18 hidden options in iOS 18 that Apple didn’t let you know about

iOS 18 is packed filled with nice options Cult of Mac has coated at size — however the upcoming iPhone software program replace packs many extra tiny options and small enhancements that Apple didn’t point out or discuss. If you realize to look out for these options, they’ll make the on a regular basis interactions along with your telephone sooner and simpler.

Right here’s a roundup of 18 little adjustments and helpful options in iOS 18. Maintain studying or watch our video.

Hidden iOS 18 options

Not each iOS 18 function requires a particular point out, which is sensible since there are such a lot of adjustments. Throughout WWDC24, Apple launched Apple Intelligence, a supercharged Siri and different main adjustments. However look past AI, and you’ll discover iOS 18 is stuffed with small however helpful enhancements.

iOS 18 is out there now in a public beta. Apple will launch iOS 18 this September, and the replace will work with any system at the moment working iOS 17.

T9 telephone dialing

Apple is lastly including T9 dialing assist to the iPhone’s Cellphone app with iOS 18. The function enables you to seek for contacts or telephone numbers immediately from the dialer.

To make a name to your “spouse,” open the dialer app and faucet 9 (for W), 4 (for i), 3 (for f), and three (for e). T9 will routinely present contacts that intently match your enter. Tapping on the search outcome will enter the contact’s telephone quantity into the dialer. You’ll be able to then press the inexperienced Name button to provoke the decision.

It may be a a lot sooner approach to dial somebody than pilfering via an extended record of contacts.

Adaptive Copy Edits function in iOS 18’s Pictures app

Apple lets you copy your edits and tweaks from one image to a different. You’ll be able to even paste your edits throughout a number of images directly. Nonetheless, totally different footage can have totally different publicity ranges and white stability ranges. So, copying the identical edits throughout them won’t at all times work.

A brand new Adaptive toggle in iOS 18’s Copy Edits menu will “routinely match the publicity and white stability of the supply picture.” This could forestall photos from being overexposed or their white stability going haywire once you paste edits from one other image.

‘Maintain Downloaded’ possibility in iCloud

The upgraded Recordsdata app introduces a “Maintain Downloaded” possibility for recordsdata saved in iCloud. Use this feature to obtain a file, making certain it gained’t be routinely eliminated out of your iPhone to unlock house.

iOS 18 keyboard good points multilingual assist

iOS 18 helps multilingual keyboards, so you should use as much as two languages concurrently. The advance additionally will work with QuickPath (slide to sort) and voice typing. Nonetheless, the function won’t work with all languages.

Offline Apple Maps syncing with Apple Watch

iOS 18 and watchOS 11 allow you to obtain and sync offline Apple Maps with Apple Watch. This manner, you may entry maps and get navigation instructions proper out of your wrist, even with out an web connection.

Regulate the flashlight’s width

Apple already lets you regulate the flashlight depth on iPhones via the Management Heart. With iOS 18, you may even change the flashlight’s width!

Now on iOS 18, you may as well regulate the width of the torch in your iPhone (not simply the depth). pic.twitter.com/mqUBibtsve

— Alvin (@sondesix) June 10, 2024

Display bezel expands when urgent a bodily key

Urgent the quantity or facet button in your iPhone will set off an animation that appears just like the display bezel is increasing.

Now that is an superior new consideration to element on iOS 18.

Once you press a quantity button, there’s an impact that makes it look as if the display bezel is increasing. pic.twitter.com/BWbcSiDbi0

— Alvin (@sondesix) June 10, 2024

Energy button in Management Heart

iOS 18 provides a digital energy button to the Management Heart. So, like me, don’t worry in case you can’t keep in mind the important thing mixture to flip off or restart your iPhone. Use the facility button on the top-left in iOS 18’s Management Heart to carry up the facility menu.

Search solutions in Settings

The search perform within the Settings menu in iOS 18 will routinely present related solutions primarily based in your previous utilization.

Revamped iCloud web page

iOS 18 refreshes the iCloud web page underneath Apple Account > iCloud. This offers you a transparent view of the overall storage out there and what information you might be backing as much as the cloud.

Pleasant part titles

When you’re perusing via the Settings app, you’ll see new user-friendly headers on the prime of the display explaining what yow will discover in every part. This may help you learn to navigate the fairly convoluted and labyrinthian screens upon screens of settings.

Reminders integration in Calendar app

Apple is integrating Reminders and Calendar in iOS 18. So, in case you set a reminder with a date and/or time within the Reminders app, it’ll routinely present up within the Calendar as properly. And from Calendar, you may create a Reminder and assign it to a listing.

Conceal App labels

Among the many plethora of new Dwelling Display customization choices in iOS 18, Apple additionally added the power to cover the app labels.

Motion button will get extra customizable

With iOS 18, the Motion button on the iPhone 15 Professional lineup will get extra customizable choices. You’ll be able to assign the button to set off Management Heart shortcuts, permitting you to toggle key options on or off rapidly.

Swap out your Lock Display controls

Any button you may put in iOS 18’s new customizable Management Heart is additionally a button you may put in your iPhone’s Lock Display. Plus, you may have totally different shortcut buttons on totally different Lock Screens, making them context-dependent (and tied to a Focus Mode in case you like).

Faucet and maintain on the display and faucet Customise, then choose Lock Display. Faucet the – icon above both Flashlight or Digital camera button to take away it. Then, simply faucet on the empty house to place one thing else there.

The panel of choices will slide up from the underside of your iPhone display — scroll via the record or search to search out one. Faucet on any button to pick out it. Faucet Executed within the higher proper nook to finalize your adjustments.

After Apple releases iOS 18 this fall, third-party apps put in in your iPhone may be out there as Lock Display buttons.

Smarter Calculator

The iPhone’s Calculator app is getting some cool upgrades with iOS 18. Amongst different issues, it’s gaining a Convert possibility, enabling fast information unit conversion. The out there choices embrace Angle, Space, Forex, Pressure, and extra.

Hyperlink previews within the Messages app

The Messages app in iOS 18 previews hyperlinks earlier than you ship them. And you’ll take away the preview by tapping the ‘X’ icon. That is in contrast to on iOS 17, the place a hyperlink preview seems after you may have despatched the message.

Colours in Notes

The Notes app in iOS 18 is gaining assist for colours, offering a brand new approach to spotlight important bits of a notice. The one downside is that you’re restricted to 5 shade choices: Blue, Purple, Pink, Orange and Mint.

There are probably extra hidden options and adjustments in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 which can be but to be found. We are going to proceed updating this text once we come throughout them.

D. Griffin Jones contributed to this text.