iOS 18 Is Way Bigger Than We’ve Expected — 15+ Amazing Features!

For people who love customization and utility

Nikhil Vemu
Mac O’Clock
Published in
11 min readJul 13, 2024

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Now that iOS 18’s hype & fever have cooled down and we’re back in the routine of getting new Developer Betas on a biweekly basis.

The reason why I subscribe to developer betas (and risk bricking my iPhone) is that I get to try more new features of the upcoming major iOS update that aren’t announced in WWDC.

Apple lately released iOS 18 Dev Beta 3 and here are 18 new features I found in the update.

(You might be surprised by the list, as most of the features are unannounced and were added ad hoc.)

What’s in this article

1 — New ‘Insights’ on Apple TV+
2 — New 5s Camera Timer
3 — View and Clear recent App Store searches
New Settings Changes
4 — New Battery insight for “Indexing”
5 — Additional training to Eye Tracking
New Home Screen Changes
6 — New Dark Mode icon for Maps
7 — “Force” Dark Mode icons for Third-Party Apps
New Lock Screen Changes
8 — New Dynamic colour-changing Wallpaper
9 — Open Music from Lock Screen
10 — Focus won’t show who texted
New Emoji Palette Changes
11 — New UI for Emoji Palette
12 — Access Memoji Stickers in Emoji Keyboard
13 — Send multiple Stickers in a single message
New Control Centre

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