- Apple has launched a second launch candidate for iOS 18.4
- The last rumors suggest that the update could be launched on April 1.
- List of official Apple version notes intelligence updates and other new features
Apple has launched the second release candidate for iOS 18.4, and although we still do not have a launch date for iOS 18.4 itself, it seems likely that the next half -year update is just around the corner.
In fact, we hope that iOS 18.4 will land as soon as this week (Macrumors predicts on April 1), and this version prior to the launch of the update gives us an official idea of what to expect.
It seems that iOS 18.4 is a fairly substantial update for the middle of the year standards: Apple Intelligence continues its unstable deployment, the photos application obtains some new features, Apple News+ obtains some new tasty recipes and the enjoyers of environmental music are surprising.
As for compatibility, all iPhone models currently admitted to iOS 18.3, that is the iPhone XS for the current generation iPhone alignment, you will surely admit iOS 18.4.
New Intelligence characteristics of Apple
IOS 18.4 Go to Apple continue the launch of Apple’s intelligence for compatible devices, with a handful of features announced for the first time in 2024 finally reaching users.
The Big Ticket article this time is the priority notifications, which uses AI to identify important notifications and set them to their lock screen.
Image Playground also obtains a backward feature in the form of the sketch style, which allows users to create images inspired by hand -drawn sketches with AI.
Another minor addition is the review summaries in the App Store; That is an overview generated by the AI of the user -generated application reviews.
Apple Intelligence also receives support for eight new languages: Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), French (France, Canada), Italian, Japanese, Korean and German, as well as two local English dialects, for Singapore and India.
Siri remarkably lacks in these launch notes: we originally hope to see Siri obtain his long -awaited Apple intelligence update with iOS 18.4, but it seems that we will be waiting even more for this (hopefully) an update that changes game.
Now it seems more likely that Siri obtains its update with iOS 19, which will probably be launched in September along with the rumored iPhone line 17.
Photo application updates
iOS 18.4 Bring a selection of new features to the photos application, which makes it easier to organize and reorganize your photos and videos.
All collections obtain a selection of filtering options, such as including or excluding photos of a particular album or first classifying the oldest or newest photos.
Users also obtain the ability to order their media by modified date, instead of the date created, which is useful to keep together recently trimmed photos.
Now it is also possible to disable recently shared and recently newly created automatically created albums, and hidden photos will no longer be imported to Mac or PC if the user has enabled the FACE ID safety option.
Apple news+ receives recipes
With iOS 18.4, Apple News+ wins a new food section full of stories about healthy eating, restaurants and recipes.
It is a quite considerable addition to the already quite complete Apple News+ Service, and offers users many new articles to deepen.
The recipe catalog allows users to save recipes for later, and a monitoring cooking mode makes them put into practice a piece of cake.
Keep in mind that this is a new feature for the Apple News+service, which costs $ 12.99 / £ 12.99 / AU $ 19.99 per month, and not for the free Apple News application.
Vision Pro obtain your own application for iPhone
IOS 18.4 Add the Vision Pro application to the iPhone, giving Vision Pro users the ability to verify the new spatial content and obtain rapid information about its headphones.
Due to the sounds of things, the application will automatically be installed for those with a Vision Pro headset registered in its Apple account.
Environmental Music of the Control Center
This is strange. Apple is adding an environmental music function dedicated to the iPhone with iOS 18.4, but it is not its own application, or even a part of the Apple Music application.
Instead, users have to add the control of environmental music to their control center, similar to the way Shazam is currently implemented.
Then, users get access to four environmental music playlists, titled Sleep, Chill, Productivity and Wellbeing.
For those who have not found environmental music before, it is a form of relaxed and slow music that aims to be pleasant to listen without approach; We are generally talking about wood winds, strings, synthesizers and lack of percussion.
The launch notes do not suggest that users will need an Apple Music subscription to use the new environmental music function.
Other new features
In addition to the new features mentioned above, iOS 18.4 also comes with a handful of smaller updates and error corrections.
For example, screen time limits now remain in place when an application is uninstalled and reinstated, and it is easier to add safe configurations for children during the device settings. Safari also receives recent search suggestions.
In addition, 10 new languages of the system have been added to iOS: Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Hate, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
The full version notes can be found in the Apple developer blog. Be sure to let us know what you are waiting for more in the comments below.
