iOS 18 Speculation Thread

[yeahtyeaht]

How do we know that, since 18.1 is a unique point release to introduce AI for hardware qualified hardware for devs across iOS/iPadOS/MacOS?

MacRumors is only comparing 18.1 to previous years, but it’s not the same goal of a follow up to 18.0 because it discriminates by hardware requirements and brand new functionality?

reference from macrumors spectulation
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With iOS 18.0 set for a release in September, the expectation is that iOS 18.1 and these features will be released in October. Here’s a timeline of when Apple has released previous point-one updates:

• iOS 17.1: October 25, 2023
• iOS 16.1: October 24, 2022
• iOS 15.1: October 25, 2021
• iOS 14.1: October 20, 2020

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That is a guess, or expectation. We know AI will be in beta for some time as stuff gets added, and there is supposely a first public beta available after the iPhone show. But this isn’t just related to only iPhones, it’s across their product lines. So when you say Apple wants to have it out by mid to end of October, who know with this weird 18.0 vs 18.1 pairing? We know something follows 18.0 but what exactly?

I hope we will see 18.1 somewhere in the beginning of October. I want to start my Japan trip with a fresh new iPhone 16 model and 18.1

 

[gwhizkids]

I hope we will see 18.1 somewhere in the beginning of October. I want to start my Japan trip with a fresh new iPhone 16 model and 18.1

Unless Apple continues to dribble out new features in upcoming 18.1 betas (which is possible), I think you will get your wish.

 

[dannyyankou]

I wouldn’t be shocked if there were one more revised beta today before the long weekend.

 

[Apple Mac Daz]

Thought WatchOS B8 would of dropped by now

 

[CrispAppleNerd]

Thought WatchOS B8 would of dropped by now

i am very surprised! They really have a lot of work to do with WatchOS 11. They need an another beta before the RC.

 

[Dwalls90]

Thought WatchOS B8 would of dropped by now

i am very surprised! They really have a lot of work to do with WatchOS 11. They need both another beta before the RC.

Same here. I wonder what's going on that's delayed it!

 

[KingOC]

Will my watch have issues pairing on iPhone 16 release ? I have watchOS 11 beta and iPhone 18.o beta

Btw where is watch beta my battery is bad atm

 

[Broken Hope]

i am very surprised! They really have a lot of work to do with WatchOS 11. They need both another beta before the RC.

Such as? I don't have any issues with WatchOS 11.

 

[Realityck]

i am very surprised! They really have a lot of work to do with WatchOS 11. They need both another beta before the RC.

If you look at the SDK notes there is very little in the way of unresolved issues. Sometimes Apple just doesn't release another beta because there is no need. tvOS seeds sometimes miss as another example.

 

[one more]

I wouldn’t be shocked if there were one more revised beta today before the long weekend.

What’s wrong with the current one?
You would need something to have gone terribly wrong for another beta to come out two days (!) after the previous one.

 

[dannyyankou]

What’s wrong with the current one?
You would need something to have gone terribly wrong for another beta to come out two days (!) after the previous one.

Nothing is wrong, it’s just I thought sometimes they release a revised beta right before the RC. I don’t know, I’m just being optimistic lol

 

[one more]

Nothing is wrong, it’s just I thought sometimes they release a revised beta right before the RC. I don’t know, I’m just being optimistic lol

The RC is coming on 09.09., so we should be set until then.

 

[Stiille]

Hopefully there comes a watchOS beta 8 !
The battery on my S8 is quite bad

 

[Dwalls90]

Hopefully there comes a watchOS beta 8 !
The battery on my S8 is quite bad

I had the same issues and was able to resolve some of it by disabling cellular and turning off music downloads on Spotify. It's still not as strong as it was on WatchOS10 but better. Hoping B8 or RC fixes it.

 

[Stiille]

I had the same issues and was able to resolve some of it by disabling cellular and turning off music downloads on Spotify. It's still not as strong as it was on WatchOS10 but better. Hoping B8 or RC fixes it.

Only GPS model of my S8 ! So no cellular

 

[CrispAppleNerd]

Such as? I don't have any issues with WatchOS 11.

Battery had been not great at all on beta 7, when I have live activities going, switching from that and the watch face every complication has to reload. Some shuttering in just the overall UI. Does not seem polished at all.

 

[CrispAppleNerd]

If you look at the SDK notes there is very little in the way of unresolved issues. Sometimes Apple just doesn't release another beta because here is no need. tvOS seeds sometimes miss as another example.

Yeah I just feel like beta 7 isn’t polished. The animations are real smooth, and there is some real lag when complications load in from the widgets screen. Seems like beta 7 was worse than beta 6. Battery life hasn’t been good for any of the watch betas.

 

[CrispAppleNerd]

Hopefully there comes a watchOS beta 8 !
The battery on my S8 is quite bad

Hopefully the RC really squares things away for battery life. I know my Ultra will take some hit with watchOS 11 over 10, but not a 10 to 20% hit depending on the day.

 

[gwhizkids]

Hopefully the RC really squares things away for battery life. I know my Ultra will take some hit with watchOS 11 over 10, but not a 10 to 20% hit depending on the day.

It should. All the logging and data analytics will come out. And they will optimize it for battery life.

 

[Stiille]

It should. All the logging and data analytics will come out. And they will optimize it for battery life.

Makes me optimistic for iOS and watchOS !
Thanks for the optimism 😇

 

[Realityck]

It should. All the logging and data analytics will come out. And they will optimize it for battery life.

Did the 18.1 beta 3 resolve the shortcut quitting issues you had earlier, so everything is good again?

 

[gwhizkids]

Did the beta 3 resolve the shortcut quitting issues you had earlier, so everything is good again?

Yes fortunately. Thanks for asking.

Hopefully it stays fixed. It wasn’t broken until this past weekend, 2 weeks into beta 2. 🤞

 

[KingOC]

Will I have trouble paring my watch to iPhone 16 on release ? Because I have watchOS 11 beta installed ?

 

[jkel777]

Will I have trouble paring my watch to iPhone 16 on release ? Because I have watchOS 11 beta installed ?

No, you shouldn’t. The 16s will come with iOS 18.0, which is compatible with watchOS 11. If an iPhone is running iOS 17.x, then the watch won’t be able to pair if it’s running watchOS 11.

 

[KingOC]

No, you shouldn’t. The 16s will come with iOS 18.0, which is compatible with watchOS 11. If an iPhone is running iOS 17.x, then the watch won’t be able to pair if it’s running watchOS 11.

Thanks for claryfying