Key Points:
- App Overhauls: iOS 18 will introduce significant updates to popular built-in apps like Photos, Mail, Notes, and Fitness, with new features and enhancements. The Calculator app will also debut on the iPad.
- Home Screen Freedom: Users will enjoy newfound flexibility on the home screen, allowing them to freely position icons rather than being restricted to a grid layout.
- Design Evolution: While not as dramatic as the previous iOS 17 transition, iOS 18 will sport subtle yet impactful design tweaks aimed at enhancing modularity and customization across the OS.
In his latest Power On newsletter, Inside Tech’s Mark Gurman reveals what we should see with the next version of the iPhone’s operating system, aka iOS 18. The core built-in applications, including Photos, Mail, Notes, and Fitness, are about to change substantially. These updates are optimistic that there will be better experiences. However, the Calculator app available on the iPad will be a new addition, marking the proliferation of official apps across Apple’s other lines.
This update is expected as a revolutionary one as it will come with some spicy new functions that will enhance the entire operation system. He explains improvements to Apple Maps as well as promises to showcase the user’s ability to control the iPhone’s home screen, which means bringing new amazing features to first-time users that exceed their expectations. This will raise the level considerably.
Likewise, it may not break tradition in revolutionary fashion compared to its previous releases, but such an update would provide a subtle but beautiful overhaul in design touches. As Gurman says, this change may appeal to a less modular patchwork, which would lead to an effort to streamline the update and customization areas of work across all devices covered by Apple.
Rather, while speculation may continue, the virtual certainty is that iOS 18 will be revealed at Apple’s WWDC developer conference in June. It takes a long time for the next version to be released, after which users rush to find the differences in their current phones.
