Apple is deploying iOS 18 to users today, and you’ll beryllium capable to entree caller features some big—like a remappable Control Center and location screen—and small—like Activation Lock. Don’t expect Apple Intelligence to get instantly for those who loathe to usage yet different dull AI creation generator that mightiness beryllium thankful, though lone temporary, reprieve.
If you already person iOS 17 installed, you should soon person a notification to update. A fewer of america astatine Gizmodo already had our updates connected our devices. The update is rolling retired staggered to iPhone users. You’ll request an iPhone XS oregon aboriginal to person the update. Those are the phones with the A12 Bionic spot oregon later.
The update requires users to person betwixt 5 GB and 10 GB of further retention connected their phones. If you request to delete anything, you’ll get the enactment erstwhile you update, oregon you tin spell to the Settings app, past deed General, and spell to iPhone Storage.
To find retired if you’re up for an update, spell to your Settings app, past scroll down to General. Next, hit Software Update and hold for the telephone to archer you if your telephone is disposable for the iOS 18 update. You tin instal the update aboriginal erstwhile the instrumentality is plugged successful oregon close past and there. Simply travel the instructions, and you should beryllium bully to go. Just enactment this volition necessitate a telephone restart.
As for immoderate Apple Intelligence features, you’ll request to ain an iPhone 15 Pro oregon iPhone 16 announced last week astatine Glowtime. However, you won’t spot astir oregon immoderate of these AI features astatine launch on Sept. 20. Apple hinted we mightiness get them successful October, but if you privation to effort retired a spare fewer AI features, you’ll request to opt for the iOS 18 developer beta. Just cognize that you whitethorn not person each the latest iOS 18 features, and you mightiness brushwood much glitches if you effort retired iOS 18.1.
The update volition besides travel to anybody with a 2nd- oregon 3rd-gen iPhone SE. The afloat database of compatible iPhones includes:
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone SE (2nd procreation oregon later)
Additionally, macOS 15 Sequoia and iPadOS 18 are dropping today. iPads are getting a bevy of caller features, including the aforesaid Control Center and location surface customizability arsenic iOS 18. There are besides updated Notes and Calculator apps that volition construe handwritten mathematics formulas and lick them for you. My favourite diagnostic present connected the latest Mac update is easily iPhone mirroring. You’ll privation to marque definite some devices are afloat updated earlier you effort it out.