iOS 18 could be the most ‘ambitious and compelling’ iPhone update in years

Tech enthusiasts look forward to significant updates and additions that enhance their mobile experience with each new iPhone release. But for years, these new releases have been quite a few because iOS has now essentially reached maturity.

Most of the features it supports and its user interface are now well-polished. However, a recent report indicates that iOS 18 will be an “ambitious and compelling” update, suggesting that Apple still has some creative ideas in mind.

iOS 18 might provide significant new features and designs, in addition to security and performance improvements, according to Bloomberg. It’s still unclear at this point what the new features and design adjustments might entail.

However, prior rumors suggested that iOS 18 might bring in a supercharged Siri in addition to other AI integrations with first-party apps and the system as a whole.

New features bring with them new problems. Apple put a week-long hold on developing iOS 18 last month in order to concentrate on fixing bugs before technical debt accumulated.

To further simplify the process of isolating problematic code, the company has been creating new features on its own. Because of this, when iOS 18 is released in the fall of next year, users should anticipate it to be in a reasonably stable state.

Following the conclusion of the main WWDC24 keynote in early June, developers and enthusiasts should be able to obtain the iOS 18 beta. However, it’s possible that some of the anticipated features won’t be accessible until the September release of the iPhone 16 series.

After all, it is anticipated that this next iPhone update will be incremental, so Apple may decide to surprise everyone with a feature-rich iOS 18 update. The Cupertino company would not be the first to take that course of action. The Apple Watch experience was radically redesigned a few months ago with the release of watchOS 10, which came after years of disappointing hardware upgrades.

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