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iOS 18 Rumored to Add New Features to These 16 Apps on Your iPhone
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I'd simply be content for a setting for safari to auto block all cookies on all sites I visit, i.e. no more pop-ups with legitimate interest to opt out of where the huge number of vendors is on another tab to deselect manually.
That & a setting to allow iCloud relay to be easily turned off on a tab for those times that google refuses to work esp with captcha's, swear they do this to apple devices deliberately!😂
That & a setting to allow iCloud relay to be easily turned off on a tab for those times that google refuses to work esp with captcha's, swear they do this to apple devices deliberately!😂
I have a list of Apple Music niggles as long as my arm, they're mostly simple things to put right too. Smart playlists and better personalisation are 100% on my list, but also...
Playlist folders
Sort a playlist by track artist NOT album artist (currently any tracks from a Various Artists album are listed under V)
Albums should only show Albums (not singles, not eps)
Albums should only show complete Albums that have been added to the collection (when a single track from an album is added to a playlist it absolutely should not also be displayed under Albums)
Allow for Album view in a playlist, enabling users to build playlists of albums
UX around Albums in general needs a lot of attention, feels like there has been a conscious choice to push playlists and discourage albums
Filtering Album/Songs by year, genre, date added etc etc
Combined search for library and Apple Music - just put library results up top how hard can it be
Fuzzy search - artists albums and song titles often have weird spellings so needing to get them exactly right is a pain, and terrible for accessibility.
I could go on and on and on
I've little confidence any of these changes will happen any time soon, as most of them could have easily been implemented years ago. Spotify isn't much better either. There's no real pressure for the big 2 to make their apps as good they can be, let alone to innovate. Auto generated playlists are certainly not innovative, sounds to me like stations are being rebranded for AI hype.
Far deeper customisation options would be very welcome. Music is such a personal thing, and yet we're all railroaded into the same UI.
Conversions in calculator would be awesome, even better if it handled currency
Let's hope the maps route actually works? I told maps last week to avoid tolls roads and maps tried to have me turn around and use the toll road miles past, I just had to ignore, finally like 10 miles past it pulled it's head out. 
Auto generate playlists? So save a good run with 'create a station' ? That sounds good, and I have to click a few things now to do that with the Marvis App.
Calculator? Doesn't everyone own PCalc by now?
Messages with RCS is awesome!
Doing math in Notes, Meh, that's not a bad thing, I'm not sure how many would use?
Already a few AI that sumerise your searches, I'm willing to test Safari at it.
This is what I'm waiting for!! Let's hope "security" doesn't over-ride functionality. If it's my Bluetooth, and I pair it, then I should be able to have connecting to it do what I want, play Music!
Shortcuts: With iOS 18, users will reportedly be able to automate complex tasks more easily with the Shortcuts app.
Auto generate playlists? So save a good run with 'create a station' ? That sounds good, and I have to click a few things now to do that with the Marvis App.
Calculator? Doesn't everyone own PCalc by now?
Messages with RCS is awesome!
Doing math in Notes, Meh, that's not a bad thing, I'm not sure how many would use?
Already a few AI that sumerise your searches, I'm willing to test Safari at it.
This is what I'm waiting for!! Let's hope "security" doesn't over-ride functionality. If it's my Bluetooth, and I pair it, then I should be able to have connecting to it do what I want, play Music!
Shortcuts: With iOS 18, users will reportedly be able to automate complex tasks more easily with the Shortcuts app.
“It has also been rumored that the Messages app will use generative AI to auto-complete sentences more effectively.”![]()
Apple is expected to announce iOS 18 during its WWDC keynote on June 10, and new features have already been rumored for many apps, including Apple Music, Apple Maps, Calculator, Messages, Notes, Safari, and others.
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Below, we recap iOS 18 rumors on a per-app basis, based on reports from MacRumors, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, and others:
While they are not dedicated apps, it has also been rumored that generative AI technology will allow the iPhone's virtual assistant Siri and built-in search tool Spotlight to respond to more complex questions and search queries.
- Apple Maps: At least two new Apple Maps features are expected on iOS 18, including custom routes and topographic maps. Custom routes would allow users to choose specific roads to travel on while navigating, while topographic maps include details such as trails, contour lines, elevation, and points of interest for hiking. Topographic maps were added to the Apple Watch with watchOS 10.
- Apple Music: With iOS 18, Apple Music will reportedly be able to auto-generate playlists.
- Calculator: iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 are rumored to feature a revamped Calculator app with several new features, including a sidebar that lists recent calculations, an improved interface for converting units, integration with the Notes app, and more. That means the Calculator app will finally be available on iPads.
- Freeform: iOS 18 is rumored to add a new "Scenes" option to Apple's drawing app Freeform. This feature would allow users to select specific sections ("scenes") on the canvas for easier navigation.
- Health: Apple is reportedly planning new AI-powered features for its Health app, but no specific details are known yet.
- Keynote, Numbers, and Pages: Alongside iOS 18, Apple reportedly plans to update its iWork suite of productivity apps with new generative AI features for auto-generating slides in Keynote, writing faster in Pages, and more.
- Mail, Photos, and Fitness: These apps will reportedly be "overhauled" with iOS 18, but no specific details are known yet.
- Messages: iOS 18 is expected to add RCS support to the Messages app, which will improve the messaging experience between iPhones and Android devices by allowing for higher-resolution photos and videos, audio messages, typing indicators, read receipts, Wi-Fi messaging, and more. It has also been rumored that the Messages app will use generative AI to auto-complete sentences more effectively.
- Notes: With iOS 18, the Notes app is expected to be able to display mathematical notation, allowing users to include more types of algebraic equations and formulas in notes. The app is also rumored to gain a built-in audio recording tool, eliminating the need to switch over to the Voice Memos app.
- Safari: iOS 18 is likely to add a browsing assistant to Safari, which could summarize web pages and more. A new "Web Eraser" feature that would allow users to remove certain elements from web pages has also been rumored.
- Shortcuts: With iOS 18, users will reportedly be able to automate complex tasks more easily with the Shortcuts app.
For even more rumors, read our iOS 18 roundup.
Article Link: iOS 18 Rumored to Add New Features to These 15 Apps on Your iPhone
Fine with me as long as i can choose to turn auto-complete off so as to prevent Aggravating Interference …
Bro, you never just paid the four dollar ? 🤣 I guess it will be best for you now! PCalc is up to $9.99
I'm just perplexed why you'd open a calculator app to have a conversation when we already have so many actual full AI's that can also do calculations. Check out Routine Hub and get the Gemini Chat Shortcut. 😉
yup the absolute, bottom of the barrel, least they can do, bare minimum just to comply with the EU
Pretty sure Safari already does this by default. You can find it under Safari Settings > Websites > Auto play if you're still getting auto-play.
I have a 128GB M1 Ultra.Certain features of a OS are limited by RAM/Storage then just SoC's. Just look at Apple's stage manager that couldn't run on all iPads. The latest iPhones are now using at least 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, but 256 GB is recommended. This emphasis on more AI revolves around more then just a NPU, its also the capability of number of CPU/GPU cores also. So Macs could have more powerful SoC's then permitted in a iPhone or iPad and also some AI features that work better comparably. Should be fun too see all the iOS enhancements that utilize more resources without draining batteries.
Should be allright.
Can they just make shuffle work? Doesn't matter what song I start from and how big the playlist is, it seems to always play the songs in a sequential 'shuffled' order.
I have a S23 ultra for work and tbh I feel pretty underwhelmed with it... I just don't see all this amazing stuff that Android users claim is light years ahead of the iphone... Maybe I'm missing it, but it feels just as boring as iOS and slightly more disjointed... Not my cup of tea.
Yeah you're probably right, if the rumors are off it may just be another underwhelming event.
For the love of GOD, Apple...
LANDSCAPE.
LANDSCAPE APP SUPPORT.
FOR ALL APPS.
LANDSCAPE.
LANDSCAPE APP SUPPORT.
FOR ALL APPS.
And then, when I go to an album to listen to it, Shuffle is still turned on, and the album order is all out of whack! Just because I want one thing shuffled doesn't mean I want everything shuffled.
I'm a little stunned at how such basic things like this are missed. I'm totally with you, I go to play an album, loving the first song, then it jumps around. Pain when you're driving and using carplay.
