The launch of iOS 17 was not long ago, but still, many people are talking about iOS 18 and what features and modifications will come with it. The new and major change in software will come in iOS 18, according to the recent rumors. There are also expectations of a deeper focus on AI. But we still have to wait for approximately seven months for the iOS upgrade of 18 and many expected features are already hitting the horizon. The most excitation about this release is due to the rumors that it will be Apple’s upcoming big release. Let’s dive in to learn about the rumors or expectations about the upcoming iOS 18.
When the iOS is expected to come out?
If we consider that they will release in the same way as they performed in the few last years, we should expect her to witness an official announcement on the WWDC. The WWDC is the World Wide Developer Conference that is held in the middle of the year normally. Subsequently, the event is supposed to be held in early June, as it took place in the last few years.
The major keynote in which Apple discloses the latest features of its main software release of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, and Apple TV is normally held on the event’s first Monday. According to the survey, it may take place on 3 or 10 June 2024.
Expected iOS 18 features:
There are a lot of rumors that the distinctive features will come in iOS 18, but there is not any proper confirmation of what will come next. Let’s find out the rumored and expected features so far:
1. An overhaul with lesser bugs:
According to the resources, Apple will come up with some unique or bigger iOS update cycle. In the previous iOS 17, apple displayed fascinating features like Name drop and Contact Posters. However, that was still not a major overhaul. On the contrary, it was just polishing the features as it throws news capabilities in a mix. Meanwhile, this will not be the same case in iOS 18.
Mark Gurman said according to this aspect that “the update could be even more critical than usual.” He even said that the iPhone 16 lineup will not be as noteworthy as of models of iPhone 15, as it displayed the 48MP primary camera in the vanilla models and showed an impressive titanium frame along with an A17 Pro powerful chipset in its Pro models.
According to the rumors the iOS 18 will display fewer bugs and issues as compared to its previous ones. Mark Gurman claimed that Apple stopped further development of software updates in 2024 to remove any type of bugs and issues in code. This thing shows that Apple has become extra cautious in case of bugs and glitches. So, we can expect a polished interface with fewer issues or bugs in the next year’s update.
2. Smarter Siri:
According to a recent report, individuals believe that AI will play a vital role in the new update of iOS. In this aspect, Mark Gurman shared a report that the new update will feature an impressive generative AI technology that gained a lot of attention from the people after the Chat GPT launch by Open AI. The introduction of generative AI will play an imperative role in Siri and Message App as it will field the queries and generate auto-completed sentences. This feature may make its debut with the software update in iOS 18.
It has also been reported that there are plans to add extensive language models in Siri that will provide a deep integration along with a shortcuts app. It will let the user experience automate difficult tasks. In addition to this, the Apple team firmly believes that their advanced language model that is Ajax GPT will be effectively better than Chat GPT of Open AI.
3. Feature of RCS message:
Apple has confirmed bringing the feature of RCS messaging as iPhone will support this. According to the current situation, we can expect that the iPhone may add this as the iOS 18 feature. The RCS messaging will allow smooth communication between iPhone and Android smartphone users. But still, Apple will not eliminate iMessage on their iPhones by replacement with RCS messaging. However, both features will co-exist and facilitate a seamless user experience. Subsequently, the path of communication among iPhone users will not change and will rely on the same iMessage. RCS will bring a variety of modifications in the existing standard messaging between iPhone and Android smartphones. The improvements will be:
- Better Group Chats
- Accessibility of sharing location
- Voice messages
- Indicators of typing
- An enhanced encryption
- Receipts reading
- Higher-resolution of photos and videos
- Messaging by Wi-Fi
Which iPhones will be compatible with iOS 18?
No one knows which iPhone will be compatible with IOS 18, we can only guess at the moment but won’t know what is ahead and waiting for us. By analyzing the dropping support of iOS 17 for the models that were released in 2017, we can speculate that the chopping block of models of 2018 is for the upcoming iOS 18. In this scenario, the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR models will not be compatible with iOS 18. And Apple may provide a life of another year to these models.
Conclusion:
To sum up, we can expect a lot of new software updates in iOS 18 as there will not be many changes in the hardware update. We can seek a better iPhone with fewer bugs and glitches that cause a plethora of issues for its users. The iPhone users can look forward to many impressive features like RCS and Smarter Siri with the help of generative AI. However, there are also chances that we may not witness these features in some of the models.
