iOS 18
Apple (feature list, release notes, security, enterprise, developer):
iOS 18 is now available, bringing iPhone users around the world new ways to personalize their iPhone with deeper customization to the Home Screen and Control Center; the biggest-ever redesign to Photos, making it even easier to find and relive special moments; and major enhancements to Messages and Mail. Starting next month, iOS 18 will introduce Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that combines the power of generative models with personal context to deliver intelligence that is incredibly useful and relevant while protecting users’ privacy and security.
I’m waiting to upgrade until I figure out what to do with Overcast.
See also:
Previously:
- iOS 18 AirPods Pro 2 Firmware
- iOS 18: Browser Choice and Default App Controls in EU
- Apple Maps in Sequoia and iOS 18
- Managing the Home Screen Using iPhone Mirroring
- iOS 17.6.1 and iPadOS 17.6.1
- Apple Passwords App in Sequoia and iOS 18
- Safari 18 Announced
- Overcast’s New Foundation
- iOS 18: Vehicle Motion Cues
- RCS in iOS 18 Beta
- Redesigned Photos App in iOS 18
- iPhone Mirroring
- Dark Mode iOS 18 App Icons and Home Screen Personalization
- iOS 18 Announced
- Revamping Siri With iOS 18
- iOS 17
Update (2024-09-17): Bruno Rocha:
Apple silently broke the Screen Time APIs again in iOS 18… This time they not only silently removed the ability to override activities, they didn’t even bother updating the documentation, which still says you can do it.
iOS 18 makes these RCS upgrades possible, but certainly not guaranteed, at least as of today. Lots of people have already been enjoying cross-platform RCS messaging when texting with iOS 18 beta users. And iPhones on the big carriers' plans can now trade RCS with Android users. But some iPhone users, particularly on mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs)—typically pre-paid services that do not own network hardware but resell major carrier access—do not have an RCS option available to them yet.
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Reading between the lines, you might conclude that Google is waiting on Apple to enable RCS on a network-by-network basis, both for Fi and for Android users at large. And a Google spokesperson would suggest that is correct.
Just to be clear, Google adopted RCS inside Google Messages in 2019. But perhaps more importantly, it was only made on-by-default in 2023. That’s right, just last year.
Nonetheless, I’m glad RCS is on iOS because it fixes a lot of messaging issues without resorting to a third-party app (at least in the United States) and the layperson doesn’t have to even care about which tech giant was actually the problem before.
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> I’m waiting to upgrade until I figure out what to do with Overcast.
@mjtsai podcatch on your Mac with Doughnut, then transfer episodes to Apple's Podcasts.app with iMazing, using it as a dumb player only?
@Someone What is the benefit of transferring to Apple Podcasts instead of using it to download? And, unfortunately, Apple Podcasts’s audio/speed are much worse than Overcast’s, and it’s CarPlay playback is unreliable.
I am *completely* unsurprised to learn that Apple gatekeeps carrier features through their carrier settings. One MVNO I use, giffgaff in the UK, was completely crippled on iOS 'til they started selling Apple hardware; then suddenly they got 5G, tethering, etc. I am amused by the revisionism that some Apple apologists do, where they talk about Apple "democratising" cell phones, by breaking up the cosy relationship between carriers and the makers of phones. But of course they did no such thing: Apple made concessions to carriers to get their expensive toys into peoples' hands. It is ever thus ...
@mjtsai I have experienced a vulnerability in Podcasts.app to a malformed feed putting the app into a crashloop. Whenever you transfer an episode via Finder sync, or download an episode directly in the app, it creates a feed instance, which it will auto-check even if you're not subscribed, and there's no way to prevent Podcasts.app. from accessing the network if WiFi is available.
Transferring the raw file with iMazing (as well as ensuring you have iCloud sync of feeds etc switched off for Podcasts.app) breaks this auto feed loading because feeds aren't contained in the ID3 tags of the files. Theoretically, it should also hinder Apple linking your listening habits to advertising analytics for feeds in their directory.
I switched from Overcast *back* to Apple Podcasts after using Overcast for over 5 years. Have not experienced the CarPlay sync problem Michael has.
I switched because I didn’t like the new Overcast interface at all. Too many hidden popup controls.
Apple’s interface isn’t great either, but it now has chapter lists, searchable transcripts, automatic linking of timestamps in show notes to playback positions, and less flaky control via the watch.
