iOS 18.4 Public Beta 1: Your iPhone can get many new features soon
Apple released the first public beta of iOS 18.4 February 24, more than a month after the company release iOS 18.3 to the public. While this update brought Some important adjustments to all iPhoneThe last beta carries a handful of new features of developers and public beta testers as priority notifications.
Read more: Expert Guide for iOS 18
As this is beta, I recommend downloading it only to something different from your main device. As this is not the final version of iOS 18.4, the update may be buggies and battery life may be short, so it is best to maintain these problems on a secondary device.
Note that Beta is not the final version of iOS 18.4, so there may be more features to land your iPhone when iOS 18.4 is released. Apple pointed out in a news message sent to CNET that iOS 18.4 would be released in the public in April, but there is no word on an accurate date.
Here’s what you can land on your iPhone with iOS 18.4 soon. And just a reminder that only developers and beta testers that have iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max or iPhone 16 composition So far, Apple Intelligence can be accessible. If you have another iPhone, you will not have access to these features.
Priority Notifications with Apple Intelligence
Developers and beta testers with an Apple Intelligence -compatible Apple Intelligence will receive a new feature called priority notifications with iOS 18.4 beta.
“Apple Intelligence can show you notifications that may be important in a separate tab section, so you can catch up with what you may have missed,” Apple wrote in the feature description. “You can still spend your finger to see all the notifications.”
Priority notifications were off by default after I downloaded the update but you can turn it on by going to Settings> Notifications> Prioritization of Notices and touching the switch to the priority of notifications.
Sketches mode in a playground of the image
Does the astronaut reach the picture? Where is their left hand?
Image Playground is the Apple Intelligence Image Generator, and in Beta iOS 18.4 Apple brings a new art style in the app called Sketch. The new style of art creates a completely colored image that looks like a sketch that you can see in someone’s notebook. But there are still many imperfections in these photos.
Image’s Playground had two art styles before this update, one called Animation – which created 3D images – and the other called Illustration – which made cartoon images.
Atmospheric music at the control center
If you like to play music in the background while working, making duties or relaxing, you can now easily access atmospheric music at the iPhone control center with iOS 18.4 beta.
To find these controls, run your finger down from the upper right corner of your screen to open your center control, tap plus (+) Enter the upper left corner of the screen, tap Add control Then you should see a new section of controls called Atmospheric musicS There are four options for atmospheric music: sleep, chill, performance and well -being. Tap one (or all) of these controls to add them to your control center. Once the controls are in your control center, touch control and it will start playing music.
You can also change the playlist for any management. To do this, enter your control center, tap plus (+) Entry PlaylistS If you are in the cooling control, for example, the default playlist is Loidback Lo-Fi. After eavesdropping the playlist, you will see more options such as Mellow Piano, Ambient undind, or even the Library option that pulls your music. Tap the playlist you want and he will be assigned to this control.
No need to find a playlist to study so far.
I love this addition to my iPhone because I always fight the playlist’s choice at the beginning of my work day. Touching performance control facilitates the release of music when I wait for my coffee to start and I still don’t want to make a musical decision. However, I want all these controls to be grouped into one control or widget.
This is also an interesting addition to your iPhone, given that your phone can now be turned into a white noise machine with Phonov soundsS It is felt that Apple is trying to make your iPhone the first device you turn to when you need music to help you fall asleep or be more productive, potential drilling other services that offer similar playlists such as Spotify or YouTube.
Apple News Recipes
Apple News Plus costs $ 12 a month and gives you access to articles from big publications, puzzles and soon – recipes.
In the iOS 18.4 beta, subscribers have access to a new section in Apple News called Food, which is filled with recipes from publications such as Food & Wine, good food and more. Subscribers can save recipes on their offline devices later, and a new cooking mode will show full -screen instructions so you can easily follow with recipes while in your kitchen.
I will eat all this pan with cinnamon cake bars.
The new food section also has stories about restaurants, healthy eating tips and more, but let’s be honest, have access to all these recipes is a great addition. The inclusion of this feature of Apple is probably the technological giant who is trying to get sections for cooking and recipes from other publications.
New York Times, for example, launches its Cooking Section in 2014and The Times said there was Nearly 600,000 cooking subscribers By 2020, the section is not included in the main subscription plan of the publication, so you have to pay an additional $ 6 per month or subscribe to a more expensive plan to access this section.
But Apple does not charge further for access to recipes like The Times. This makes Apple News Plus a subscription more price for home chefs or anyone trying to get a better chef with no extra cost.
More changes to the default app
When Apple released iOS 18.2 In December, this update allows you to change the default applications for things like messages and calls. And with beta iOS 18.4 Apple leaves some people to change more default applications.
A new default applications is a translation. With beta beta, you can change the default translation app of your iPhone-Apple Translate to another third-party app such as Google Translate.
And according to 9to5macPeople from the European Union can also change their default navigation application. Apple Maps is default for this category, but EU people can change it to another app, such as Waze.
Podcast is changing
You can set your podcated widget to play episodes from your favorite show.
Beta iOS 18.4 also brings several new updates to the Podcasts app. If you want to add a podcast widget to your home screen, you now have more options, including shows and library. The choice of shows that the widget will play episodes from a specific show you follow, and the choice of a library widget will play episodes from a list you point to in your library.
In the most beta, there are two new settings, in the latest beta, Podcasts settings and Notification settingsS You can find them by opening the Podcasts app and tapping your profile image in the upper right corner of your screen. But these new settings do nothing in this beta version, no matter how many times you press them, so we hope that Apple adds functionality to a future update.
Siri, Apple Intelligence and iPhone Apps
Who would have thought the phone could open the phone?
With Beta iOS 18.4, the Apple Intelligence activation iPhones can use Siri to learn more about applications on the first sides of the iPhone. To access this, log in to an application such as messages, mail or settings, then tap twice at the bottom of the screen to access Enter on SiriS Siri will then show you some suggestions based on the app you are in.
So if you are on the phone, Siri will show “What can I do on the phone?” Tap this offer and you will receive a list of actions that you can take in the app, such as calling, calling FaceTime or a strange, open phone. Thank you, Siri, I would never have thought I could open the phone after I opened the phone.
Apple Intelligence comes to more people
One of the obstacles to access to Apple Intelligence is to have a compatible iPhone, but for many people around the world with the right device, these features are still fenced. But that will change with iOS 18.4.
Apple wrote online that Apple Intelligence will be available in more languages ​​including Spanish., French and JapaneseWhen iOS 18.4 was released in April. The technical giant also wrote that people in the EU may have access to Apple Intelligence for the first time with the upcoming update.
These are some of the new features of features and public beta testers can try the first public beta of iOS 18.4. There will probably be more beta before the OS is released to the public, so there is enough time Apple to change these features.
For more information about iOS 18, here’s what you need to know iOS 18.3.1 and iOS 18.3S You can also check our iOS 18 cheat sheetS
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