We’re nonetheless roughly two and a half months away from the discharge of iOS 18 with all of its AI and non-AI options. Those that need to roll the cube can set up iOS 18 beta 2 proper now though it’s unstable and it’ll decrease your battery life. However, you’re going to get a number of the non-AI options now together with the flexibility to customise app icons on the house display, and RCS help you probably have pals or relations (and even co-workers) who use an Android cellphone.
Not all the iMessage-esque options out there to RCS customers (learn receipt, typing indicators, high-resolution pictures) are working for the time being with iOS 18 beta 2. There’s some bizarre bug that turns areas, commas, and different characters into query marks when a message is distributed from an iPhone person to an Android person by way of RCS. You possibly can workaround this bug by together with a particular character in your messages reminiscent of an emoji or an ampersand (&).
Different software program being developed for 2025 and its inside codename embrace macOS 16 (“Cheer”), watchOS 12 (“Nepali”), and visionOS 3 (“Discovery”). If you happen to’re questioning why Apple is engaged on software program that will not be launched till subsequent yr, the reply really makes plenty of sense. For the reason that firm is within the means of growing its up to date {hardware} for subsequent yr, it wants the brand new software program to run the units in improvement. This isn’t an accelerated timeline for Apple and the corporate is following its typical schedule.
In addition to releasing new iPhone handsets, Mac computer systems, and iPad tablets subsequent yr, Apple might introduce a lower-priced model of its Imaginative and prescient Professional spatial laptop below the identify Apple Imaginative and prescient. The Imaginative and prescient Professional begins at $3,499 which makes it a relatively expensive system to purchase particularly because it would not appear to have been developed to reply to any particular client want.
