The headline feature of iOS 18 is an expansion of Apple Intelligence , but there are a numeral of helpful quality - of - lifespan features as well . After getting no major new AI features iniOS 18.3 , Apple is bringing Apple Intelligence to many more countries in iOS 18.4 as well as a new machine — Vision Pro .
However , the anticipated Siri update has to hold off . There are several full-grown Siri updates come , including personal context , app intent , and covert reading , but they ’re missing from iOS 18.4 , and Apple is havingsuch trouble making it put to work wellthat it ’s not issue forth until next year . Despite missing this important feature — promised at WWDC last fall — there are lots of melioration in iOS 18.4 .
The iOS 18.4 beta began on February 21 with a developer beta , and the first public beta on February 24 . The wide-eyed button came on March 31 , just a little before the expect early April release .
Updated March 31 : iOS 18.4 is now in broad release . The tone ending notes have been sum below .
What’s new in iOS 18.4
We ’ll update this discussion section with the features and change notice in the late iOS 18.4 beta , as they are come up .
Apple Intelligence language : Including Simplified Chinese , German , French , Italian , Japanese , Korean , Brazilian Portuguese , and Spanish — along with localize English for Singapore and India .
Apple Intelligence regions : With Io 18.4 , iPhone and iPad user in the EU will win access code to Apple Intelligence characteristic for the first metre .
Siri in Control Center : There are raw Control Center options for Type to Siri and Talk to Siri .
Visual Intelligence : you could now invoke Visual Intelligence on the Action button or from Control Center , and Visual Intelligence is available on iPhone 15 Pro .
Prioritize Notifications : Apple Intelligence will undertake to show apprisal that may be important in a disjoined section on the lock screenland . Go toSettings > Notifications > Prioritize Notificationsto enable .
New Emoji : There are seven new emoji in this release — Face with bags under eyes , Fingerprint , Harp , Leafless Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , Root vegetable , Shovel , Splatter .
Image Playground sketch vogue : The third image style for Image Playground , sketch , is last here . It was demonstrated back at WWDC last summer but never made it into a anterior Io 18 release .
Food in News+:A newfangled department in Apple News+ for curated recipe , eating place reviews , and curated stories about food and dining .
Ambient Music : you’re able to lend four different ambient medicine categories to Control Center : Sleep , Chill , Productivity , and Wellbeing .
CarPlay third icon row : The two - words limit for app icons on CarPlay displays has been boom to three row .
Apple Vision Pro app : iOS 18.4 bring a new iPhone app that offers users a Modern way to download Vision Pro apps and game from the App Store on your iPhone , as well as browse Apple idiot box content and access your subroutine library of spacial photos and videos . It only shows up if you have a Vision Pro associated with the same Apple ID .
Mail class in iPadOS : With the iPadOS 18.4 exit , the iPad rendering of the Mail app finally catch the categories that have been on the iPhone since iOS 18.2 .
Default interlingual rendition app : In the Default Apps section of options , there is now an choice to define a default translation app .
iOS 18.4 Release Notes
Here are Apple ’s passing note for iOS 18.4 :
Apple Intelligence ( All iPhone 16 models , iPhone 15 Pro , iPhone 15 Pro Max )
Apple Vision Pro App
Apple News+
Photos
This update also include the following enhancements and bug fixes :
iOS 18.4: Security updates
Apple ’s security system releases support pagelistsdozensof security fixes . There are a stunning 59 updates listed , which is more than we can recall view in any individual dismission . Of course , that does n’t make them more important , the severity of security vulnerability is not necessarily link up to their number . But these fixes ask everything from under - the - hood nitty-gritty library and framework , nub patch , all the way to plebeian apps used every day like Calendar and Photos .
iOS 18.4: How to install
To get the latest version of iOS 18 on your phone , question over to the configurations app , thenGeneralandSoftware Update . Then follow the prompts to re-start and instal the update . If you do n’t want to wait until the official update arrives , you’re able to deploy the most late loss candidate , which will be very to the public dismission , by turning onBeta Updatesin the Software Update tab .
Find out everything you call for to know about iOS 18 in ouriOS 18 superguide .
