Whats New in iOS 18
Whats New in iOS 18
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Personalize your Home Screen. Arrange apps and widgets on your Home Screen and
change their size. Tint apps your favorite color, or have iPhone suggest a color that
complements your wallpaper. See Customize apps and widgets on the iPhone Home
Screen.
Messages. Add text effects such as bold, italics, underline, and strikethrough to emphasize
your messages, or apply animated effects to any letter, word, phrase, or emoji—many of
which are automatically suggested as you type. React to messages in new ways by using
any emoji or sticker as a Tapback. Schedule a message to send at a specified time and use
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satellite capabilities to stay connected when you’re
without Wi-Fi or cellular coverage. See Style and
animate messages on iPhone, React with Tapbacks in
Messages on iPhone, Schedule a message on iPhone
to send later, and Send a text message via satellite on
iPhone.
Maps. View topographic maps with detailed trail networks and hikes, including all 63 U.S.
national parks. Save hiking maps to your iPhone to access them offline with turn-by-turn
voice guidance. You can create custom walking and hiking routes with different route options,
such as one way, out and back, or loop. See Get walking directions in Maps on iPhone and
Save walks or hikes in Maps on iPhone.
FaceTime. Help friends and family with their devices by tapping and drawing on your screen
to point out what they should do on theirs. Or ask for permission to control their device
remotely. See Share your screen in a FaceTime call on iPhone and Request or give remote
control in a FaceTime call on iPhone.
Wallet. Use Tap to Cash to send and receive Apple Cash by holding your iPhone or
Apple Watch near the other person’s iPhone or Apple Watch, without having to share phone
numbers. Event tickets include an event guide about the venue with recommendations from
Apple apps. View your rewards or points balances in Wallet and use Apple Pay to pay with
rewards or installments. See Send Apple Cash with Tap to Cash, Use passes in Wallet on
iPhone, and Use Apple Pay in apps and on the web on iPhone.
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Notes. You can record live audio in a note and have
the speech transcribed to text. Make text stand out
with color, use collapsible headers in text-heavy
sections, and solve mathematical equations instantly
with Math Notes. See Record and transcribe audio in
Notes on iPhone, Create and format notes on iPhone,
and Enter formulas and equations in Notes on iPhone.
Privacy and Security. Redesigned Privacy and Security settings help you manage how
much information you share with apps, and you can decide specific contacts you want to
share with an app instead of your entire contact list. See Control access to information in
apps on iPhone and Control access to your contacts on iPhone.
Accessibility. Eye Tracking makes it possible for people to control iPhone with just their
eyes. Music Haptics syncs the iPhone Taptic Engine with the rhythm of songs and Vocal
Shortcuts helps people with severe atypical speech record sounds that trigger specific
actions on iPhone. See Control iPhone with the movement of your eyes, Play music on
iPhone as taps, textures, and more, and Use Vocal Shortcuts on iPhone.
Emergency SOS Live Video. Share streaming video and recorded media during emergency
calls, making it easier and faster to get the help you need. See Use SOS to contact
emergency services on your iPhone.
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Freeform. Scenes let you organize and present your
board section by section. Send a copy of your board to
anyone with just a link. An improved diagramming
mode makes it easier to form connections on your
canvas. See Navigate and present scenes in your
Freeform boards on iPhone, Send a copy or PDF of a
Freeform board on iPhone, and Add diagrams to a
Freeform board on iPhone.
Learn tricks for iOS 18. The Tips app adds new
suggestions regularly, so you can get the most from your iPhone. See Get tips.
Note: New features and apps may vary depending on your iPhone model, region, language,
and carrier.
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