iOS 18 Speculation Thread

[KingOC]

Thanks for claryfying

I took September 12th,13th off for pre orders 😂🤣 and then September 19th 20th for release 😀

 

[Premium1]

I took September 12th,13th off for pre orders 😂🤣 and then September 19th 20th for release 😀

Taking off work for a preorder (which takes like 5 minutes to do) interesting strategy..

 

[Realityck]

Taking off work for a preorder (which takes like 5 minutes to do) interesting strategy..

One spends more time updating iOS then that.

 

[Realityck]

Of interest

Apple Intelligence is forcing Apple to finally give us what we want: More RAM

Reports claims Apple will be boosting the minimum RAM to 8GB in iPhones and 16GB in Macs.

www.macworld.com

In its initial compatibility list for Apple Intelligence, Apple lists devices that all have at least 8GB of memory, which is the minimum needed to run the AI features. So why the boost to 12GB in the iPhone 17? Presumably, so that more on-device functions can be performed; an 8GB device would probably need to turn to the cloud for AI processing more frequently. Apple is gradually rolling out its first round of Apple Intelligence features over the next several months, so it’s safe to assume there will be a new raft of features unveiled for iOS 19 next year.

So if you think running out to buy that 8GB RAM iPhone 16 in the near future will save your AI bacon, just wait to the 12 GB RAM iPhone 17 next year.

 

[KingOC]

Taking off work for a preorder (which takes like 5 minutes to do) interesting strategy..

if i pre order iphone lets say on the 12th.... will the apple store have my device ready for pick up on the 19th / 20th?
I'm new to this so I dont know how it all works

 

[gwhizkids]

if i pre order iphone lets say on the 12th.... will the apple store have my device ready for pick up on the 19th / 20th?
I'm new to this so I dont know how it all works

As long as they don’t run out of your SKU by the time you order, sure.

 

[KingOC]

As long as they don’t run out of your SKU by the time you order, sure.

When will pre orders start. What time. And is it the 12th or 13th? Thanks for the reply btw

 

[john991]

When will pre orders start. What time. And is it the 12th or 13th? Thanks for the reply btw

We aren’t really sure, could be the 12th or 13th. Usually goes on sale at 8am EST

 

[Populus]

Of interest

Apple Intelligence is forcing Apple to finally give us what we want: More RAM

Reports claims Apple will be boosting the minimum RAM to 8GB in iPhones and 16GB in Macs.

www.macworld.com

So if you think running out to buy that 8GB RAM iPhone 16 in the near future will save your AI bacon, just wait to the 12 GB RAM iPhone 17 next year.

I think this is a good year to upgrade honestly. I won’t because I love my SE 3 too much, but this year, or 2026 if they bump RAM to 12GB, will be good years to upgrade.

 

[KingOC]

I think this is a good year to upgrade honestly. I won’t because I love my SE 3 too much, but this year, or 2026 if they bump RAM to 12GB, will be good years to upgrade.

I have iphone 13 and the volume button just broke. so for me it's smart to upgrade otherwise i'd wait 1 more year

 

[gwhizkids]

When will pre orders start. What time. And is it the 12th or 13th? Thanks for the reply btw

The last few years it’s been 5am
Pacific Time on the Friday after the event. My guess is that that will still be the case despite the event being on a Monday rather than a Tuesday, as it has been.

 

[KingOC]

The last few years it’s been 5am
Pacific Time on the Friday after the event. My guess is that that will still be the case despite the event being on a Monday rather than a Tuesday, as it has been.

but this year its friday the 13theenth... so maybe for all the crazies it might affect sales so maybe they will do thursday?

 

[Premium1]

One spends more time updating iOS then that.

Lol even so. Burning a day off from work, just to get a preorder is wild. Even on launch day it will be done and set up within 30 minutes. I guess people really need to spend a whole day on their phone though..

 

[Premium1]

I think this is a good year to upgrade honestly. I won’t because I love my SE 3 too much, but this year, or 2026 if they bump RAM to 12GB, will be good years to upgrade.

Ram upgrades (and not charging an arm and a leg) have been well overdue for a long time with apple. Heck you can get a sub $200 android phone with the same amount of ram as the flagship iPhones.

 

[gwhizkids]

but this year its friday the 13theenth... so maybe for all the crazies it might affect sales so maybe they will do thursday?

That thought occurred to me. Also the fact that the event is a day earlier. But I still think it will be Friday.

 

[gtmead09]

I would not rule out a MAC OS beta and WatchOS beta this week. Watch because we didn't get one last week with everything else. The MAC OS because the last beta was a B. Mileage may vary and this is purely a guess...... yes I know B builds have gone to RC's before in the past.

 

[Realityck]

I would not rule out a MAC OS beta and WatchOS beta this week. Watch because we didn't get one last week with everything else. The MAC OS because the last beta was a B. Mileage may vary and this is purely a guess...... yes I know B builds have gone to RC's before in the past.

If you look at the following

Spoiler: watchOS 11 Beta 7 Release Notes

General​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Passive Entry will not work on newly provisioned car keys on watchOS. The key can still be used by double-clicking and holding the Apple Watch to the door handle. (128866908)

ActivityKit​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Tapping Live Activity does not launch watch apps that use the WKSupportsLiveActivityLaunchAttributesTypes Info.plist key. Instead, a Live Activity tap displays the full-screen view with an “Open on iPhone” option. (132832577) (FB14568721)

App Intents​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Parameterless @parameter and @Property wrappers might cause protocol conformance failures. (130219933)

Apple Music​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: The download button for music is unavailable in the watchOS Music app when only connected to a cellular network. (128975478)

Depth​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Depth might not recover from a crash, including system kernel panic in-session. (129904699)

Foundation​

New Features​

• JSONEncoder.OutputFormatting.sortedKeys will now sort keys with a different ordering. Previously, keys were sorted using a numeric, case-insensitive, or localized ordering. Beginning in beta 4, keys are sorted lexicographically based on the keys’ UTF-8 contents. (126874437)

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Date.ComponentsFormatStyle was incorrectly producing strings like "1m" with the Date.ComponentsFormatStyle.Style.condensedAbbreviated style and strings like "1min"with the .narrow style instead of the other way around. The behavior was corrected to match the behavior of Duration.UnitsFormatStyle.UnitWidth. (125790342)

Health​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Cycle Tracking Widget loses background/legibility on watch faces with a black background or if a multi-color option is selected. (128885691)
• Fixed: Users might occassionally receive erroneous timezone change notifications for Medications on watch. (129242686)

Live Activities​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Disabling the global switch for “Allow Live Activities” or “Auto-Launch Live Activities” does not properly disable live activities in Settings on the Watch. (129075920)
• Fixed: Interactive elements inside of Live Activities on watchOS will not perform any action. (130079986)

Networking​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: For apps linked on macOS 15 / iOS 18 or newer, the default User-Agent request header field value generated by URLSession now includes the unlocalized bundle name instead of the localized bundle name. (117380285)
• Fixed: Single-target watch apps are erroneously able to bring up cellular when running in the background. (Use URLSession with background configuration if cellular access is needed.) (124725044)

Pairing​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Request to allow Watch Faces to use Location Services is displayed during the pairing flow. (128199203)

Platform​

New Features​

• The firmware image for iBoot will be made available in cleartext in the PCC image. To reduce the overhead imposed by firmware encryption and align policies where appropriate, firmware encryption has been disabled for iBoot on iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. See Private Cloud Compute for more details. (125171074)

Podcasts​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Tapping an episode in the Up Next widget on watchOS launches Podcasts instead of starting playback. (129011666)
• Fixed: Podcast app might crash when user attempts to play subscription podcast content on watch. (129241181)

StoreKit​

New Features​

• The SubscriptionStoreView now supports custom control styles. To create a custom control style, declare a type that conforms to SubscriptionStoreControlStyle and implement makeBody(configuration method. (106819454)
• New standard styles are available for laying out subscription store view controls with a compact height. Use pagedPicker and pagedProminentPicker for a platform appropriate paging effect, or compactPicker to place options in a horizontal stack. For watchOS, the new pagedPickerstyle is available for laying out SubscriptionStoreView controls with a compact height. (110286601)
• Use types such as SubscriptionOptionGroup and SubscriptionPeriodGroupSet to declare a hierarchical structure for your SubscriptionStoreView. You can use the subscriptionStoreOptionGroupStyle(_ to choose between presenting groups as a tab view or as navigation links. (110429924) (FB12264937)
• The subscription status RenewalInfo object now supports new properties renewalPrice and currency to indicate the price at which the subscription will renew, and its currency. There is also a new offer property containing the information of the offer that will be applied to the next renewal, if there is any. This includes the offer ID, the offer type, and the payment mode. (114217892)
• Finished consumables can now be included when using the Transaction APIs. Users can enable this feature by setting SKInAppPurchaseHistoryIncludesConsumables to true in app’s Info.plist. (115079880)
• When configuring the control style for a SubscriptionStoreView, users can specify a placement for the controls using the subscriptionStoreControlStyle(_lacement view modifier. For tvOS, by default SubscriptionStoreView will place the controls trailing the marketing content. (115319543)
• Users can now use APIs like monthly or yearly to get common Product.SubscriptionPeriodvalues when comparing subscription periods. (122684230)

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: VoiceOver does not read a product’s title and description in ProductView and StoreView. (124254957) (FB13679318)

Deprecations​

• The Original API for In-App Purchase is now deprecated, including: SKStoreReviewController, SKProduct, SKReceiptRefreshRequest, SKStorefront, SKPayment, SKRequest, SKProductsRequest, and SKProductDiscount. Please upgrade to StoreKit 2 for current APIs and future enhancements. (116600524)

Swift Charts​

New Features​

• Plot math functions using LinePlot and AreaPlot. (117186178)
• Visualize large datasets more efficiently using vectorized plot APIs such as PointPlot and RectanglePlot. (117469419)

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Rotated axis labels stretch to incorrect sizes. (106013386)
• Fixed: Blur and shadow effects on marks might disappear during animation. (125493885)
• Fixed: Glitches when animating a connected scatter plot made of LineMark. (127196185)
• Fixed: Stroke styles can now be animated. (127465359)
• Fixed: For function plots, the Y domain cannot be inferred automatically. (128877906)

SwiftUI​

New Features​

• Toolbar Foreground Style can now be customized on watchOS with the .toolbarForegroundStyle view modifier. (107349615)
• For ObservableObject subclasses used with @EnvironmentObject, @ObservedObject, and @StateObject, SwiftUI will now only call objectWillChange once per property per object instance. If you use @Published and the default ObservableObjectPublisher, you do not need to change anything. If you override objectWillChange, ensure the lifetime of the publisher you return matches the lifetime of its enclosing ObservableObject. (116197689)
• TextField and TextFieldLink now launch text input directly to the last used input method, including Dictation. (116598050)
• watchOS bordered buttons now support dynamic type and will automatically size themselves to the width of the system text margins. It is no longer necessary to apply custom padding to watchOS bordered buttons. (118793715)
• Types conforming to the View protocol, and other similar SwiftUI protocols, are now isolated to the @MainActor by default. SwiftUI’s runtime behavior with respect to actor isolation has not changed: SwiftUI views and similar types have always been evaluated on the main actor at runtime; this change improves compile-time diagnostics for potential data-race safety issues. To opt out of the new default main actor isolation and restore the previous default isolation, add the nonisolated keyword to methods and properties as needed, or move the protocol conformance to an extension to opt out the entire type. (120815051)
• Scroll target behaviors now create haptics when snapped to via the Digital Crown on Apple Watch. (121612157)
• watchOS navigation titles now support dynamic type. If the title doesn’t fit, it will marquee. To enable this behavior, use standard title views like .navigationTitle("Title") and not custom title views like .navigationTitle { Text("Title").someModifier() }. (121888327)
• Text(_:format now automatically injects FormatStyle known to SwiftUI with the TimeZoneand Calendar from the environment. (123662780)
• @Entry macro can now be used to simplify declarations of custom EnvironmentValues, FocusedValues, Transaction, and ContainerValues properties. (125568810)
• watchOS toolbar button labels now support dynamic type. To best fit the toolbar, label the buttons with SF symbols instead of text. For more information, see https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10138. (125640396)
• Added the ability to give a gesture a name, which gets surfaced to UIGestureRecognizers when establishing dependencies. (126527559)
• Toolbar items in the navigation bar now animate with the navigation title and toolbar items in the bottom bar. (126886788)

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: ForEach is now able to reclaim persistent state of unused child views. @State values created by views inside ForEach elements might be destroyed earlier than previously observed. (90667238)
• Fixed: A DismissAction captured in the content or detail column of a NavigationSplitViewnow pops the implicit stack.
  For apps linked on or after iOS 18 and aligned releases, the button in the example below will now clear any selection in the sidebar List. Previously, this would fail silently on iOS, and close the window on macOS.
  NavigationSplitView {
  List(…)
  } detail: {
  DetailView()
  }
  
  struct DetailView: View {
  @Environment(\.dismiss) private var dismiss
  
  var body: some View {
  Button("Pop") { dismiss() }
  }
  }
  
  To retain the previous behavior, capture the DismissAction from the environment above the NavigationSplitView. (92522613)
• Fixed: When a light appearance applies to a view, the view will now render watchOS system colors using the “light” values defined by https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/color#watchOS-system-colors. (108993115)
• Fixed: View._printChanges now outputs key path of mutated observable properties instead of “@dependencies”. (111392797)
• Fixed: SwiftUI will now assert that types conforming to the App protocol are value types. (113634782)
• Fixed: Automatically updating Text created via Text(_:style or Text(timerIntervalauseTime:countsDown:showsHours was causing increased battery drain when used in long running Live Activities. They now no longer animate changes in digits that signal the seconds value, keeping the power impact to a minimum. (115906895)
• Fixed: .navigationDestination(for:destination) modifiers inside of lazy containers are no longer evaluated. .navigationDestination(isPresented:destination and navigationDestination(item:destination) will log warning when used in lazy containers. Lazy containers in this context include: List, LazyVGrid, LazyHGrid, LazyHStack, LazyVStack Table, and TabView. If using navigationDestinations in lazy containers, users will see logged errors at runtime. Lift the modifiers higher up in the view hierarchy so they are outside of the lazy containers. Allowing navigation destination modifiers in lazy containers had two significant costs: (1) app navigation state could be undefined if a navigationDestination had been scrolled off screen (2) The navigation system had to explore all list contents to ensure navigation destinations remained up to date. Only allowing these modifiers outside of lazy containers improves app navigation reliability and performance. (117998693)
• Fixed: Views at the root of a NavigationStack will now always have matching onAppear and onDisappear callbacks. (119737698)
• Fixed: The order of ShapeStyle compositing modifiers is now honored with respect to shadows. Previously in fill(style.blendMode(…).shadow(…)) the added blend mode would also apply to the shadow, that is no longer the case. The blend mode modifier must be added after the shadow modifier to affect it. As a consequence, the fill and any shadows added can now use different blend modes. Similar rules apply to ShapeStyle.opacity() except that outer opacity() modifiers multiply with inner modifiers, e.g. in fill(style.opacity(0.5).shadow(…).opacity(0.5))the shadow is drawn with 50% opacity (of whatever style draws) and style itself draws with 25% opacity. (119738072)
• Fixed: The meaning of the boolean value passed to the ContentTransition.numericText(countsDown function has been flipped for apps deployed prior to iOS 18 aligned releases. (120561508)
• Fixed: In vertical page-style tab views, toolbar items now adjust for the bottom safe area. (120739592)
• Fixed: Gestures might not pick up a modified content shape, such as when increasing the tappable area of a button. (120938385)
• Fixed an issue when a sheet modifier is removed from a view hierarchy. This can happen if the sheet modifier is in one branch of an if statement and the statement’s condition changes. For apps linked on or after iOS 18 and aligned releases, when a sheet modifier is completely removed from the hierarchy, the binding associated with the sheet will not be reset. (123742063)
• Fixed: ForEach child views are no longer re-evaluated unconditionally, only when a parameter of the ForEach view might have changed. (123902210)
• Fixed: Elements along a NavigationPath or the data structure passed to the path parameter of NavigationStack(path:root are now compared more efficiently. Any side-effects from setting a path equal to itself are no longer reliable and likely will not occur. (125093883)
• Fixed: SceneBuilder, WidgetBundleBuilder, TableColumnBuilder, TableRowBuilder, CommandsBuilder, and ToolbarContentBuilder now diagnose unsupported if #availableconditions at compile time instead of crashing at run time. (125379937)
• Fixed: In certain scenarios, Text(_:style produced suboptimal output, such as choosing an unnecessarily small calendar unit, showing zero values for large calendar units instead of omitting them, or showing seconds in Always On Display. (125885307)
• Fixed: Text(timerIntervalauseTime:countsDown:showsHours was redacting the seconds value even when the timer was paused, had not started yet, or had already reached its end. (125885429)
• Fixed: Resolved an issue where scroll views would not receive touches if placed near a tappable control. When rebuilt with the newer SDK, make sure that small buttons and tap targets are correctly enlarged. You can use the contentShape modifier. (126232279)
• Fixed: On watchOS, hierarchical fill colors applied like .fill(Color.red.tertiary) now differ in opacity both when vibrancy is disabled and enabled. (126304778)
• Fixed: Views using the .digitialCrownRotation modifier might prevent scroll or pan gesture events from being recognized. (128026017)
• Fixed: In the Swift 6 language mode, the @Entry macro now works with non-Sendable types if the type of the entry is declared explicitly. (129073803)
• Fixed: Status bar time might not move to the centered position when there is a trailing bar item after a navigation push. (131398106)

Wallet​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Users will be unable to present ID cards in Wallet. (127695252)

WidgetKit​

Known Issues​

• Widgets that use SiriKit custom intents for configuration might fail to render if an Intents extension is not provided with the app. (133479478)
  Workaround: Provide an Intents extension that lists the configuration intent class name in the IntentsSupported section of its Info.plist.

Workout​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Starting a new workout during an ongoing workout by tapping “New” might cause the Workout app to hang. (128755373)

There is nothing needing to be resolved before a RC per the SDK notes
As for latest MacOS it's running excellent on my AS Macs. Even the 15.1 beta 3 is improved with the AI features over beta 2. As for iOS 18.0 beta 8, and iPadOS beta 8 those are running as good as the public release.

So this 2 week lag allows Apple staff just a time to relax before the iPhone 16 frenzy.

 

[KingOC]

why is apple hub stating they are launching apple iphone 16 on september 9. i thought pre orders are on september 12th or 13th?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828103049908482357

 

[john991]

Wishing for iOS 18.1 beta 4 this coming week. Probably dreaming thou.

 

[john991]

Well… looks like a lot of new features coming in 18.2

iOS 18.2 will bring these new features to your iPhone in December - 9to5Mac

Apple has made a lot of promises for iOS 18, yet a good chunk of them aren’t available in the...

9to5mac.com

 

[WildstarBR2020]

Ram upgrades (and not charging an arm and a leg) have been well overdue for a long time with apple. Heck you can get a sub $200 android phone with the same amount of ram as the flagship iPhones.

Well, Android phones have more RAM because they need it to be “useful”. Apple hardware + software are way more optimized. However, AI takes a lot of resources - maybe 12GB is just a beginning of a ramp up…

 

[Premium1]

why is apple hub stating they are launching apple iphone 16 on september 9. i thought pre orders are on september 12th or 13th?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828103049908482357

I mean technically they are “launching” it on that day since they will show it off at the event, just won’t be for sale yet.

 

[gwhizkids]

why is apple hub stating they are launching apple iphone 16 on september 9. i thought pre orders are on september 12th or 13th?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828103049908482357

Mainly because Apple is announcing it on September 9th. Preorders are several days later.

 

[mikejd1]

Wishing for iOS 18.1 beta 4 this coming week. Probably dreaming thou.

Same. I’m still having the issue with swiping up from the bottom not registering at all times. It’s quite frustrating but not as bad as beta 2 was.

 

[CrispAppleNerd]

If you look at the following

Spoiler: watchOS 11 Beta 7 Release Notes

General​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Passive Entry will not work on newly provisioned car keys on watchOS. The key can still be used by double-clicking and holding the Apple Watch to the door handle. (128866908)

ActivityKit​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Tapping Live Activity does not launch watch apps that use the WKSupportsLiveActivityLaunchAttributesTypes Info.plist key. Instead, a Live Activity tap displays the full-screen view with an “Open on iPhone” option. (132832577) (FB14568721)

App Intents​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Parameterless @parameter and @Property wrappers might cause protocol conformance failures. (130219933)

Apple Music​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: The download button for music is unavailable in the watchOS Music app when only connected to a cellular network. (128975478)

Depth​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Depth might not recover from a crash, including system kernel panic in-session. (129904699)

Foundation​

New Features​

• JSONEncoder.OutputFormatting.sortedKeys will now sort keys with a different ordering. Previously, keys were sorted using a numeric, case-insensitive, or localized ordering. Beginning in beta 4, keys are sorted lexicographically based on the keys’ UTF-8 contents. (126874437)

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Date.ComponentsFormatStyle was incorrectly producing strings like "1m" with the Date.ComponentsFormatStyle.Style.condensedAbbreviated style and strings like "1min"with the .narrow style instead of the other way around. The behavior was corrected to match the behavior of Duration.UnitsFormatStyle.UnitWidth. (125790342)

Health​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Cycle Tracking Widget loses background/legibility on watch faces with a black background or if a multi-color option is selected. (128885691)
• Fixed: Users might occassionally receive erroneous timezone change notifications for Medications on watch. (129242686)

Live Activities​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Disabling the global switch for “Allow Live Activities” or “Auto-Launch Live Activities” does not properly disable live activities in Settings on the Watch. (129075920)
• Fixed: Interactive elements inside of Live Activities on watchOS will not perform any action. (130079986)

Networking​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: For apps linked on macOS 15 / iOS 18 or newer, the default User-Agent request header field value generated by URLSession now includes the unlocalized bundle name instead of the localized bundle name. (117380285)
• Fixed: Single-target watch apps are erroneously able to bring up cellular when running in the background. (Use URLSession with background configuration if cellular access is needed.) (124725044)

Pairing​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Request to allow Watch Faces to use Location Services is displayed during the pairing flow. (128199203)

Platform​

New Features​

• The firmware image for iBoot will be made available in cleartext in the PCC image. To reduce the overhead imposed by firmware encryption and align policies where appropriate, firmware encryption has been disabled for iBoot on iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. See Private Cloud Compute for more details. (125171074)

Podcasts​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Tapping an episode in the Up Next widget on watchOS launches Podcasts instead of starting playback. (129011666)
• Fixed: Podcast app might crash when user attempts to play subscription podcast content on watch. (129241181)

StoreKit​

New Features​

• The SubscriptionStoreView now supports custom control styles. To create a custom control style, declare a type that conforms to SubscriptionStoreControlStyle and implement makeBody(configuration method. (106819454)
• New standard styles are available for laying out subscription store view controls with a compact height. Use pagedPicker and pagedProminentPicker for a platform appropriate paging effect, or compactPicker to place options in a horizontal stack. For watchOS, the new pagedPickerstyle is available for laying out SubscriptionStoreView controls with a compact height. (110286601)
• Use types such as SubscriptionOptionGroup and SubscriptionPeriodGroupSet to declare a hierarchical structure for your SubscriptionStoreView. You can use the subscriptionStoreOptionGroupStyle(_ to choose between presenting groups as a tab view or as navigation links. (110429924) (FB12264937)
• The subscription status RenewalInfo object now supports new properties renewalPrice and currency to indicate the price at which the subscription will renew, and its currency. There is also a new offer property containing the information of the offer that will be applied to the next renewal, if there is any. This includes the offer ID, the offer type, and the payment mode. (114217892)
• Finished consumables can now be included when using the Transaction APIs. Users can enable this feature by setting SKInAppPurchaseHistoryIncludesConsumables to true in app’s Info.plist. (115079880)
• When configuring the control style for a SubscriptionStoreView, users can specify a placement for the controls using the subscriptionStoreControlStyle(_lacement view modifier. For tvOS, by default SubscriptionStoreView will place the controls trailing the marketing content. (115319543)
• Users can now use APIs like monthly or yearly to get common Product.SubscriptionPeriodvalues when comparing subscription periods. (122684230)

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: VoiceOver does not read a product’s title and description in ProductView and StoreView. (124254957) (FB13679318)

Deprecations​

• The Original API for In-App Purchase is now deprecated, including: SKStoreReviewController, SKProduct, SKReceiptRefreshRequest, SKStorefront, SKPayment, SKRequest, SKProductsRequest, and SKProductDiscount. Please upgrade to StoreKit 2 for current APIs and future enhancements. (116600524)

Swift Charts​

New Features​

• Plot math functions using LinePlot and AreaPlot. (117186178)
• Visualize large datasets more efficiently using vectorized plot APIs such as PointPlot and RectanglePlot. (117469419)

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Rotated axis labels stretch to incorrect sizes. (106013386)
• Fixed: Blur and shadow effects on marks might disappear during animation. (125493885)
• Fixed: Glitches when animating a connected scatter plot made of LineMark. (127196185)
• Fixed: Stroke styles can now be animated. (127465359)
• Fixed: For function plots, the Y domain cannot be inferred automatically. (128877906)

SwiftUI​

New Features​

• Toolbar Foreground Style can now be customized on watchOS with the .toolbarForegroundStyle view modifier. (107349615)
• For ObservableObject subclasses used with @EnvironmentObject, @ObservedObject, and @StateObject, SwiftUI will now only call objectWillChange once per property per object instance. If you use @Published and the default ObservableObjectPublisher, you do not need to change anything. If you override objectWillChange, ensure the lifetime of the publisher you return matches the lifetime of its enclosing ObservableObject. (116197689)
• TextField and TextFieldLink now launch text input directly to the last used input method, including Dictation. (116598050)
• watchOS bordered buttons now support dynamic type and will automatically size themselves to the width of the system text margins. It is no longer necessary to apply custom padding to watchOS bordered buttons. (118793715)
• Types conforming to the View protocol, and other similar SwiftUI protocols, are now isolated to the @MainActor by default. SwiftUI’s runtime behavior with respect to actor isolation has not changed: SwiftUI views and similar types have always been evaluated on the main actor at runtime; this change improves compile-time diagnostics for potential data-race safety issues. To opt out of the new default main actor isolation and restore the previous default isolation, add the nonisolated keyword to methods and properties as needed, or move the protocol conformance to an extension to opt out the entire type. (120815051)
• Scroll target behaviors now create haptics when snapped to via the Digital Crown on Apple Watch. (121612157)
• watchOS navigation titles now support dynamic type. If the title doesn’t fit, it will marquee. To enable this behavior, use standard title views like .navigationTitle("Title") and not custom title views like .navigationTitle { Text("Title").someModifier() }. (121888327)
• Text(_:format now automatically injects FormatStyle known to SwiftUI with the TimeZoneand Calendar from the environment. (123662780)
• @Entry macro can now be used to simplify declarations of custom EnvironmentValues, FocusedValues, Transaction, and ContainerValues properties. (125568810)
• watchOS toolbar button labels now support dynamic type. To best fit the toolbar, label the buttons with SF symbols instead of text. For more information, see https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10138. (125640396)
• Added the ability to give a gesture a name, which gets surfaced to UIGestureRecognizers when establishing dependencies. (126527559)
• Toolbar items in the navigation bar now animate with the navigation title and toolbar items in the bottom bar. (126886788)

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: ForEach is now able to reclaim persistent state of unused child views. @State values created by views inside ForEach elements might be destroyed earlier than previously observed. (90667238)
• Fixed: A DismissAction captured in the content or detail column of a NavigationSplitViewnow pops the implicit stack.
  For apps linked on or after iOS 18 and aligned releases, the button in the example below will now clear any selection in the sidebar List. Previously, this would fail silently on iOS, and close the window on macOS.
  NavigationSplitView {
  List(…)
  } detail: {
  DetailView()
  }
  
  struct DetailView: View {
  @Environment(\.dismiss) private var dismiss
  
  var body: some View {
  Button("Pop") { dismiss() }
  }
  }
  
  To retain the previous behavior, capture the DismissAction from the environment above the NavigationSplitView. (92522613)
• Fixed: When a light appearance applies to a view, the view will now render watchOS system colors using the “light” values defined by https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/color#watchOS-system-colors. (108993115)
• Fixed: View._printChanges now outputs key path of mutated observable properties instead of “@dependencies”. (111392797)
• Fixed: SwiftUI will now assert that types conforming to the App protocol are value types. (113634782)
• Fixed: Automatically updating Text created via Text(_:style or Text(timerIntervalauseTime:countsDown:showsHours was causing increased battery drain when used in long running Live Activities. They now no longer animate changes in digits that signal the seconds value, keeping the power impact to a minimum. (115906895)
• Fixed: .navigationDestination(for:destination) modifiers inside of lazy containers are no longer evaluated. .navigationDestination(isPresented:destination and navigationDestination(item:destination) will log warning when used in lazy containers. Lazy containers in this context include: List, LazyVGrid, LazyHGrid, LazyHStack, LazyVStack Table, and TabView. If using navigationDestinations in lazy containers, users will see logged errors at runtime. Lift the modifiers higher up in the view hierarchy so they are outside of the lazy containers. Allowing navigation destination modifiers in lazy containers had two significant costs: (1) app navigation state could be undefined if a navigationDestination had been scrolled off screen (2) The navigation system had to explore all list contents to ensure navigation destinations remained up to date. Only allowing these modifiers outside of lazy containers improves app navigation reliability and performance. (117998693)
• Fixed: Views at the root of a NavigationStack will now always have matching onAppear and onDisappear callbacks. (119737698)
• Fixed: The order of ShapeStyle compositing modifiers is now honored with respect to shadows. Previously in fill(style.blendMode(…).shadow(…)) the added blend mode would also apply to the shadow, that is no longer the case. The blend mode modifier must be added after the shadow modifier to affect it. As a consequence, the fill and any shadows added can now use different blend modes. Similar rules apply to ShapeStyle.opacity() except that outer opacity() modifiers multiply with inner modifiers, e.g. in fill(style.opacity(0.5).shadow(…).opacity(0.5))the shadow is drawn with 50% opacity (of whatever style draws) and style itself draws with 25% opacity. (119738072)
• Fixed: The meaning of the boolean value passed to the ContentTransition.numericText(countsDown function has been flipped for apps deployed prior to iOS 18 aligned releases. (120561508)
• Fixed: In vertical page-style tab views, toolbar items now adjust for the bottom safe area. (120739592)
• Fixed: Gestures might not pick up a modified content shape, such as when increasing the tappable area of a button. (120938385)
• Fixed an issue when a sheet modifier is removed from a view hierarchy. This can happen if the sheet modifier is in one branch of an if statement and the statement’s condition changes. For apps linked on or after iOS 18 and aligned releases, when a sheet modifier is completely removed from the hierarchy, the binding associated with the sheet will not be reset. (123742063)
• Fixed: ForEach child views are no longer re-evaluated unconditionally, only when a parameter of the ForEach view might have changed. (123902210)
• Fixed: Elements along a NavigationPath or the data structure passed to the path parameter of NavigationStack(path:root are now compared more efficiently. Any side-effects from setting a path equal to itself are no longer reliable and likely will not occur. (125093883)
• Fixed: SceneBuilder, WidgetBundleBuilder, TableColumnBuilder, TableRowBuilder, CommandsBuilder, and ToolbarContentBuilder now diagnose unsupported if #availableconditions at compile time instead of crashing at run time. (125379937)
• Fixed: In certain scenarios, Text(_:style produced suboptimal output, such as choosing an unnecessarily small calendar unit, showing zero values for large calendar units instead of omitting them, or showing seconds in Always On Display. (125885307)
• Fixed: Text(timerIntervalauseTime:countsDown:showsHours was redacting the seconds value even when the timer was paused, had not started yet, or had already reached its end. (125885429)
• Fixed: Resolved an issue where scroll views would not receive touches if placed near a tappable control. When rebuilt with the newer SDK, make sure that small buttons and tap targets are correctly enlarged. You can use the contentShape modifier. (126232279)
• Fixed: On watchOS, hierarchical fill colors applied like .fill(Color.red.tertiary) now differ in opacity both when vibrancy is disabled and enabled. (126304778)
• Fixed: Views using the .digitialCrownRotation modifier might prevent scroll or pan gesture events from being recognized. (128026017)
• Fixed: In the Swift 6 language mode, the @Entry macro now works with non-Sendable types if the type of the entry is declared explicitly. (129073803)
• Fixed: Status bar time might not move to the centered position when there is a trailing bar item after a navigation push. (131398106)

Wallet​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Users will be unable to present ID cards in Wallet. (127695252)

WidgetKit​

Known Issues​

• Widgets that use SiriKit custom intents for configuration might fail to render if an Intents extension is not provided with the app. (133479478)
  Workaround: Provide an Intents extension that lists the configuration intent class name in the IntentsSupported section of its Info.plist.

Workout​

Resolved Issues​

• Fixed: Starting a new workout during an ongoing workout by tapping “New” might cause the Workout app to hang. (128755373)

There is nothing needing to be resolved before a RC per the SDK notes
As for latest MacOS it's running excellent on my AS Macs. Even the 15.1 beta 3 is improved with the AI features over beta 2. As for iOS 18.0 beta 8, and iPadOS beta 8 those are running as good as the public release.

So this 2 week lag allows Apple staff just a time to relax before the iPhone 16 frenzy.

Well I guess that means we are going to full release with bugs. Not too terribly surprising as the sunrise/sunset bug only just got fixed from watchOS 10 in the beta of 18 along with several other watchOS bugs.