Lastly out of beta, iOS 18 arrived for public availability as of Monday afternoon. You possibly can obtain and set up it in case your gadget is suitable, nevertheless it already comes with all iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus and iPhone 16 Professional fashions that can be accessible on September 20. These with eligible gadgets can replace them by going to Settings > Basic > About > Software program Replace and beginning the obtain and set up processes.
To see in case your gadget is eligible, we have now an inventory of iPhone fashions that may support iOS 18. Test it out and see if yours will work.
A number of the “hidden” features our editor Cherlynn noticed embrace Apple Maps upgrades, Calendar integration with Reminders and expanded Tapback choices in Messages, letting you see who reacted with which emoji. Safari is getting a “Highlights” perform, which generates a abstract of internet pages you’re on through machine studying. Our UK bureau chief Mat Smith additionally tried out some early iOS 18 features in July, and his primary takeaway was that Apple Intelligence is the actual star. Sadly, Apple Intelligence isn’t out right this moment, however its first options will develop into available in October as a part of a subsequent replace.
In addition to iOS 18, all of Apple’s different main sibling working system updates can be found as properly. That features iPadOS 18, visionOS 2, macOS Sequoia, tvOS 18 and watchOS 11, all of that are coming to their respective gadgets right this moment. Make sure that to verify in case your gadgets are eligible for the replace and that they’ve sufficient house. You might have to unlock a couple of gigabytes of storage first.
Replace, September 16, 8:17PM ET: Added extra full listing of further Apple OS updates that at the moment are accessible, and extra context about Apple Intelligence (some, not all, of the options are arriving starting in October).
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