iOS 18 is just days away – here’s the full Apple list of new features coming to your iPhone

Plenty of secret new features to uncover

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For months,Apple’siOS 18operating system has been hyped up as the most significant iPhone software update in years. Now, Apple has shared the complete list of upgrades found in iOS 18, and it contains a few surprises that Apple has kept quiet up until now.

The complete list can be found in aPDF on Apple’s website, and there’s also aseparate PDFcontaining the list of changes coming toiPadOS 18(right now, there doesn’t seem to be a PDF for new features inmacOS Sequoia). The documents contain detailed breakdowns of theoperating systems’ features, with everything sorted into categories for easy reading.

There are plenty of familiar features that Apple has talked about before. For instance, the iOS 18 list begins withApple Intelligence, with sections for writing tools, theImage Playground,Siri,Genmoji, and more. Many of the features will be familiar if you have followed Apple’s announcements and third-party round-ups (such as our own).

Still, it’s worth browsing the articles to see exactly what you can expect and how you might be able to make use of the new features.

That said, among all the previously discussed features are a few that have received very little airtime. For example,MacRumorspoints out that the following features are either relatively unknown or have not been revealed by Apple before:

While these are mostly small changes, it is interesting to see some of the lesser-known additions and updates that will be available in iOS 18. Apple says its new operating systems, including iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia, will be available to download on Monday, September 16, when you’ll be able to try out everything new for yourself.

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Alex Blake has been fooling around with computers since the early 1990s, and since that time he’s learned a thing or two about tech. No more than two things, though. That’s all his brain can hold. As well as TechRadar, Alex writes for iMore, Digital Trends and Creative Bloq, among others. He was previously commissioning editor at MacFormat magazine. That means he mostly covers the world of Apple and its latest products, but also Windows, computer peripherals, mobile apps, and much more beyond. When not writing, you can find him hiking the English countryside and gaming on his PC.

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