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iOS 18.4 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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iOS 18.4

Developer Release Date ― March 28, 2025
Public Release Date ― March 31, 2025
Build Number ― 22E240
Darwin Kernel Version ― 24.4.0: Sat Mar 15 18:26:55 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.102.9~20

This update introduces a new Sketch Style option in Image Playground, recipes in Apple News+, and enhancements to better organize and filter your library in Photos. This release includes other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPhone.

Apple Intelligence (All iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max)
  • Priority notifications appear at the top of your notifications, highlighting important notifications that may require your immediate attention
  • Sketch is now available as an additional style option in Image Playground, allowing you to create gorgeous sketch drawings
  • Apple Intelligence features support 8 additional languages and 2 additional English locales, including English (India, Singapore), French (France, Canada), German (Germany), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, and Spanish (Spain, Latin America, US)
Apple Vision Pro App
  • The new Apple Vision Pro app, automatically installed for users with Apple Vision Pro, helps you discover new content, spatial experiences, and quickly access information about your device
Apple News+
  • Recipes from some of the world’s best recipe publishers are now available on Apple News+
  • Recipe Catalog allows you to browse or search to find the perfect dish and save it to your Saved Recipes
  • Cooking mode lets you easily follow step-by-step directions
  • The Food section also includes stories about restaurants, kitchen tips, healthy eating, and more
Photos
  • New filters to show or hide items that are not contained in an album, or synced from a Mac or PC, in the Library view in Photos
  • Reorder items in the Media Types and Utilities collections in Photos
  • Consistent filtering options in all collections, including the ability to sort by oldest or newest first in Photos
  • Option to sort albums by Date Modified in Photos
  • Ability to disable “Recently Viewed” and “Recently Shared” collections in Photos Settings
  • Hidden photos are no longer included for import to Mac or a PC if Use Face ID is enabled in Photos settings
This update also includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
  • Safari recent search suggestions help you quickly get back to previous search topics when starting a new query
  • Setup Assistant streamlines steps parents need to take to create a Child Account for a kid in their family, and enables child-appropriate default settings if parents prefer to complete setting up a Child Account later
  • Screen Time App Limits persist even after a child uninstalls and reinstalls an app
  • App Store includes summaries for user reviews so you can get helpful insights from other users at a glance
  • Pause and resume of an app download or update on App Store without losing progress
  • New widgets for Podcasts including a Followed Shows widget to track your favorite shows and a Library widget to get to your most used sections, such as Latest Episodes, Saved, and Downloaded
  • Ambient Music offers the ability to instantly play music from Control Center, giving access to a set of hand-curated playlists that offer soundtracks for daily life
  • Apple Fitness+ Collections can now be added to Library
  • Matter-compatible robot vacuum cleaners can be controlled in the Home app as well as be added to scenes and automations
  • Support for 10 new system languages including Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu


iOS 18.4 Beta Release Notes


New Issues
Remaining Issues
Resolved Issues

Additional Notes
To get the beta over-the-air:
  1. Enable Beta Updates (Settings > General > Software Updates > Beta Updates)
  2. Make sure you’re signed into the right Apple Account
  3. Select which beta you’d like to receive (public/developer beta)
  4. Hit "Back" and pull down to refresh
  5. Back up to a computer or to iCloud
  6. Install the beta
If you no longer wish to receive beta updates:
  1. Turn off the Beta Updates (you can also sign out of your Apple Account to reset this setting)
  2. Wait for the next public release or follow the guide below to go back to a release build
Troubleshooting: If the beta doesn’t show up on your phone, try turning on airplane mode, then turning it back off, or restart your device.

How to install using a Mac?
  1. You’ll need the Xcode beta itself or a MobileDevice.pkg somebody extracted from the beta (click with two fingers or control-click), then choose Show Package Contents. Go to Contents/Resources/Packages. - this will work on older Macs that do not support the latest macOS or Xcode betas)
  2. Back up to your Mac or to iCloud in case you need to go back to another version
  3. Hold down Option, then click on ‘Check for Update’/‘Restore iPhone...’ and select the IPSW file you downloaded from the Apple Developer site. Note: You must be connected to the internet to complete the restore.
  4. Enter your iPhone passcode if you’re prompted to do so.
Notes/Tips:
  • Always keep a backup in case you need to restore your phone
  • Restoring wipes your settings and all data on your iPhone
  • You only need to reinstall MobileDevice.pkg if your Mac stops recognizing your iPhone
  • There is no MobileDevice.pkg equivalent to iTunes for PC which would require a new iTunes to support new/beta iOS
  • Upgrading to a newer iPhone? You can update using your Mac before setting up the phone
  • iPhone 16 series: 1.54.03
  • iPhone 15 series: 2.52.03
  • iPhone 14 series: 3.51.06
  • iPhone 13 series and iPhone SE (3rd gen): 4.51.04
  • iPhone 12 series: 5.10.01
  • iPhone 11 series, iPhone SE (2nd gen) and iPad Air (Cellular, 4th gen): 6.01.01
  • iPhone XS, XS Max and XR: 7.01.01
Australia
  • Optus - 51.0
  • Telstra - 55.0
  • Vodafone AU - 63.0
Belgium
  • BASE - 33.0
  • Orange B - 58
  • Proximus - 45.0
  • Telenet - 60.0 (updated since 18.1 RC version)
Brazil (updated 18.4RC2, unchanged from RC)
  • Claro Brasil - 63.0
  • Vivo - 63.0
  • TIM -
  • Oi -
Canada
  • Bell - 62.8
  • Fido - 56.0
  • Fizz - 53.0
  • Freedom/Shaw Mobile - 54.8.6
  • Mint Mobile - 58.0
  • Public Mobile - 54.8.4
  • Rogers - 63.0
  • Telus - 54.8.8
  • Videotron - 53.0
  • Virgin Mobile - 50.0
Denmark
  • 3 DK - 46.7.11
  • TDC 62.8
  • Norlys 62.8.1
Finland
  • DNA - 58.5.7
France
  • Bouygues Telecom - 40.0
  • Orange France - 63.0
  • SFR -
Germany
  • Vodafone.de - 62.8.1 and RCS enabled
  • Telekom.de - 59.5.1
  • o2-de - 61.6.1 RCS enabled
Greece:
  • Cosmote - 38.0
Guatemala
  • TIGO GT - 49.0
India
  • Airtel - 58.5.18
  • Jio - 58.5.18 (iPhone) and 58.5.18 (iPad)
  • Vi India (Vodafone Idea) - 58.5
Ireland
  • Eir - 33.5
  • Vodafone IE - 38.0
Mexico
  • AT&T - 57.0
  • Telcel - 57.6
Morocco
  • Orange - 50.0
Netherlands
  • KPN - 61.0
  • Vodafone NL - 45.0
  • Odido -
Poland
  • T-Mobile -
  • Orange - 61.0
  • Play - 61.0
  • Plus - 61.0
Portugal
  • Vodafone P - 40.0
Romania
  • Orange RO - 55.0
Slovakia
  • Orange SK - 57.6
Southeast Asia
  • Singapore Singtel -
  • Philippines Globe - 62.0
  • Philippines Globe (iPad) - 38.0
  • Philippines Smart - 63.0
  • Thailand AIS - 53.0
  • Thailand DTAC - 53.0
  • Malaysia Umobile - 33.0
  • Malaysia Maxis -33.0
  • Malaysia Digi -
  • Malaysia celcom -
  • Hong Kong - 32.0
  • Taiwan -
Spain
  • Orange ES - 63.0
  • DIGI ES - 54.8.4
  • Vodafone ES - 54.8.8
  • Movistar - 58.0
  • Yoigo - 63.0
Sweden
  • Comviq -
  • Tre - 31.0
Switzerland
  • Salt - 58.0
  • Sunrise - 63.0
  • Swisscom - 63.0
Turkey
  • Turkcell (Lifecell) - 36.5.5
  • Vodafone TR - 32.0
  • Turk Telekom - 32.0
United Kingdom
  • EE - 63.0
  • Lyca (EE MVNO) -
  • BT-UK (EE MVNO) -
  • Three -
  • iD Mobile (Three MVNO) - 63.0
  • O2-UK -
  • Giffgaff (O2 MVNO) -
  • Sky (O2 MVNO) -
  • Vodafone UK -
  • Virgin Mobile (EE MVNO) -
  • Lebara (Vodafone MVNO) -
United States
  • AT&T - 63.0
  • Boost - 57.0
  • Cricket - 60.5.5
  • FirstNet - 55.0
  • FirstNet (iPad) - 41.7.6
  • Metro (TMO MVNO) - 63.0
  • Spectrum (VZW MVNO) - 63.0
  • T-Mobile - 63.0
  • TracFone/Straight Talk/Walmart Family Mobile - 60.5.6
  • U.S. Cellular - 46.7.24
  • Ultra/Mint Mobile (TMO MVNO) - 63.0
  • Verizon - 63.0
  • Visible (VZW MVNO) - 62.0
  • Xfinity Mobile - 57.6.1
Other
  • Docomo - 32.5.10
  • AlwaysOnline -

Historical beta release chart

iOS Version History Chart

iOS version history chart
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Same size as RC1 on my 16e. It doesn’t say release candidate this time!
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Just updated. My iPhone 15 Pro kept the AI off from last RC. No modem updates for this RC like that last for my device as well. Will advise on Sunday how the battery and performance goes. I’ll let the indexing do its bit :)
 
Apple have finally allow the selection of Google Maps as a default Navigation app in this build.

In prior builds, Google Maps didn’t appear as an option even though it should.
 

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ibookemo said:
Apple have finally allow the selection of Google Maps as a default Navigation app in this build.

In prior builds, Google Maps didn’t appear as an option even though it should.
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That was Google who allowed it in the latest Google Maps update from today. I can set it as default Navigation App on RC1, have not updated to RC2 yet, still downloading slowly….
 
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Guys is this a bug or intended? If I have notifications style set to "Count", the count of my notifications is listed on my Lock Screen as expected, however, if there's music playing, every time I tap my phone, all my notifications appear, and as soon as I lock my screen again, they go back to count. If music is not playing, it's normal and they stay hidden. How do I keep them hidden until I want to actually see them?
 
Dust-by-Monday said:
Guys is this a bug or intended? If I have notifications style set to "Count", the count of my notifications is listed on my Lock Screen as expected, however, if there's music playing, every time I tap my phone, all my notifications appear, and as soon as I lock my screen again, they go back to count. If music is not playing, it's normal and they stay hidden. How do I keep them hidden until I want to actually see them?
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Apple do not seem to be good at notifications I’m beginning to think. They mess them up at every opportunity. They should be table stakes for a decent OS. It’s such a shame.
 
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