The next major version of the iPhone’s software will likely be called iOS 18 and debut at the Worldwide Developers Conference. We have a few ideas for features and fixes that Apple should include in its next major update to the iPhone.
For seven months, most of us have lived with iOS 17. There have been high points like the introduction of StandBy Mode, Check In and iMessage stickers. And there have been low points like the whole overheating software bug that hit iPhones running iOS 17, which has since been resolved. For months we’ve Journal-ed, NameDrop-ed and casually sworn in Messages without the fear of being Autocorrect-ed.
So what’s next for the iPhone? What will my iPhone be like this fall? Now that the Apple Vision Pro is out will it change things?
I have no idea.
Sure there are rumors about iOS 18 and how it’ll be a big deal, maybe even a bigger deal than the iPhone 16. And yeah, Apple, like other phone makers, will likely flex its hype muscles and try to impress us with some AI magic.
Forget all that. Instead of us trying to guess what Apple will do next to our iPhones, I thought I’d assemble some of CNET’s best iOS-ers and iPhone-nitians to tell Apple what we want in iOS 18.
— Patrick Holland
More multitasking for the iPhone Pro Max
The Dynamic Island is a great start, but I wish Apple would find more ways to take advantage of the Pro Max’s large screen in particular. As I’ve written in the past, I’d love to see a version of Apple’s Slide Over feature optimized for its larger-size iPhone.
Slide Over lets you view a second app in a floating panel along the side of the screen. This feels more useful on a smartphone-size screen compared with split view. If Slide Over were available on the iPhone Pro Max, you’d be able to dedicate most of the screen to a single app, while checking another. I could see this being useful for browsing through my email inbox while keeping…
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