New features available with iOS 18

Apple Intelligence
Writing Tools Rewrite Style
Create multiple versions of your text that Rewrite your text in a new style, such as
maintain your tone. Easily swap in an “professional,” “concise,” or “friendly.”
option you prefer and continue writing or
refining, or go right back to your original.

Proofread Summarize
View suggested improvements to what Select text wherever you re writing and
you re writing, like grammar fixes and generate a high-quality summary.
language refinements. Quickly accept Summarize content of all kinds like
all suggestions with a tap or view the documents, articles, or communications to
explanations to better understand the quickly understand the important points.
changes and accept the ones you want.

Describe Compose
The text field in Writing Tools lets you Ask ChatGPT to create original content
describe a more specific change you want from scratch. You can also use ChatGPT s
to make to your text. Make it read like a image generation capabilities to add
poem, simplify the vocabulary, or even images alongside your written content.
turn it into a formal letter.

Image Playground Image Playground app Create Images with Concepts

Have fun and experiment with all the Choose from a range of concepts to
features of Image Playground in a new add them to your playground from
app. You can easily create new images, categories like themes, costumes,
access all the images you ve previously accessories, and places.
created, remix previous images, and
share your creations with friends and
family using your favorite social and
communication apps.

Create Images with People You Know Create Images with Characters
Create an image of your friend on the Easily define a character to add to your
moon or a family member on a surfboard images in Image Playground by choosing
with Image Playground thanks to Apple their gender and skin tone, and by
Intelligence s understanding of people in providing a short description.
your photo library.

Create Images with Photos Create Images with Text

Create images inspired by a photo by When you want to create a more
taking one, selecting one from your specific image, you can add descriptions
photo library, or dragging one into to your playground to shape the images
Image Playground. you create.

Suggested Concepts Quick Previews

Image Playground offers intelligent Quickly see a selection of previews as you
suggestions to add to your image that add concepts, and choose the one you like
are related to previous concepts you to create it with more detail and at a higher
selected, the context of a messages resolution and save it to your Image
thread in Messages, or your notes in the Playground library.
Notes app.

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Freely experiment with different concepts When you create an image, it s saved to
without worrying about losing any previous your Image Playground library and synced
previews you liked. When you remove a across your devices with iCloud. You can
concept you previously added, Image access your library from Messages to
Playground remembers what previews easily share your creations, and you can
were created before you added it and revisit and remix your images in Image
can quickly bring them back for you. Playground as well.

Animation style Illustration style

Create fantastical creatures, expressive Create uplifting and playful compositions
animals, exaggerated human figures, and with stylized and exaggerated characters
more, all against immersive and detailed against minimal backgrounds using a
environments with rich textures using a contemporary illustration style defined by
modern, 3D-animated style. simple shapes, clean lines, and flat color
blocking with a diverse color palette.

Sketch style Messages experience

Produce delightful drawings perfect for Create a fun image to share with friends
Notes using an academic and highly using the new experience in Messages.
detailed sketch style with vibrant colors When you first open Image Playground in
and a technical line style. Messages, it will suggest concepts related
to your most recent conversation. You can
also create a new image from scratch, or
just select one of your previously created
images from your Image Playground
library.

Deep integrations
Create images in Notes, Pages, Numbers,
Keynote, and Freeform to elevate your
documents, spreadsheets, presentations,
or boards with delightful images.

Siri Personal context understanding In-app actions

With the on-device semantic index Siri can take hundreds of new actions on
provided by Apple Intelligence, Siri can your behalf, in both first- and third-party
understand emails, messages, photos, apps. The next time you re editing photos,
calendar events, files, and more, and can you ll be able to say “Make this photo
provide answers to questions that are warmer,” and Siri will make adjustments
personal to you. For example, when you using the Photos app. Siri can take actions
say “What was that movie that Jamie told across apps too, so after you re done
me I should check out?” Siri will dig up the editing that photo, say “Add this to my
message from last week. And when you re ratatouille recipe note” and Siri will jump
filling out a form and say “Add my passport from the Photos app to the Notes app to
number here,” Siri can extract the number take care of it.
from a saved photo of your passport and
drop it in.

Onscreen awareness More resilient request handling

Siri will be able to understand and take If you stumble over your words or change
action with things on your screen, so when your mind mid-sentence, Siri will still
a friend texts you recommending a new follow along. For example, you might say
coffee shop in the neighborhood, you can “Siri, set an alarm—wait no, sorry, I meant
simply say “How long would it take me to a timer for 10 minutes—actually, let s make
walk there from home?” and Siri will that 15.”
understand just what you mean.

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Siri remembers what you talked about in Siri can answer thousands of questions
recent requests, so if you ask when the about the features and settings on your
Warriors are playing next and then say Apple products by drawing on large
“Add that to my calendar,” Siri will know language models that are trained on
just what you mean. Apple support documentation.

Glowing edge light Type to Siri

You ll now see an elegant glowing light You now have the option to type to Siri at
that wraps around your screen when any time, and you can ask Siri all the same
you speak to Siri. The new edge light things by text as you can ask by voice. You
responsively animates with the sound of can switch fluidly between text and voice,
your voice and makes it possible to keep so you can communicate in whatever way
scrolling, typing, or otherwise navigating feels right for the moment.
your device while you talk to Siri.

Predictive text in Siri keyboard Suggestions in Siri keyboard

As you type a request to Siri, you ll see Suggested requests appear above
predictive text that helps you complete the keyboard as you type, giving you
your request faster. The Siri keyboard ultrafast access to actions that Siri
features a predictive text model designed can help you with.
specifically to help accelerate Siri
requests.

More natural voice More visually rich responses

Siri sounds more natural, expressive, Responses that draw upon information
and clear, and is now synthesized entirely from within an app have been redesigned
on device by Apple Intelligence new to be even more closely aligned to the look
language models. and feel of the app they are referencing.
So when Siri responds to your question
about the weather, the response looks
like it was plucked straight out of the
Weather app.

ChatGPT integration
Siri can tap into ChatGPT to help you with
certain requests when it determines
ChatGPT can provide a helpful answer.
You can also ask questions about photos
and documents including PDFs and
presentations. You will be asked before
requests or information are sent to
ChatGPT. Siri then presents you the
answer directly.

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Focus understands the content of your Your device will determine if a notification
notifications and selectively surfaces only is important enough to break through with
the ones that might need immediate the Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing
attention, like a text about today s daycare option. It can be turned on for any Focus
pickup or a last-minute invite to dinner mode, so you don t miss your food delivery
tonight. when you re in Do Not Disturb.

Genmoji Genmoji
Generate unique, emoji-style stickers
right from the keyboard. In the sticker
creator, just type what you want to create,
like “dog on a surfboard,” and see your
creation appear in seconds.

Mail Priority messages Preview summaries

Know what to prioritize as soon as you Know the key information before you even
open Mail with priority messages at open the thread with brief summaries that
the top of your inbox that are based on appear in the email preview instead of the
what s most urgent. first few lines of that email.

Thread summaries Smart Reply

When you open an email thread, tap to Based on the content of the email you
see a detailed summary that helps you received, Mail will show you smart options
get the gist of a lengthy email or several to quickly choose from that add detail to
emails in the same thread. the reply, like answering specific questions
you were asked. When you make your
selections, your Smart Reply incorporates
your choices into the generated draft so
it s ready to send.

Messages Smart Reply Summaries

Quickly respond to messages with Previews of messages in your
generated options that appear right in the conversation list will show brief summaries
prediction bar when you tap the text field instead of the beginning of your most
to respond. Messages will understand the recent messages, so at a glance you
content of the conversation and offer know the key information before you
options that are relevant to the context. even open the chat.

Notes Transcription summaries1 Image Wand

Get an intelligently created summary of Select Image Wand from your tool palette
key points from your audio recording, so to select a drawing and create an image
you can review what happened without from it. You can modify what you create by
going through the entire transcript. adding text or drawing on top of the
original image. You can even circle blank
space in your note to have Image Wand
create an image from nearby text.

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Immediately see the things that may Multiple notifications from a single app
require your attention, like a work are grouped in a stack with a glanceable
message about a deliverable due that summary on top that lets you know the
day, with priority notifications that are most important information. For many
based on what s most urgent and appear communication apps like Mail and
at the top of your notifications. Messages, the content of your
notifications will be summarized so you
can get all the key information without
tapping the notification to open the app.

Announce Notifications support

Announce Notifications can read aloud
your notification summaries when using
AirPods or CarPlay.

Phone Call summaries

Recall key details at a glance with
intelligently generated call summaries.

Photos Natural language photo and video Create your own Memories
search Create a memory about the specific
Search supports natural language queries story you want to see, just by typing a
and expanded understanding, so you can description. Photos writes a storyline,
search for just what you mean, like “fluffy complete with unique chapters, and
white dog on a green couch.” You can also selects a great set of photos and videos
search for an action that happened within to create your movie, complete with a
a video, and Photos will take you to the perfectly paired song.
correct segment.

Clean Up tool2
Remove distracting elements from your
photos with the Clean Up tool for those
times when an unwanted object spoiled
the moment.

Apple Intelligence is available in beta on iPhone 15 Pro models, iPhone 16 and later models with Siri and
device language set to U.S. English. It is coming to iOS 18 as a free software update this fall. Some features,
additional languages, and platforms will be coming over the course of the next year.

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Customization More flexible placement Unique page layouts
Place app icons and widgets in any open With the option to place app icons and
position on the Home Screen to create widgets wherever you d like, you can
the ideal layout. Arrange them along the organize each Home Screen page with
bottom, right above the dock, for quicker unique layouts that are most helpful
reach. Or off to the side, so that your for you.
favorite wallpaper can shine through.

Dark icons Tinted icons

Customize app icons and widgets to Give app icons your own personal touch
automatically adjust to a new darker with color. With the new customization
aesthetic when your phone enters sheet, tint the app icons and widgets on
Dark Mode, or set them to always your Home Screen with the color of your
appear dark. They make your Home choice. iOS will even suggest a color
Screen look even more sleek. to help you get started. Match your
wallpaper, set a mood, or go for that
minimalist monochromatic look.

Larger icons
Make all the app icons and widgets on
your screen appear even larger, removing
the name underneath, for a new
streamlined look.

Control Center Redesigned Control Center Groups of controls

Control Center is redesigned with Continue swiping from the right edge
convenient groups of controls, the ability to jump quickly to convenient groups
to arrange controls just the way you want, of controls, including your most used
and support for new controls from third- controls, including Home controls,
party apps. Media Playback, and Connectivity.

Controls gallery Rearrange and resize your controls

The new Controls gallery displays the full Customize how your controls are laid out
set of available controls, including new and resize them into the ideal view.
controls from third-party apps, that you
can drop right into the group you choose,
or build out entirely new groups too.

Controls on your Lock Screen Controls with the Action button

Swap out the controls at the bottom of Quickly access controls from the Controls
the Lock Screen for something else from gallery with the Action button as well. It s
the Controls gallery, including those from yet another way iPhone can help you
your favorite apps. Quickly capture the accomplish an important task in an instant.
moment for your social media the instant Available on iPhone 15 Pro and later
you pull iPhone out of your pocket. Or models and iPhone 16 models.
remove them entirely for the ultimate
minimalist Lock Screen.

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The new Photos design is gorgeous, easy Your library is automatically organized into
to use, and customizable. A simplified, helpful new collections of photos so you
unified app layout puts everything you can browse and find content in your library
need in a single view, with the familiar by themes—without having to organize
photo grid at the top and automatically your entire library into albums.
organized collections below.

Recent Days Groups in People & Pets

View your recent events and activities People & Pets now includes groups of
without the clutter, so you can easily show your favorite people, like you with your
a friend the photos from last Sunday s epic partner, you and your pet, or you with your
ride—and share the photos with a tap. best friends.

Trips Wallpaper suggestions

Trips organizes your adventures in one Find your next perfect wallpaper, complete
place, so you can relive your travels. with style suggestions.
Quickly jump to a specific year to see
your trips from that year.

Collection view options Pinned Collections

There are multiple options to view Keep your frequently accessed content
and enjoy each group of photos—in a types right at your fingertips, like Favorites,
beautiful editorial view, in a grid, as a Recently Saved, Places, Videos, your
memory, or on a map. favorite custom albums, screenshots,
Recently Edited photos, or your pet or a
group of people.

Hide screenshots from your library Months and Years highlights

A new button in the grid helps you reduce From Grid view, tap Months to see
clutter by filtering to specific media types, highlighted events, or Years to see a
your favorites, or by hiding screenshots highlight from each month in your library,
from the view. so you can quickly jump back in time.

Expanded content types in Utilities Customize the Photos app

Utilities includes new content types Personalize the Photos app just how
like documents, receipts, handwriting, you like it by customizing the order of
illustrations, and QR codes, and content Collections, and choose Pinned
you ve recently accessed like Recently Collections to keep at your fingertips.
Added, Viewed, Edited, and Shared.

Clean Up tool* Edit albums in folders

Remove distracting elements from your Add or remove existing albums in folders.
photos with the Clean Up tool for those
times when an unwanted object spoiled
the moment.

Album attribution Edit in light or dark mode

View which custom albums a photo has Choose to edit your photos with a dark or
been added to in the Info pane. light background, or default to the system
appearance.

Smart copy and paste edits Video speed control

Edit similar images quickly by choosing Adjust the playback speed of high frame
whether to include the crop aspect ratio, rate video for dramatic slowed-down
and match exposure and white balance effects, and choose in and out points.
across photos when copying and
pasting edits.

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Photos creates a montage with Don t worry about writer s block—you
unique chapters for you, in addition to can create a memory by selecting a
chronological stories. It picks out the best suggested description, provided by
photos and videos and arranges them into Photos, based on recent events, trips,
chapters that match the story arc. Lastly, and people that you ve photographed.
it even picks out a great title and song
to match.

Messages Text effects Text formatting

Add dynamic, animated effects like Add text formatting like bold, underline,
Explode or Ripple to any letter, word, italics, and strikethrough to any letter,
or phrase in iMessage to bring your word, or phrase in iMessage to better
conversations to life. express your tone.

Messages via satellite3 iMessage over satellite

Message your friends and family directly Send end-to-end encrypted texts, emoji,
from the Messages app when you are off Tapbacks, and replies with iMessage
the grid and without cellular or Wi-Fi over satellite.
coverage. When going off the grid, you are
immediately prompted to connect to the
nearest satellite right from the Messages
app to begin messaging over satellite.

SMS over satellite Satellite connection in Dynamic Island

Connect with friends and family who are A Live Activity in Dynamic Island will
not on iPhone with SMS over satellite. always let you know that you are
connected to satellite. Dynamic Island
will even help you reconnect when
connection is lost.

Emoji and sticker Tapbacks Send Later

Tapback with any emoji or sticker, giving Compose a message now and schedule
you infinite ways to react to a message. it to send later for the times when it s late
Multiple Tapbacks on a single bubble and you don t want a message to send
are spread out to let you better view the until the morning, or when you don t want
three most recently added. to forget to celebrate an important
birthday or other milestone.
RCS (Rich Communication Services) Low Quality Image Mode improvements
Message your friends and family who don t Send images in Messages as their original
use iMessage over RCS, which brings size or compressed with minimal quality
support for richer media and more reliable loss while in Low Quality Image Mode.
group messaging than SMS/MMS as well
as delivery and read receipts.

High-quality Images
Send most images up to 100MB at full
resolution over iMessage, depending on
device and network conditions.

Mail Transactions category*4 Updates category*4

Reference your confirmations, Catch up on news, newsletters, and social
receipts, shipping, and travel information updates.
in one place.

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Browse your marketing, coupons, and Mail from Transactions, Updates, and
sale emails. Promotions that is time sensitive lands in
Primary so you can act on it straight away.
You can identify these emails in Primary by
their category icon next to the message.

Grouped by sender Quick action

Mail in Transactions, Updates, and Perform actions like mark as read, delete,
Promotions is grouped by sender, and archive on a sender group.
making it faster to find mail from a
particular business or organization.

Recategorization
Easily move an email sender into a
different category. All past emails from
that sender will be moved and new
messages will automatically sorted
into the new category.

Safari Highlights5 Location highlights6

Discover helpful information about a web Check the location and get directions and
page like a summary, a location, a person, phone number to a restaurant, hotel, or
music, movies, and TV shows. landmark from a location highlight.

Summary highlights Music highlights

Review a summary of an article before Listen to an artist s song or album in your
reading on with a summary highlight. favorite streaming app from a music
highlight.

Movie and TV show highlights Person highlights

Check out a movie or TV show from Learn more about someone featured on a
a movie or TV show highlight. web page from a person highlight.

Redesigned Reader5,6 Distraction Control

Reader offers even more ways to enjoy Hide items on a web page that you find
articles with a streamlined view of the distracting. You can easily revert the
article you re reading, a summary, and changes later if you change your mind.
a table of contents for longer articles.

Passwords Passwords app Passwords and passkeys

See all your passwords, passkeys, Easily save your passwords and passkeys
verification codes, Wi-Fi passwords, and autofill them into websites and apps,
and Sign in with Apple credentials for either by saving them during account
websites and apps in one place. creation or manually adding them later.

Sign in with Apple Wi-Fi passwords

See what apps and websites you ve Access Wi-Fi passwords you ve saved so
used Sign in with Apple or Hide My Email you can easily refer to them or share with
to sign in. You can also now add Sign in others.
with Apple credentials to shared
password groups.

Verifications codes Sorting

Set up two-factor verification codes right Sort accounts alphabetically, or by
in Passwords and easily copy them or recently created, to quickly find accounts
autofill into Safari without even opening you re looking for.
the app.

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Your accounts saved in Passwords sync iCloud syncing is backed by incredibly
seamlessly with iCloud so you can access secure end-to-end encryption.
them on your other Apple devices.

Windows support
Access your passwords on Windows in
the iCloud Passwords app.

Maps Hiking and walking Topographic maps7

Maps brings all-new topographic maps, Explore stunning topographic maps with
hikes, and route creation to make it easy contour lines, hill shading, hiking trails,
for you to adventure using Maps. and more on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Hikes6 Create and save walking and hiking

Browse a selection of thousands of hikes routes
available across all U.S. national parks. Easily create custom walking and hiking
Save them to your device and access routes with just a few taps. Save your
them while offline when you re in the park. custom routes so you can easily access
them—even while offline. You can create
custom routes for hikes in the park, regular
exercise routines in your neighborhood,
walking tours while on vacation, and more.

Turn-by-turn navigation Discover and save places

Get turn-by-turn trail navigation with Quickly discover and compare places by
voice guidance that helps you stay on browsing photos, ratings, price level, and
track. more, all without leaving search. Easily
save places with just a tap, and add a note
on what you want to remember about a
place or why you like it. Easily access all
your saved places, guides, and hiking
routes in the all-new Places Library.

Gaming Game Mode

Provides a more immersive gaming
experience by improving the
responsiveness with wireless accessories
and minimizing background activity to
sustain the highest frame rates.

Wallet Event tickets Pay with installments7

Enjoy a richer fan experience with a Get access to installment financing
beautiful new design and great new options from your bank or card provider
features, including support for Live for your credit and debit card purchases,
Activities and a smart event guide that right when you check out with Apple Pay
combines helpful information about your online and in apps. For developers and
event with recommendations from your merchants, this requires no integration—it
favorite Apple apps. just works using the standard Apple Pay
implementation.

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View your card rewards balance in Wallet Enable Apple Pay as a payment option for
and Pay with Rewards when you check out online transactions on third-party
with Apple Pay online and in apps.8 Your browsers and PCs.
rewards are automatically converted into
dollars that you can use to put towards
your purchase. For developers and
merchants, this requires no integration—
it just works using the standard Apple Pay
implementation.

Tap to Cash9 Tap to provision

Exchange Apple Cash quickly and Easily add eligible credit or debit cards to
privately, without sharing phone numbers Wallet by tapping your card to the back of
or email addresses, just by holding your your iPhone.
phones together.

AirPods Siri Interactions Voice Isolation

Respond to Siri announcements with For the best call quality with AirPods,
AirPods by simply nodding your head Voice Isolation enables you to take calls
yes or shaking your head no. even in windy conditions or places with
loud background noise.

Personalized Spatial Audio for gaming10 Reduced gaming audio latency11

Puts you in the middle of the action like For high-fidelity audio while streaming
never before with a new API that makes it with your audience or chatting with friends
easy for developers to deliver the most while gaming, audio quality is now leveled
immersive audio experience with AirPods. up to 16 bits, 48 kHz.

In-game voice quality11

For high-quality in-game audio, quality
is now leveled up to 16 bits, 48 kHz,
while streaming or chatting with friends
while gaming.

Notes Audio recording Live transcription12

Record audio sessions right from your Get a live transcription of audio in a
note, and keep them with related conversation or lecture from your
comments, checklists, and documents. recordings. Transcript text stays in sync
You can even edit your note while with your audio, so it s quick to scrub
recording, so you re always able to jot through a transcript to find just the
down something important. moment you re looking for in a recording.
Transcripts are also searchable, so you
can always find what you need.

Phone call transcription1 Math in Notes

Capture a phone conversation as text Enter expressions and equations in your
and audio. note to have them solve instantly. You
have all of the functionality of Math Notes
in any note, including variables, graphs,
and more.

Access Math Notes from Calculator Collapsible sections

Work on the Math Notes you created in Clean up extra-long notes by hiding text
Calculator when you re in Notes—they under new collapsible section headers.
automatically sync to your Math Notes
folder.

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Make text in your note stand out using Find words in PDFs and document scans
highlighting with five different color with an improved search experience that
options. takes you to what you re looking for within
the document.

Journal State of Mind integration Log mindful minutes

Log your state of mind right from within Automatically add the time you spent
Journal and see your previously logged writing in Journal as mindful minutes
emotions or mood included in Journaling in Health.
Suggestions.

Insights view Streaks

Keep track of your journaling goals with See how many days or weeks in a row
the all-new insights view that shows you ve added entries to your journal.
writing streaks, fun stats, and a calendar
to easily find past entries.

Calendar Stats
Each day that you ve written is marked on See how many entries and how many
the Insights calendar. Simply tap to view words you ve written over time, and what
entries for a given day. places you ve written about most.

Search and sort Export and print

Easily find past entries with the ability to Export your entire journal or print
search exactly what you re looking for. individual entries to save a digital copy.
You can also choose how your journal is
sorted—by entry date or moment date.

Widgets Quick Actions

Add a widget to your Home Screen or Touch and hold the Journal icon to see
Lock Screen with writing prompts that your suggestions, quickly start a new
change throughout the day, so you can entry, or even record your voice.
reflect on what s going on in the moment.

Audio transcription12 More formatting options

Audio recorded into a journal entry will Express yourself with new options to
be automatically transcribed to help you format your text, including lists, quotes,
remember the moment. and various text styles.

Shortcuts
Make shortcuts that create a new journal
entry for you. You can even include photos
and your location, start a new audio
recording, and more.

Apple TV InSight13 Enhance dialogue14

See real-time actor and music information Hear what s being said onscreen more
that complements the action onscreen, clearly, especially during scenes with
while enjoying Apple TV+ Original movies music and loud effects.
and shows. Select an actor to learn more
about them or easily add a song to an
Apple Music playlist.

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Subtitles will automatically appear at
just the right times, like when the content
language doesn t match your device
language, when you mute the audio,
or when you skip back while watching
a program.

Home Hands-free unlock with home keys16 Guest access17

Unlock the door to your home as you Provide time-based access to locks,
approach, without taking your iPhone garage doors, and alarm systems for up
out of your bag or pocket. to 29 guests in the Home app. Guest
activity will be logged into Activity History,
displaying up to 30 days of activity
including time, the accessory used, and
the name of the person, if applicable.

Pair Matter accessories without a hub18 Control robot vacuum cleaners in the
Add and locally control Wi-Fi based Matter Home app*
accessories to the Home app without Robot vacuum cleaners can participate in
needing a home hub. Thread-based automations and scenes and listen for Siri
accessory management is available with requests, just like other accessories in
iPhone 15 Pro and later. your home. Matter-compatible robot
vacuum cleaners can be added and
controlled in the Home app.

Electricity usage and rates19

Easily access and understand your home
electricity information right from the
Home app. Eligible Pacific Gas and Electric
Company customers can connect their
utility account to the Home app to view
their electricity usage and rate plan
information.

Privacy & Security Improved Contacts preferences Redesigned Privacy & Security settings
Empowers you to choose what contacts More easily manage how much information
to share with an app, and you can add you are sharing with apps. Each data type
more over time. now shows how many apps are accessing
that data, making it easier for you to
find where you are sharing the most
information with apps. Settings will now
note the level of access that apps have
to Photos, Calendar, and Contacts.

Accessory Setup Kit Blocking sensitive content for children

Developers can now seamlessly pair Communication Safety will require a
accessories without accessing Screen Time password for children to view
information about nearby Bluetooth or send sensitive content.
devices or devices on your network.

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Accessibility Eye Tracking20 Music Haptics21
Navigate the entire iPhone experience with Matches the iPhone Taptic Engine with the
just your eyes, including Dwell Control to rhythm of songs so people who are deaf or
tap. And it works with all your favorite hard of hearing can enjoy the Apple Music
apps, no additional hardware required. catalog.

Vocal Shortcuts Vehicle motion cues

Create custom utterances to activate New experience for iPhone that can help
shortcuts and complete tasks on iPhone reduce motion sickness for passengers
like setting a timer or taking a screenshot. in moving vehicles. Dots appear on your
iPhone screen and use built-in sensors to
move with the vehicle to reduce sensory
conflict, without interfering with your
content.

AirPlay Spatial Audio

Experience the sense of being surrounded
in music, including support for Dolby
Atmos, when using AirPlay to stream from
iPhone to HomePod and select third-party,
AirPlay-compatible audio equipment.

Apple Account Share Sign in with Apple credentials

Share access to your Sign in with Apple
credentials with trusted friends and family
members in the new Passwords app. This
makes it easy to share the credentials just
once, similar to setting up a shared family
passwords list.

Calculator Math Notes22 Typed math

With a new Math Notes calculator, you Type out mathematical expressions in
can evaluate expressions, assign variables, Math Notes, and see them instantly solved
and even create graphs by simply typing right inline.
out math.

Variables23 Graphing
Easily assign values to variables and Type out an equation, and with a tap you
then use those variables in expressions can insert a graph. Zoom in or out, or pan
you solve. For example, you can assign around the graph, and resize it to get it just
“x=10” and then type “x + 20 =“ to get right. You can even add multiple equations
an answer. on the same graph to see how they relate
to one another.

Adjust numbers Works with Notes

Quickly adjust any number you type in Access all of your Math Notes in the Notes
Math Notes by tapping it, then swiping app, and even solve math in any of your
your finger across the slider to increase other notes.
or decrease it. You ll see the number and
related equations and graphs update in
real time.

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Type out a mathematical expression in Enter an expression in the basic and
apps like Messages and Mail, and you ll scientific calculators, and you ll see the
see Math Results as suggestions so you full expression before you solve it. You
can easily add them in. can also easily delete characters with
the backspace button.

History Unit conversions

Keep track of previous calculations in Convert length, weight, currencies, and
the basic and scientific calculators, copy more while using the basic and scientific
their results to use in other apps, and tap calculators, or convert typed units using
results to go back to keep working Math Notes.
on them.

Portrait scientific calculator

Access all the capabilities of the scientific
calculator on iPhone in portrait orientation.

Calendar View reminders in Calendar Edit reminders in Calendar

Stay organized and view all your Mark reminders as complete from
scheduled reminders from the Reminders Calendar as you move through your
app right in Calendar along with all your day, move them to schedule them for
other events. a different date or time, or even edit all
their details.

Create reminders in Calendar Updated Month view

Create scheduled reminders right from See your month at a glance with a
Calendar just like you would create an redesigned Month view that shows you
event. This makes it easy to separate event details on each day. Pinch open
events from tasks and keep your tasks to expand the view to see more detail,
synced to the Reminders app. or pinch closed to see less.

Refreshed look
Updates to typography and consistent
event details across Day, Week, and Month
views make your events easier to read.

Camera 5-second timer Continue playing music when taking

Choose to use a 5-second timer in a photo
Camera in addition to 3- and 10-second Music will continue to play via Bluetooth
timers. connections when capturing a photo or
video.

Adjust flash settings via touch and hold Next-gen Portraits enhancements
Access camera flash settings via the touch Adds Portrait Lighting controls and Night
and hold gesture. mode portrait when capturing portraits in
Photo mode.

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Drivers can now listen to Spatial Audio Color Filters, Bold Text, Voice Control, and
songs and albums available in Apple Music Sound Recognition accessibility settings
and third-party apps while connected to are now available in CarPlay, providing a
CarPlay. Vehicles with multichannel audio consistent experience between iPhone
capabilities can enable an immersive and the vehicle.
sound experience. Spatial Audio with
support for Dolby Atmos can also be
implemented in compatible vehicles.

Continuity Continuity Camera with Apple TV 4K25

Dedicate an iPhone to be always
connected to your Apple TV 4K. Perfect
for evening FaceTime calls with the
grandparents, showing off your latest
dance moves with Apple Music Sing, and
supporting video conference rooms with
apps like Webex and Zoom.

Family Sharing Family Sharing invitations Recommended for your family

Now it s even easier to accept an invitation Quickly and easily set up new items for
to join a Family Sharing group. As soon as your family like a shared calendar, grocery
you re invited, the invitation will appear at list, and passwords list. Once created,
the top of Settings. Plus, family organizers everyone in the family can contribute to
can immediately see who s accepted and the shared items, making it easy to keep
easily send a reminder or follow-up to the entire family in the loop.
those who haven t.

Files Desktop and documents in the Keep downloaded

Cloud setup Choose the iCloud files you always want
When you set up a third-party cloud access to on your device, and changes you
account on your device, you will be invited make to your file while offline will sync with
to sync desktop and documents to the iCloud whenever you are back online.
cloud. This can also be set up later in
Settings.
Expanded external drive file formats Erasing an external drive
Touch and hold to format external drives To erase a mounted external drive in Files,
to APFS, exFAT, or MS-DOS (Fat32) file touch and hold the drive and tap “Erase.”
formats on iPhone with USB-C.

Fitness+26 For You in Summary For You

When you launch the Fitness app, The new For You space is personalized
you ll see personalized Fitness+ with helpful suggestions for just the
recommendations, or what s up next activities that you like to do.
in your Custom Plan, right in the
Summary tab.

Explore Library
See everything Fitness+ has to offer in Your library has everything you ve saved
the new Explore space. Designed for and downloaded in Fitness+, and now it s
easy navigation and maximum discovery, one-tap easy to access.
Explore shows you the full breadth of
activities in Fitness+ and highlights
new offerings.

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Enter an activity, trainer, duration, or When you open Fitness+, you ll get a
type of music, and search returns motivating reminder of how your workout
matching results. streak is going, or of your progress
towards a Fitness+ award. Tap the
reminder to go to the awards page, where
you ll see suggestions for activities to get
you closer to that next achievement.

Freeform Scenes Send a copy

Create scenes to organize sections of Share your ideas with as many people as
a board by topic or to make it easy to you want by sending a copy with a link
present your content by moving around that anyone can use to open the board on
quickly. their device.

Snap to Grid Handwriting recognition

Align content on your board precisely Handwritten text on your board can be
with Snap to Grid. searched, translated, and copied as text.

Improved diagramming Math Results

Join objects together with magnetic Write out a basic or scientific expression
connection lines that can be anchored with an equals sign and you ll see results
anywhere, making it easier to create inserted or suggested inline on your board.
diagrams and relate your ideas.

iCloud Settings redesign

iCloud settings have been redesigned to
make it easy to see how iCloud keeps
content from across your device backed
up and synced. Quickly see if your device
backup is up to date, enable premium
features, customize your experience,
and take action on personalized
recommendations.

iCloud Mail iCloud Mail cleanup Unsubscribe and delete

Stay even more in control of your inbox Remove unwanted senders you don t want
with a new collection of powerful cleanup to hear from anymore. iCloud Mail will help
tools accessible from the Mail app, you unsubscribe from senders in bulk, and
iCloud.com, and iCloud Mail settings. any future emails from those senders will
go to Trash.

Manage old email

Create time-based rules that help you
manage your inbox and help you save
iCloud storage by removing emails that are
no longer needed. These rules leverage
the new mail categories to enable cleanup
actions like automatically deleting or
archiving promotional emails that are
unread and over one year old.

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The emoji keyboard and sticker drawer Stickers and Memoji can be inserted inline
are combined into a unified picker, making with text, just like emoji.
it even easier to find just what you re
looking for.

Searchable stickers Multilingual keyboard20

In addition to emoji, stickers are also now Seamlessly switch between two languages
searchable in the unified picker. in a single keyboard for a bilingual
predictive typing experience. The
multilingual keyboard also supports
QuickPath.

Language detection
The multilingual keyboard recognizes the
language you were last using in messages
and switches automatically, so if you
were messaging a friend in Hindi and your
family in Marathi, you can pick up right
where you left off.

Locked and Hidden Locked apps Hidden apps folder

Apps Touch and hold an app to lock it, When you choose to hide an app, it is
protecting its contents from being moved to a locked hidden apps folder
accessed by others. In addition, the that requires Face ID, Touch ID, or a
contents of the app are not surfaced passcode to open.
outside the locked app, such as in
search or notifications.

Hidden apps Seamless authentication

For additional privacy, you can also hide Seamlessly open any app you ve locked
a locked app. In addition to the protections with Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode.
of locking, the app icon and name won t
show up on the Home Screen or when
you search. And you won t receive
notifications from the app on the Lock
Screen or Home Screen, so the app won t
be inadvertently revealed to others who
can see your screen.

Move to iOS Faster migration Cabled migration

Move to iOS has been redesigned making Connect your current phone directly to
it faster and easier to migrate your data to your new iPhone with a USB-C or USB-C
your new iPhone. There are more ways to to Lightning cable to migrate your data
connect, new migration categories and more quickly.
helpful information to guide you though
the process.

Improved Wi-Fi migration Tips during migration

Wi-Fi migration is faster with support for Find your way around your new iPhone
speeds up to 5GHz and the option to use during migration with a set of Tips that
Wi-Fi on your iPhone to connect to help you discover new gestures and the
connect to your Android phone. most popular iOS features.

Dual SIM labels Voice memo migration

Call history is migrated with associated Voice recordings are migrated to the Voice
labels like Business or Personal for dual Memos app or stored in the the Files app if
SIMs so you can make calls from the same they are in a format that is not supported
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Now it’s easier for everyone to control the
music together, whether you’re listening on
HomePod, Apple TV, or a Bluetooth
speaker.

Phone Call recordings Call transcripts27

Record live phone calls or FaceTime audio Transcripts from calls are conveniently
calls right from the Phone app. When saved to the Notes app, allowing you to
you start a recording, the Phone app quickly search and review what was
automatically announces that the call is discussed.
being recorded, so no one is surprised.

Call history search Keypad search

Search for previous calls, transcribed Use the Phone keypad to quickly find and
voicemails, and contacts using a broad call existing contacts by typing in their
range of search criteria. Type in a number, name or number. The alphanumeric
a name, or a caller ID like “plumber” or keypad recognizes both numbers and
“bank” to instantly fetch call history in real letters. If there are multiple options, tap to
time. Search within Recents in the Phone see more results categorized by numbers
app or use Spotlight Search to quickly and names.
surface information.

Live caller ID lookup Live Voicemail

New APIs allow developers like Truecaller Live Voicemail is coming to more regions.
to fetch information from their servers We re adding support for English (UK,
and provide live caller ID for incoming Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand,
calls, in a privacy-preserving way. Singapore, South Africa, Puerto Rico),
Spanish (U.S., Mexico, Spain, Puerto Rico),
French (France), German (Germany),
Japanese (Japan), Mandarin Chinese
(Mainland, Taiwan, Macao), Cantonese
(Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao), and
Portuguese (Brazil).

Dual SIM in Control Center Automatic Mic Mode

Easily switch between SIMs—like The Phone app now picks the right
personal or business—with just a few Mic Mode for you. If you re in a noisy
taps in Control Center. environment, Voice Isolation will prioritize
your voice and block ambient noises.
If you re in a quiet environment, Wide
Spectrum will leave ambient noises
unfiltered, allowing your voice and all
the sounds around you to be heard.

Podcasts Chapter scrubbing Better playback control

Navigate the chapters of the episode as Reorder and remove episodes in
you're listening. Continue Listening.

Share from transcripts Search suggestions as you type

Share a link to a specific time from the Start typing your search term and
player or a transcript. suggested search terms, shows, and
episodes will appear automatically.

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Your scheduled reminders now show in the Your deleted reminders stay in a recently
Calendar app alongside your events. You deleted section for easy reference or
can even create and edit your reminders retrieval.
directly from Calendar, and they sync right
back to your Reminders lists.

Subtasks in Smart Lists Multilanguage grocery lists

Your subtasks are now available in Enable other languages to categorize your
Today, Scheduled, and other Smart Lists grocery lists in Settings.
for quick reference.

SharePlay Ask to share Draw to highlight

Ask someone to share their screen with Tap and draw directly on the screen being
you right from Messages or while in a shared with you, helping your friends and
FaceTime call, making it easier to provide family take the right actions on their own
help when needed. screen.
Remote control Privacy friendly
Ask for permission to remotely control Screen share with peace of mind. Only a
their device and take the actions yourself known contact can request to control your
if you need to assist someone more screen. Your actions on your device will
directly. always take preference over remote ones.

iPhone to iPhone, iPad to iPad SharePlay on more devices

Remote control works between iPhone Now it s easier for everyone to control
and iPhone, or between iPad and iPad. the music together, whether you re
listening on HomePod, Apple TV, or a
Bluetooth speaker.

Tips Tips sharing

Share helpful hints and hidden gems with
others from the Tips app.

Weather Easier-to-find Feels Like temperature Home and work locations

Prepare for outdoor conditions more Your home and work locations from
efficiently with a more prominently Contacts are brought into Weather. You
displayed Feels Like temperature. Feels can search for them and add them to
Like appears near the actual temperature your list.
when they differ significantly, and their
detail views are merged so you can
compare them more easily.

Prominent wind gusts and direction

Conveniently learn about windy conditions
with wind speed, gusts, and direction.

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1 Availableon iPhone 15 Pro and later in English (Australia), English (Canada), English (Ireland), English (New Zealand),
English (South Africa), English (United Kingdom), and English (United States).
2 Clean Up will be available in beta on iPhone 15 Pro and later models, iPad with M1 and later, and Mac computers with Apple
silicon as part of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia this fall.
3 Messages via satellite will be available in iOS 18 along with our existing satellite features in the United States and Canada
on iPhone 14 and later. A carrier plan is required. SMS messaging via satellite is available on supported carriers. SMS
message rates may apply.
4 Available
in English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Ireland), English (New Zealand), English
(Singapore), English (South Africa), English (UK), and English (U.S.).
5 Available in English (United States).
6 Available in the United States.
7 Available in the United States and Japan.
8 Available on cards from participating banks and card providers in certain markets. Subject to eligibility and approval.
9 AppleCash services are provided by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC, available in the U.S. on eligible devices. To send and
receive money with an Apple Cash account, you must be 18 and a U.S. resident, or if under 18, part of an Apple Cash
Family account. Terms apply.
10 Available on AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max.
11 Available on AirPods Pro (2nd generation and later).
12 Available
on iPhone 12 and later in English (Australia), English (Canada), English (Ireland), English (New Zealand), English
(South Africa), English (United Kingdom), and English (United States).
13 Available with an Apple TV+ subscription. Title support subject to change.
14 Available
with compatible content in supported apps when using built-in speakers, wired headphones, AirPods, and other
Bluetooth-connected speakers and headphones.
15 Available with compatible content in supported apps.
16 Available using iPhone 11 and later, excluding iPhone SE (2nd and 3rd generation) with Ultra Wideband–compatible locks
that will be available next year.
17 Available
with a home hub, such as Apple TV or HomePod. Setting a schedule for guest access via hands-free unlock with
home keys, tap-to-unlock with home keys, or PIN codes requires a Matter lock that supports schedules.
18 Available
on a Thread-enabled home hub such as Apple TV 4K, HomePod (2nd generation), HomePod mini, or a
compatible third-party Thread border router. Thread-enabled devices are able to locally pair and manage Thread
accessories, which may require an update from the accessory manufacturer.
19 Eligible
users include Pacific Gas and Electric Company customers who have residential electrical service, including areas
served by community choice aggregators. Users must be the utility account owner or authorized user of the utility
account.
20 Available on iPhone 12 or later and iPhone SE (3rd generation or later).
21 Available on iPhone 12 and later.
22 Available
for math written using Western Arabic numerals and common mathematical symbols, or typed using Arabic
(Eastern and Western) and Devanagari numerals and common mathematical symbols.
23 Available with variables created using the Latin alphabet.
24 Requiresvehicle support. Some models may offer support in certain configurations, and not all models are available in all
areas. Support is subject to change. See your dealer for details.
25 Available on iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and later when connected to Apple TV 4K (2nd generation and later).
26 Available with an Apple Fitness+ subscription.
27 Available
in English (U.S., UK, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore), Spanish (U.S., Mexico, Spain),
French (France), German (Germany), Japanese (Japan), Mandarin Chinese (Mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (Mainland,
Hong Kong), and Portuguese (Brazil).

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