Apple’s newest iPhone working system, iOS 18, brings a number of latest options and enhancements to iPhones new and outdated. It is Apple’s greatest software program replace of the 12 months, and the corporate is predicted to launch it someday on Monday, September 16, seemingly at round 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time/1:00 p.m. Japanese Time, primarily based on previous releases. Hold studying to be taught if Apple’s upcoming cellular working system will run in your explicit iPhone mannequin.
iOS 18 is suitable with the iPhone XR, and due to this fact additionally the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max fashions with the identical A12 Bionic chip.
In different phrases, iOS 18 is suitable with the identical iPhone fashions as iOS 17:
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Professional
- iPhone 15 Professional Max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Professional
- iPhone 14 Professional Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Professional
- iPhone 13 Professional Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Professional
- iPhone 12 Professional Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Professional
- iPhone 11 Professional Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone SE (2nd era)
- iPhone SE (third era)
iPadOS 18 drops assist for iPad fashions with the A10X Fusion chip, due to this fact iPadOS 18 is suitable with the next iPad fashions:
- iPad Professional: 2018 and later
- iPad Air: 2019 and later
- iPad mini: 2019 and later
- iPad: 2020 and later
Observe that iOS 18 will come pre-installed on new iPhone 16 fashions after they launch on Friday, September 20. Should you’re uncertain which iPhone or iPad mannequin you’ve got, go to Settings -> Common -> About, and you will find the Mannequin Identify listed there.
For an in depth rundown of every little thing we anticipate in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, you should definitely take a look at our devoted roundup by clicking the tag on the backside of this text.
Apple Intelligence Options
Whereas iOS 18 brings quite a few enhancements at launch, Apple has additionally introduced a number of AI-powered options underneath the banner of Apple Intelligence, which shall be launched in future updates.
Amongst these upcoming additions is an AI-powered writing assistant that may assist you to rewrite textual content in several types, proofread your writing, and generate summaries of longer content material. A brand new Picture Playground app will mean you can create and edit AI-generated pictures primarily based on textual content descriptions or present images.
Siri is ready to obtain a major improve, gaining the flexibility to grasp private context out of your emails, messages, and images, offering extra correct and customized responses. Moreover, Apple plans to introduce AI-powered options within the Images app, together with a “Clear Up” device to take away undesirable parts out of your footage.
The primary set of those Apple Intelligence options, whereas not out there within the preliminary model of iOS 18, ought to arrive when iOS 18.1 is launched in October, with a roll out persevering with in iOS 18.2 in December, and past.
It is necessary to notice that Apple Intelligence options require totally different machine compatibility necessities in comparison with the preliminary model of iOS 18. For all of the gadgets that assist Apple Intelligence, take a look at our devoted article on the subject.
