iOS 18 could mark a before and after for the iPhone. The next version of the operating system, which would arrive in a few months, It is seen within Apple with special optimism.
This is what Mark Gurman points out for Bloomberg, pointing to rumors coming from within the apple firm. Thus, after a few years where the improvements have been more focused on the general performance of the system and on polishing what required it, Those from Cupertino would return to the fray in 2024 with a good bag of news.
iOS 18: the “most important” update
The journalist, who has not yet shared details about what will come with iOS 18, points out the following:
“I’m told that the new operating system is viewed within the company as one of the most important, if not the most important, iOS updates in the company’s history.”
It is not a banal statement, if we take into account the relevance of the operating system that carries its best-selling device, the iPhone. Due to the ability to affect millions of users, and the general scrutiny that this entails, we can assume that an interesting year is coming for this segment thanks to iOS 18.
What will iOS 18 bring?
The million dollar question, of course. The truth is that iOS 18 is still a great unknown, although we do know, for example, that one of the big leaps will be to adapt the RCS messaging protocol. This will allow Integrate chatting from the Messages app with Android phones as if you were using iMessage itself or an app like WhatsApp, something that until now was not possible. It may not be seen as a great advance in markets where the use of iMessage is residual (such as Spanish-speaking markets), but it is in some, such as the United States itself.
Besides, one of the protagonists that is expected to arrive with iOS 18 is artificial intelligence. Applied, of course, throughout the operating system. With companies like Google or Samsung already boasting about it, it’s time to get down to business in California. Among what will improve and increase in efficiency and quality, presumably, will be a new Siri with AI.
Following tradition, it is expected that Apple will detail the main new features of iOS 18 during the WWDC 2024 developer conference, held in June. Of course, it is likely that, by then, we will already know a good part of what they are up to there in Cupertino.