid, when you scroll down, you access the collections that you can browse by subject: people, travel, favorite memories, etc. These memories were already available but hidden in a separate tab. But you can now reorganize the collections, create pinned collections and personalize the application on your favorite photos.
If you slide on the left, you get an automatic reading video for favorite photos and videos. Apple calls it the carousel and there will be new moments preferred to watch every day.
Although this is not exactly an iOS 18 feature, the next version of MacOS will be functionable iPhone mirror. If you own a Mac, you can reflect your iPhone screen to your Mac. You can interact with your iPhone using your trackpad and your keyboard. The iOS notifications will also appear on your Mac.


iOS gets a new IA brain
All these new features are great updates to the quality of life, but they tell only part of the story around iOS 18. Apple also unveiled Apple Intelligence on WWDCHis new “personal intelligence system” that will be used on all Apple platforms.
“We are extremely enthusiastic about the power of the generative models, and there are already really impressive cat tools that perform a wide range of tasks using global knowledge, but these tools are very few about you or your needs”, said Federighi.
Apple Intelligence will allow your iPhone to understand languages and images on your device. He may take measures according to your personal context.
And it starts with a new notification system. Your iPhone prioritizes your more important notifications. There is a new intelligent focus mode which also allows you to decide to automatically hide the notifications. But it extends in many areas of the operating system. If you write something in notes, mail, pages or third -party applications, Apple Intelligence can also help you write more clearly and make fewer errors. It is a system of writing on the system scale that helps you communicate more effectively by rewriting your text. Apple has shown a cover letter as an example, but users can also select a large block of text and ask Apple Intelligence to summarize the text.
In the mail application, you can generate smart answers without having to type anything. Apple Intelligence will ask you basic questions, as if you want to organize this event or not. In the list of emails, Apple rewrites messaging overviews to summarize the content of the email in a few lines. There is also a new feature to summarize the content of your reception box.


Apple Intelligence also adds new capacities for images, from photos to emojis and GIFs. You can create images generated by Ai-Ai with your family friends and members (like Easel, a third-party application created by former Snap engineers and that We have covered). It is based on your device photos and you can select between different styles, such as animated film or illustration.
The company also unveiled Genmoji. These are emojis that you generate with an prompt and you can use in the messages app. You can also generate emojis that look like your friends depending on your photo library.
These images generated by AI-AI will live in a new image playground. It will be available in superposition in addition to your application, such as messages. But Apple will also send a dedicated image game application. Third -party developers will also be able to access and play with this image playground.
Photo retouching in the Photos Application has also been updated with a new cleaning tool powered by AI. These new AI capacities also allow you to search in your library to find something very specific – it could be something that happens in the middle of a video.
Of course, Apple Intelligence will also increase Siri’s capacities. You can say things like “find this file that Arthur shared with me last week” or “show me photos of Tim and me”.
While Siri has existed for many years, It’s not great. Apple also updates Siri’s design. When you talk to Siri, it adds a line around your screen to show that you talk to Siri without hiding anything on your screen. You can get a weather pop-up, create an event or get instructions to send emails at a later date.


Siri will have the ability to take hundreds of new actions in and between applications. For example, you can find an old photo of a family trip, tell Siri to make it appear more and add it to a note without touching your device. This is a new interaction method based on application intentions, a frame that is already used for SIRI, shortcuts and other automation features. Third -party developers can create their own application intentions.
It will be interesting to test this new version of Siri when available; The demos worked well in the pre -recorded video of Apple. If you want to type with Siri, you can double the multitasking line at the bottom of the phone to pull a conversation with Siri. This could be useful for requests in several steps as in Chatgpt.
Apple said that the company had built a chatgpt integration fueled by the GPT-4 model. It is integrated into Siri and new writing tools at the system scale. You will have to accept to share information with Openai when you want to speak to Chatgpt. All Apple Intelligence’s feature will be available for now if you have an iPhone 15 pro or later. You don’t need to create an Openai account to use the functionality, but you can log in to unlock Chatgpt Plus features. The company says it plans to integrate other models in the future.

