iOS 18 has arrived packed with new features and we've been using it for almost a week now. That's why we want to give you a quick rundown of the truly innovative features of iOS 18.
Avoid the typical top news that offer absolutely nothing, these iOS 18 features are on another level and will allow you to get the most out of your iPhone and iPad.
As on many other occasions, we have decided to accompany this post with a video in which you can see how all these new iOS 18 capabilities that we have talked about here work. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
The most important thing, more battery
No, your iPhone's battery does not grow simply because you update the software version, but it has been proven that iOS 18 It is the most optimized version of the last decade, improving the autonomy of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max by up to one hour.
Many analysts have verified how iOS 18 improves management of iPhone processor cores, especially those designed to support Apple Intelligence. The result is much more stable battery life with iOS 18 than with iOS 17.
Therefore, we can say thank you Geekerwan, that the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have gained in autonomy with the arrival of iOS 18.
This has not been officially confirmed because Apple has withdrawn all variants of the iPhone 15 Pro from the Apple Store, where battery life data is provided.
In short, iOS 18 only switches to running the high-performance core when our interaction demands it, which inevitably results in less battery discharge.
You can go back to the old Photos app
The new Photos app is a complete mess. We agree that with the implementation of Apple Intelligence, which we may see in Spain in 2026, it can become a real tool, However, the current version of Photos deployed in iOS 18 is a mishmash of screens that we don't quite know how to manage.
Don't worry in Actualidad iPhone We are always here to help. Just open the Photos app, scroll all the way down, where you will find a button called “Customize and Reorder”, and once inside that section, simply disable all the features. This will bring back your traditional camera roll to the iOS Photos app.
Predictive dialing, finally
Those of you who have previously been Android users will know that one of the best integrations of the Android Phone application is predictive dialing, that is, when we start dialing a user's phone number, it will inform us of several contacts that we know, so we can have a faster dialing without having to search for the contact in the address book.
Our colleague @Queliansanz26 explains it to us:
https://x.com/Queliansanz26/status/1835792765700981186
This functionality has finally arrived in iOS 18. To do this, You simply have to go to the Phone application, start dialing the first digits of your contact's phone number, and it will make a prediction of the most common numbers. so you can speed dial, was it so hard to include it before?
Calculator built into the keyboard
Not only has the Smart Calculator arrived iPadOS 18, as you may have seen in some of our previous videos and tutorials. But now the iOS predictive keyboard is on another level.
We will be able to perform simple mathematical operations, you simply have to write them with the keyboard, in any text box, adding the symbol "=" at the end. In just one second will offer you the result of the mathematical operation in the predictive text box, so you can use it in your conversation.
Pause button on recordings
Not all of the improvements to the Camera app in iOS 18 are reserved for the iPhone 16, as many of these new features also arrive in great detail on older versions of the iPhone.
In this case, The new pause button appears at the bottom left of the Camera app when we make a recording. This will allow us to create interesting transitions, just like your favorite TikTokers.
The scientific calculator arrives
Forget paying for an expensive scientific calculator for your classes. The time has come for iOS users to wait so many years, and we're not just talking about the fact that the Calculator app has finally arrived on iPadOS.
You will now be able to use the Scientific Calculator directly from the official iOS Calculator app. To do so, simply go to the icon shown in the bottom left of the native iOS 18 Calculator screen, and it will allow you to open a complete scientific calculator, with sine, cosine, square roots, x, the number pi…
But not only that, the function «Mathematical Notes» It will allow us to perform mathematical calculations, use variables and even create graphs easily from an equation.
Change the shortcuts on the Lock Screen
As you well know, the iOS 18 Lock Screen is extremely customizable, but one of its new features is precisely the ability to change shortcut buttons. For many years we have been able to activate the camera and flashlight directly with the buttons at the bottom corners of the screen, and now we can customize them to our liking.
There is no point in keeping the camera shortcut, since if we swipe from left to right, we can open the camera anyway. To do this, We just need to customize the Lock Screen or the Home Screen, by long pressing.
IOS 18 Compatible iPhone Models
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 11
- iPhone XS and XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone SE (2nd generation or later)
IPad Models Compatible with iPadOS 18
- iPad Pro (M4)
- iPad Pro 12,9-inch (3rd generation or later)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation or later)
- iPad Air (M2)
- iPad Air (3rd generation or later)
- iPad (7th generation or later)
- iPad mini (5th generation or later)