iOS 18 Released Today, Bringing Enhanced Personalisation and Power to iPhone
Apple’s recent release of iOS 18 offers a promising update to the iPhone experience, boasting exciting new features that enhance customisation, connectivity, and privacy. With a fresh redesign of the Home Screen and Control Centre, users have more control over their devices’ look and feel. The ability to adjust app icons, widget presentation, and customise layouts offers a personal touch to every iPhone.
The Photos app has received its most significant revamp, with intelligent collections and a more streamlined way to relive cherished memories. These features make organising and finding photos far more accessible, which will appeal to users who take full advantage of their iPhone’s camera.
Messages also sees notable upgrades. The ability to format text in bold, italic, or strikethrough adds personality to conversations, while new text effects and Tapback emojis provide even more ways to engage.
Introducing Messages via satellite in iOS 18 is a standout feature, particularly for those in remote or rural areas where cellular and Wi-Fi signals are unreliable or nonexistent. This feature allows users to send and receive messages through satellite connections, a significant leap forward in maintaining communication when traditional networks fail.
This feature’s seamless integration with the standard Messages app makes it truly impressive. It allows users to continue sending texts, emojis, and Tapbacks, even without cellular service or Wi-Fi access. This could be particularly valuable for hikers, campers, and travellers in remote areas where conventional network coverage is spotty. By connecting directly to a satellite, users can still contact contacts, ensuring they stay connected during emergencies or in isolated situations.
Messages via satellite support both iMessage and SMS, which means that even if you are texting someone who does not have an Apple device, you can still maintain communication. The fact that this feature is offered as part of iOS 18, rather than requiring a separate app or service, highlights Apple’s commitment to integrating advanced technologies in a user-friendly way.
This feature also complements Apple’s existing Emergency SOS via satellite, which allows users to contact emergency services through satellite connections. Together, they form a robust safety net for those who venture off the beaten path, providing peace of mind and practical solutions for staying connected when it matters most.
A welcome addition is the enhanced privacy and control features. Users can now lock and hide apps, giving peace of mind that sensitive information won’t be unintentionally accessed. Meanwhile, the new Passwords app further streamlines access to credentials and enhances security through end-to-end encryption.
Looking ahead, Apple Intelligence will launch next month, and harness advanced AI capabilities to personalise the iPhone experience further. From summarising notes and emails to advanced search functionality in Photos and Videos, this update promises to deliver even more powerful tools for users.
IOS 18 continues Apple’s commitment to user-centric innovation, with greater customisation, improved privacy, and practical new features that will undoubtedly appeal to a wide range of users. However, many more advanced features like Apple Intelligence are still in development, leaving some of the best updates just around the corner. Nonetheless, it’s a substantial step forward in the iPhone’s evolution.
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Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said. Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London. Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art. Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK. She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: [email protected]
