iOS 18 lets you pause video recordings now – and hints at a new AirPods Pro 3 feature

Here’s what’s coming

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As the dust settles on the rather busyiPhone 16 launch event, more and more details are coming to light about the new devices and software thatAppleis now rolling out – including theiOS 18update due next week (Monday, September 16).

The team at9to5Machas done some digging and discovered the ability to pause video recordings in the iOS 18 Release Candidate (that’s the finalized testing version that immediately precedes a public launch).

This ties in with a demo we saw at Apple’s show, in which theiPhone 16(and its new Camera Control button) was shown pausing a video midway through the recording – very handy for doing jump cuts between scenes in a single video file.

The new discovery suggests the feature is also coming to every other iPhone that’s able to run iOS 18. When recording a video, a pause button appears in the lower left-hand corner, and you can tap to temporarily stop and restart the recording.

iOS 18 and the AirPods Pro 3

Some further investigation into the iOS 18 code by9to5Machas revealed a reference to wireless earbuds with a heart rate sensor: “wear both earbuds during workouts to track and send your heart rate to Apple Health” reads part of the message.

As verified with insider sources, this means health sensors are likely on the way to both theAirPods Pro 3and the next-genPowerBeats Pro earbuds. Both those devices are expected to launch at some point during 2025.

Yesterday we got the unveiling of theAirPods 4wireless earbuds, featuring a number of useful upgrades: improved sound (as you would expect), a refreshed design, and active noise cancellation on the more expensive of the two pairs.

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Thanks to the iOS 18 code we now know there’s more on the way for the more expensive version of Apple’s wireless earbuds – in additionto infrared cameras, perhaps. TheApple AirPods Pro 2were launched back in 2022, with a small refresh in 2023.

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Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.

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