Apple is working hard on iOS 18 to ensure it becomes the most ambitious and exciting update for the iPhone in years.
According to the GearRice newsletter, this information was given by Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman in the latest Power On, saying iOS 18 best update will be the iPhone in recent years with new and well-designed features. strong again.
A few days ago, Mr. Gurman also reported about Apple pausing the development of new operating systems, including iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15, and watchOS 11, for a week. This pause is done to help the company focus on fixing software errors that the system has, which is an important action that Apple has taken in the past few years. Internally, Apple’s senior leadership described its upcoming operating system as “ambitious and exciting” with new and redesigned features, along with performance and security improvements.
Since iOS 7, Apple hasn’t updated the operating system as aggressively, but iOS has made important improvements in recent years. With iOS 14, Apple introduced widgets on the iPhone’s home screen for the first time, and in iOS 16, the company brought key improvements to the lock screen for greater customization.
Next year, analysts predict that artificial intelligence (AI) will be an important feature of iOS 18, especially in Siri. The iPhone’s virtual assistant could improve significantly in the next generation of software. Not stopping there, the company is also working to catch up with Google and OpenAI in the field of general AI, with iOS 18 bringing general AI capabilities to the iPhone.
Mr. Gurman added that because the iPhone 16 does not have too many changes compared to the iPhone 15, one of the reasons for buying new models will lie in the software. Therefore, iOS 18 will convince many people to upgrade from old iPhones to receive many exclusive functions only available on iPhone 16. That is an important way for Apple because the iPhone 16 is not expected to have any major advances in terms of hardware next year.
Finally, Apple is still in the early stages of iOS 18 development, and this stage is internally named M1. Each phase lasts about 6 weeks and must be completed four weeks before Apple introduces new software at its developers conference – WWDC 2024 (taking place in June).