It was an open secret and Apple already confirmed it last week: a few minutes ago Apple officially released iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 worldwide. After long months and more than seven betas available for developers, the Big Apple has managed to officially publish the first version with the first Apple Intelligence featuresHowever, the sad part of this milestone is that many of the new features of this new version are not available in most countries around the world. Therefore, it is a weak launch for many users who expect interesting new features for their devices.
Apple officially releases iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1
This will undoubtedly be a successful week for Apple as it is expected major product launches throughout the week. Without a specific keynote for each of them, it is expected that day by day the Big Apple will present new products, especially aimed at Macs: a new Mac mini, new MacBook Pros and perhaps new iMacs with the M4 chip, that we met in May of this year.
But the news of this hour is undoubtedly the official launch of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 officially after seven long betas. As you may know, because we've been talking about this a lot, this version includes the first features of the bundle from Apple Intelligence such as writing tools, audio transcription, or advanced search with common language in the Photos app.
In a few minutes we will publish all the new features of iOS 18.1, beyond Apple Intelligence, although we have already discussed them in recent weeks. Especially other new features focused on the control center, internal iCloud settings or even the opening of the iPhone's NFC to third-party developers.
Remember that you can Install iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 on your iPhone or iPad through the section Software updates from the Settings app or using iTunes (Windows) or Finder (Mac), making sure you save a backup beforehand.