Yesterday, and once again, Gurman talked about what we can expect from iOS 18 and it’s ALL good news. And that’s it iOS 18 expected to be ‘the biggest iOS update since it was released with the original iPhone’ as the analyst comments in his weekly newsletter. At the next WWDC, Apple would present a much more customizable user interface and integrated AI functions, but let’s not expect an integrated Chat-GPT, no. Generative AI functions that help us in our daily lives and focused on productivity.
One of the main new features that iOS 18 will bring a (big) facelift to our home screens. We will have the possibility of making them more personal thanks to the possibility of leaving spaces between apps and set any app or widget anywhere on the screen, opening up an endless range of customization possibilities. And yes, this is something that Android has already had for many years.
Another main focus will be generative AI for the biggest iOS update yet. iOS 18 will focus on integrate generative AI functionalities focused on improving our daily lives, to make us more productive with different applications. In addition, Apple would integrate Gemini (Google’s AI) as a “chatbot” service to Chat-GPT.
iOS 18 will be presented for the first time at WWDC 2024 in June, where we will also see it this year Apple does not make major improvements to watchOS but yes in visionOS 2.0. All this, of course, according to the leaks that Mark Gurman may have received.
This seems like a very interesting year to (finally) notice a change in iOS UI and UX. Personalization. New features. A different way to manage our iPhone. Finally. A facelift was needed and it looks the best possible in iOS 18. Great success, Apple.
