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IOS 18 will mark Apple’s annual iPhone software update for 2024 and will be full of changes, and we’re just days away from it being announced. The update has been described as one of the biggest ever for the iPhone. There will be major new AI features and design changes, plus new customization options. Read on for a recap of everything we know about iOS 18’s new features so far.

iOS 18 is coming next week: Here’s everything we know

While new AI features will steal the show at WWDC next week, Apple has a number of other changes planned for iOS 18. This includes new home screen customization options, design changes, and more. Head below for a roundup of some of the non-AI features rumored for iOS 18 this year.

iOS 18: Six new features coming to the iPhone (other than AI)

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One iPhone feature that poses a risk to your privacy is the message preview that appears on your Lock Screen whenever you receive a text. While it’s convenient to take a quick peek at your phone and get the gist of the message, it also exposes potentially sensitive information to anyone else who happens to glance at your screen.

Snoop-Proof Your iPhone: How to Turn off Message Previews

At WWDC 2024, Apple announced it would release iOS 18 to the general public this fall, and the update would bring new features, like customizable home screen and upgrades to Messages, to your iPhone. But the tech giant brought a feature to your iPhone that could make your phone calls sound much better when it released iOS 16.4 more than a year ago.

Apple's Hidden iOS Trick to Make Your iPhone Calls Much Clearer

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Do you know anyone who has dual nature? Such two-faced zodiac signs are friendly but they gossip about others behind their backs. They can lie to you without batting an eyelid. However, detecting a two-faced person isn’t easy for everyone. They often compliment their friends when they achieve a goal or change their wardrobe. But they will make negative remarks about you to someone else. What other traits do two-faced people have?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Two-Faced

In the digital age, securing your personal data is more important than ever, especially on devices that travel with us everywhere, like our smartphones. If you’re an Android user, you’re in luck because there are several built-in features to help you lock down your device. Let’s dive into some of these options and ensure your information stays safe and secure.

Looking for more ways to lock down your Android? Here’s how to do it

Emojis can be a fun and lighthearted way to add some “emotion” to your text messages or emails. Emojis have come a long way; back in the day, all you could really do was send a smiley face, sad face, or winky face, using colons, semi-colons, and parentheses. Now, you can send all sorts of emojis – not just faces, but images of foods, objects, landmarks – you name it, to liven up your message.

Emojis for dummies: How to add emojis into your text messages and emails

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During the WWDC 2024 keynote, Apple previewed iOS 18‘s Genmoji, which is part of its Apple Intelligence features that will be released later this year. With this function, iPhone users will use AI to generate new emoji characters based on text input, such as “T-rex wearing a tutu on a surfboard.”
What makes Genmoji in iOS 18 unique is that Apple designed an API to make them work like stickers and Memoji and behave like emojis. With the new NSAdaptiveimageGlyph API, developers can easily integrate Genmoji into their apps.
To ensure users have the best experience possible, Apple is redesigning the emoji...

Here’s how Genmoji will work in iOS 18

iOS 18 is full of new features. Still, it doesn’t seem like Apple Music is getting a lot of attention. Recently, BGR found five new Apple Music features coming in iOS 18, many of which you probably had no idea were going to be available this fall.
With that in mind, there is one more secret Apple Music feature coming in iOS 18 that no one is talking about: Smart Crossfade. At the moment, Apple has yet to add a new button to activate the feature or an explanation of how it works, but it’s there.
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iOS 18 has a secret Apple Music feature no one is talking about

After countless ads and several years of Google’s pleading, RCS has finally come to Apple’s Messages app. Right now, it’s only available as part of the second iOS 18 beta, ahead of a full rollout later this fall, but for the brave beta testers, it’s really, truly here. So, I did what any good journalist (specifically one using Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile because they’re the only supported carriers) would do — I fired up an iPhone and texted the most tech-savvy guy I know: my dad. After all, what could go wrong with explaining what I needed him to do while testing RCS on Messages for myself for the first time? Surprisingly, almost nothing.

I tried out RCS messages between iPhone and Android: Here's how it works

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Apple AirTags are used to help people keep track of and find lost items like keys, wallets, purses, book sacks, and more. Unfortunately this technology has been and is being misused in some cases to track people. However, there are a few ways and apps available that can help you...

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Following the release of the second developer beta for iOS 18, some users reported spotting a toggle for RCS messaging in their settings. However, not everyone who downloaded the beta is seeing the update, as it seems some carriers are not yet prepared to support it. Apple iPhone fans were...

Apple Finally Enables RCS Messaging On iPhone But Not For Everyone

There are several changes coming to the way you'll be texting with the next iPhone software update.

Here’s how texting will be different after Apple’s iOS 18 update

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Does your iPhone support Apple's new iOS 18 update, and when can you expect it to release? Let's find out.

iOS 18: Supported iPhones and expected release date

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

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Things are about to get a lot better in your iPhone's Messages app, and the most significant change will let you text Android users with iMessage-like features such as typing indicators, read receipts, large file sharing, high-quality photos and videos, and even emoji reactions. If you can't wait for its official release, there's a way you can try RCS on your iPhone right now.

Get RCS Messaging in Your iPhone's Messages App for iMessage-Like Chats with Android Users

Blackmagic Design has done it again by launching an Android version of its extremely successful camera app. It’s not just about the advanced camera features the Blackmagic Camera for Android gives you. Still, it connects to the whole ecosystem like Blackmagic Cloud and DaVinci Resolve, opening up much more filmmaking possibilities to a new cloud – the Android users. But there’s a catch. It’s compatible with Galaxy and Pixel phones only.

Blackmagic has Turned Android Devices Into Filmmaking Machines

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IPHONE owners have been left stunned after discovering a secret purpose for the line at the bottom of their screen. The feature has been around for years and came about to replace the physical home button. iPhone X, released back in 2017, was first to adopt the line in a bid to give users more […]

‘How did I not know this?’ iPhone users yell after discovering secret purpose for the line at the bottom of their screen

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iOS 18 adds quick-access Text Effects to Messages

You've long been able to add birthday balloons and other effects to Messages, but in iOS 18 your very words can shake, rattle, and explode. —...

iOS 18 adds quick-access Text Effects to Messages

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