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iOS 18

The Contacts app icon on the iPhone's Home Screen.
Feb 5, 2025

Staying connected with the people who matter most is easier when you can instantly distinguish their calls or messages — even without looking at your iPhone. That's where custom vibration patterns for ...

The new emoji in Unicode 16.0
Jan 31, 2025

Get ready to upgrade your emoji game! Thanks to the Unicode 16.0 update, a new wave of fun and expressive characters is coming to your iPhone. While the last emoji refresh was nearly a year ago, iOS 1 ...

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Jan 31, 2025

One of the coolest aesthetic features of iMessage is its animated message effects. If you're like many users, you might even have discovered them by accident, where wishing your friend a "Happy Birthd ...

Creating an event via Visual Intelligence.
Jan 29, 2025

Apple just released iOS 18.3, its latest software update for iPhone, on January 27 — after 42 days of beta testing. While it's not as feature-packed as the previous updates for iOS 18.2 and iOS 18.1 w ...

App icons featuring the number "18" on colorful backgrounds.
Jan 27, 2025

Apple's iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 have been out since September, but more features are coming, such as new emoji from Unicode 16, and you can test them after installing a beta build for iOS 18.4 or iPadOS ...

Freeform being used on an iPad and iPhone.
Jan 24, 2025

Apple's Freeform app levels up with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, offering you new features to enhance creativity, collaboration, and organization. While some updates, like the new Scenes feature, are promine ...

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Jan 23, 2025

Apple Maps keeps getting better and better for all the hikers in the world. With iOS 18, iPadOS 18, or macOS Sequoia 15, you can access thousands of detailed trail maps within U.S. national parks and ...

Smartphones with Apple logo on a surface.
Jan 22, 2025

Apple has released and continues to test 2024's major software updates for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Apple Vision. But are your devices compatible? Will you need to upgrade a devic ...

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Jan 16, 2025

Night Shift, Dark Mode, Reduce White Point, and Zoom's Low Light Filter all help reduce the harmful effects on your body's clock that bright iPhone and iPad screens have at night. But there's another ...

Text message displayed on a smartphone with virtual keyboard options.
Jan 13, 2025

In today's digital world, where inboxes are often inundated with endless emails, the latest updates to Mail in iOS 18 are nothing short of game-changing. With iOS 18.0 and subsequent updates, Apple ha ...