Apple will announce iOS 18 at WWDC 2024 in June, along with additional updates for iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. However, iOS 18 will be the company's most important iPhone update because the company plans to introduce some pretty exciting features. According to leading analysts, iOS 18 will be Apple's biggest update for the iPhone, given the number of significant changes it will bring.
iOS 18 will be very important for Apple
According to Mark Gurman, iOS 18 will be the biggest update to the iPhone since its launch in 2007. The platform, along with watchOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS 15, will be unveiled at the company's WWDC 2024 event in June. While the details of iOS 18 are unclear, a rough idea of what to expect is starting to take shape.
It was previously reported that Apple is finally planning to include AI-derived features for iPhone. The company is lagging behind the competition when it comes to productive AI features on the iPhone, and iOS 18 is seen as the update that will change everything. We previously reported that the company was working on a big language model similar to ChatGPT. While the implementation is not the same, the company is expected to release the technology as part of iOS features.
With iOS 18, apps such as Notes, Messages and Siri will be getting a lot of AI features. While concrete details are scarce at this stage, we expect Siri to get its biggest upgrade this year. Systems like Siri have been on the backburner for a while, and an interactive, responsive AI integration would be a major upgrade.
Besides AI, iOS 18 will also include another important change for iPhone. The company finally admitted defeat and adopted RCS support for its devices. Google has been pushing Apple to add RCS support to the iPhone for some time, as it brings several advantages over the current standard. iMessage provides the same functionality over the internet, so it took years for the company to adopt RCS support. Now RCS could enable iPhone and Android phones to communicate better, bringing enhanced functionality to both sides. For example, with RCS support coming in iOS 18, iPhone will have high-resolution photos and videos, voice messages, typing indicators, read receipts, better encryption and much more.
