Photos Get Updates, New Collections, and Personalisation
The largest redesign for Photos is implemented to make it easier for users to locate and recall memorable moments. A new collection allows users to browse content by topics without having to arrange it into albums, and a simpler single view presents a familiar grid. To make favourites easily available, collections can also be pinned. Favourite people, animals, locations, and more are highlighted in a fresh carousel perspective that changes every day. You can browse and enjoy old moments with the app’s autoplaying content, which brings libraries to life.
New Ways to Connect with iMessage
iMessage receives all-new text effects that bring conversations to life by amplifying any letter, word, phrase, or emoji with dynamic, animated appearances. Users can better express tone by adding formatting like bold, underline, italics, and strikethrough. Tapbacks expand to include any emoji or sticker, and now users can compose a message and schedule to send it at a later time.
iOS 18 introduces Messages via satellite for the times when cellular and Wi-Fi connections aren’t available. Powered by the same groundbreaking technology as existing iPhone satellite capabilities, Messages via satellite automatically prompts users to connect to their nearest satellite right from the Messages app to send and receive texts, emoji, and Tapbacks over iMessage and SMS.3 With Dynamic Island, users always know when they are connected to a satellite. Because iMessage was built to protect user privacy, iMessages sent via satellite are end-to-end encrypted.
Updates to Safari
Safari now provides an even simpler way to find information online. Safari now offers an even easier way to discover information on the web with Highlights and a redesigned Reader experience. Using machine learning. It has the ability to reveal important webpage information using machine learning. Users can listen to an artist’s track directly from an article on the song or album, or they can instantly find the location of a restaurant, hotel, or landmark by reading the synopsis of the article. With a synopsis and table of contents included for lengthier articles, Reader has been revamped to provide even more options to consume articles without being interrupted.
Apple Intelligence
With Apple Intelligence, people may write better and communicate more successfully in new and creative ways. Users can revise, proofread, and summarise content almost anywhere they write, including Mail, Notes, Pages, and third-party applications, thanks to brand-new systemwide Writing Tools included in iOS 18.
With Image Playground, users can create playful images in seconds, choosing from three styles: Animation, Illustration, or Sketch. Image Playground is easy to use, built right into apps like Messages, and also available in a dedicated app.
Memories in Photos lets users create the stories they want to see just by typing a description. Apple Intelligence will pick out the best photos and videos based on the description, craft a storyline with chapters based on themes identified from the photos, and arrange them into a movie with its own narrative arc. In addition, a new Clean Up tool can identify and remove distracting objects in the background of a photo — without accidentally altering the subject.
With the power of Apple Intelligence, Siri takes a major step forward, becoming even more natural, contextually relevant, and personal. Users can type to Siri, and switch between text and voice to communicate with Siri in whatever way feels right for the moment.