Well damn. I didn’t know that. Looks like I’m kinda’ SOL unless I go back (the IPSW way) to 17.5 and redo it then maybe? Kinda’ dumb that they wouldn’t allow me though. I’m submitting the bugs I run into and suggestions.
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iOS 18 Beta 4 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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This is very important to consider. All the people jumping to 18.1 just so excited about AI not considering that it will not likely be until Oct or longer in beta.
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Anyone else unsure about jumping to iOS 18.1? I’m excited for Apple Intelligence but not sure that I want to add probably another month of beta testing to my timeline.
Yeah. I’ve done betas before on iOS and android. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
All good, just making sure it goes where you're more likely to get useful feedback on it. 👍
Going for 18.1 only makes sense if your device can support AI features (hardware itself plus regional and language restrictions). I am staying put on iOS 18.0, as I have iPhone 15 and am EU-based. Once Apple bring it to the EU, I can try it on my M1 iPad, though, so not all is lost. 😉
It’s a shame that Apple does not allow Apple Intelligence in EU even though America and the EU agreed for new regulations for Artificial Intelligence.
Hope this will change soon!
I hope beta 5 will come today, for myself I will stick with iOS 18 betas.
Dev beta 4 revised is pretty good in my eyes, even though they did not fixed the charging heat issue…
Hope this will change soon!
I hope beta 5 will come today, for myself I will stick with iOS 18 betas.
Dev beta 4 revised is pretty good in my eyes, even though they did not fixed the charging heat issue…
Well, iOS 18.1 won't install on a phone that can't handle the AI stuff, so that decision is made for us
Public Beta 2 has been great for me so far. I can actually tap my notifications to load the relevant app or swipe to dismiss. Battery life seems just about the same. I haven't noticed any issues.
I'd like to join 18.1 beta but if all the AI stuff is restricted to the USA then there's really no point in moving to it for me. Not EU.
I'd like to join 18.1 beta but if all the AI stuff is restricted to the USA then there's really no point in moving to it for me. Not EU.
AI is restricted only for EU and China, anywhere else in the world you just change language and region to English/US and should work.
I like the dark mode for app icons, but the general darkening of the Home Screen is horrible. It makes some of my wallpapers difficult to see. A white wallpaper looks gray.
I keep my wallpaper at normal brightness with dark icons to match the set brightness
You dont have to make the wallpaper dark. If you click the little icon sun when charging to dark icons, it will switch the background to normal.
This has nothing to do with brightness and dimness. The screen has a darkening baked in. Here's what a white wallpaper looks like. One side is the white wallpaper.
This has nothing to do with brightness and dimness. The screen has a darkening baked in. Here's what a white wallpaper looks like. One side is the white wallpaper.
If you want a white background with your dark icons, just click on this symbol and it should remove the dark tint to it.
Yes you dont have to do that. If you follow the instructions I listed it will not look like thatThis has nothing to do with brightness and dimness. The screen has a darkening baked in. Here's what a white wallpaper looks like. One side is the white wallpaper.
So texted the first person that was not on iMessage since downloading the beta. No RCS message. Is AT&T not one of the carriers supported?
I was under the impression that come dusk for example the icons and background should go dark when having the auto and the sun symbol enabled. But it don’t.
It works on my iPhone 13 when I text an android device. Shows as RCS rather than SMS
Yes, it is a weird implementation so far. Ideally Apple will give us the same set of choices for that little sun symbol - light/dark/auto.
Weirdly enough it works for one of my contacts, but the other still says sms. Not sure what the difference is.
Thanks as I was waiting for someone to reply. I’ll stay on PB1 for now. Other than some stuttering here and there PB1 is really good.
Does the second person have RCS enabled? If they are using a third party messages app RCS doesn’t work, as an example.