These iOS 18 Features Aren't Coming to iPhones Until iOS 18.1 or Later

[MacRumors]

iOS 18 includes many new features for the iPhone, but not all of them will be available when the update is initially released in September.

Below, we have listed all of the features that will not be available until a later version of iOS 18, according to Apple's website. The features should begin rolling out with iOS 18.1 in October and iOS 18.2 in December, with more to follow next year.

Mail Categorization

In an update to iOS 18 coming later this year, the Mail app will gain four new categories powered by on-device intelligence:

• Primary: Personal and time-sensitive emails
• Transactions: Receipts and confirmation emails
• Updates: News and social media notifications
• Promotions: Marketing emails and coupons

These categories will be available on devices set to English, and All Mail will remain an option.

The app will also be getting a new digest view that shows emails from a single business, such as various emails from United Airlines ahead of a flight.

Some Apple Intelligence Features

A subset of Apple Intelligence features will be available on iPhone 15 Pro models and newer when iOS 18 is publicly released in September, but only with the device language set to U.S. English. The features will have a "preview" label initially.

On its Apple Intelligence page, Apple says "some features, additional languages, and platforms will be coming over the course of the next year," but the company has not shared specific details. In his Power On newsletter last weekend, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said some Siri features powered by Apple Intelligence are unlikely to launch until 2025, including personal context, on-screen awareness, and deeper per-app controls. He also said Apple Intelligence will not support additional languages or regions until next year.

Gurman does expect Siri's redesign and more natural voice on the initial release of iOS 18, along with Apple Intelligence features that can improve your writing, prioritize notifications, summarize messages, generate custom emoji, and more.

Control Robot Vacuums With Siri

Robot vacuum support in the Home app is coming an update to iOS 18 later this year, allowing you to ask Siri to clean your floors and so forth.

Apple says the Home app will support the "core functionality" of robot vacuum cleaners, such as vacuuming, mopping, power control, cleaning mode, and charge status. Robot vacuums will also work with automations and scenes in the app.

Electricity Usage in Home App U.S. Only

Another new feature coming to the Home app in an update to iOS 18 later this year is the ability to view your home's electricity usage right in the app. This feature will be available for Pacific Gas and Electric Company customers in the U.S. who have residential electrical service, so long as they are the account owner or an authorized user.

Article Link: These iOS 18 Features Aren't Coming to iPhones Until iOS 18.1 or Later

 

[AlexJaye]

Rushed release based on arbitrary timelines, the new Apple way!

But iPadOS got a calculator, at least.

 

[louis^]

Rushed release based on arbitrary timelines, the new Apple way!

But iPadOS got a calculator, at least.

Maybe later next year.

 

[iToph]

At this point it’s just embarrassing for apple to delay all those features. At some point in time WWDC only shows us features 1-2 years ahead.

 

[dadiy]

But when do we get the iOS 17 features we’re still waiting for like live voice mail or the maps updates, let alone the Apple look around feature. I won’t mention Apple Pay credit cards.

 

[NMBob]

Oh cool. My mail will be artificially sorted into four inboxes so I'll have even more places to search when something gets misclassified? Sign me up! "AI ate my email."

 

[michsu]

Dumb. Here's my new upcoming "feature".
- I was going to buy a new iphone this year, but I'll delay the "feature" to next year.

 

[rchornef]

Perhaps enable Siri via the "Home App" and HomePods to reliably turn on and off Phillips Hue lights via Hue bridge? That would be earthshaking. Siri's ability to do this has DEGRADED over time. Simple commands: lights on in (room name), lights off in (room name) or just lights off (when talking to HomePod located in the room in question) often fail to turn on or off all the lights. Reversing the command and then repeating the command then always works.

The Hue app on iOS has never failed in this functionality. Paired with the Home App and Siri/HomePods results in frequent idiotic stupidity behavior.

Now that Siri can be called using just Siri there have been 10x more numerous false activations. For example while some simple advertisement was playing on a TV, Siri activated and returned results speaking about the origin of the universe sourced from wikipedia. . .

Also most of my HomePods/Siri are often slow to "wake up" in the morning for lights/HomePod/Hue functionality (no joke). Asking Siri for the weather usually works as a wake up. Often also asking for the temperature outside does not work until after asking for the weather. Later on in the day these problems go away. . .

Always use the most up to date iOS and HomePod software versions. . .

 

[fakestrawberryflavor]

As an American living abroad, with an iPhone from the country that I’m living, but set to US English, still won’t get Apple Intelligence features at launch? That’s rough.

 

[sos47]

Most IOS18 features ın other languages than englısh wıll come 1 or two years later, thats most of the announced AI stuff

 

[jwilson25]

Another year, another set of iOS features marked with an asterisk and "Coming later"

 

[Uinluan]

Basically, anything that I was actually interested in, will be coming out at some undetermined date. Awesome. I already went back to my Samsung for now where I already have AI etc... The last two WWDC's have been disappointing and really show that innovation at apple has really slowed down outside of the AVP. Most of the features they did show as revolutionary or new were things that could have been added in a .1 or .2 release of the last couple of iOS operating systems.

 

[Jetson]

Customization Setting to Hide the Home Bar in iOS 18​

If you too are annoyed by the presence of this home bar taking up screen space at the bottom of every app, please let Apple know:

Apple, please remove the home bar from my iPad!

-or-​

Apple, please remove the home bar from my iPhone!

 

[coffeemilktea]

I must be getting old, as having my email sorted automatically was the feature I looked forward to the most. 🙃

 

[fakestrawberryflavor]

Customization Setting to Hide the Home Bar in iOS 18​

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If you are annoyed by the presence of this home bar taking up screen space at the bottom of every app, please let Apple know:

Apple, please remove the home bar from my iPad!

-or-​

Apple, please remove the home bar from my iPhone!

Boy am I mad at you because your picture graphic was so professional it made me think that there was a way to do it already and you were sharing a link to the tutorial 😂

 

[bousozoku]

Does anyone else feel that all these things that Apple are developing are just for the Apple executives and people like them?

 

[funkright]

Can we please. PLEASE. Get an actual good implementation of mail's snoozing function, you know, like Gmail or pretty much every other email app.

 

[daniesy]

So iOS 18 brings only ugly icons and an ugly control center. Great. What are apple developers working on, besides new bugs, gay emojis and watch faces?

 

[ThomasJL]

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[Easybook]

I'm a fanboy but at this point its getting to be ridiculous. These changes and upgrades really are things that have been available on other os's for over a decade. I cant switch right now since Im so deep in the ecosystem, but just like how I entered in slowly, if apple becomes an overpriced clone....

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

Tim's Apple

WWDC: Announce it.


Following Year: Ship it.

 

[springsup]

So were the versions they showed fake/mockups?

 

[tomchr9]

What a mediocre update. At the very least, Apple should have made sure to be on par with requested features and customization that have been available on android for a loooong time. It speaks volumes that so many feature tweaks have been available for jailbroken iOS versions for quite some time, yet Apple keeps procrastinating.

 

[macabrumorsab]

Not surprised at all, specially regarding the AI features. It is an old Apple trick and behaviour:

• Is there anything that Apple believe they have invented and nobody would do it before Apple's launch, they would NEVER EVER announce it in advance.
• Are there features that others are already offering or are about to offer very soon, Apple simply "announce them" just to link those features with themselves. And of course, not to forget to invent fancy new names such as "on-screen awareness". The rest is done by YouTubers and influencers. The result is that the competition who either has already introduced those features or will bring them first before Apple's launch are accused to have copied them from Apple, i.e., exactly the opposite of what happens.

This behaviour is the cheapest way to pretend to be the forerunner while actually trying to catch up and to steal others' show.

 

[hans1972]

What a mediocre update. At the very least, Apple should have made sure to be on par with requested features and customization that have been available on android for a loooong time. It speaks volumes that so many feature tweaks have been available for jailbroken iOS versions for quite some time, yet Apple keeps procrastinating.

Apple just don't want iOS to be as customisable as Android. I'm even surprised by everything they've done in the last few years in this area.

I would have preferred for iOS not to become customisable but unfortunately Apple disagrees with me.