iOS 18.3 now rolls out to iOS 18-compatible devices across the globe, and although Apple’s latest software update is not as significant as iOS 18.2 (which introduced several major Apple Intelligence Upgrades), it still brings some important improvements to the table.
Head among these upgrades is a functionality increase for visual intelligence, and core Apple apps such as Apple Music and Siri are the subject of some major bug fixes.
Below we have rounded off all the ways in which iOS 18.3 improves the iPhone experience. Still, rocking iOS 17? How to download iOS 18 – and what to do if it is not installed.
Apple Intelligence enabled by default
The first big news in iOS 18.3 is that Apple Intelligence is now enabled by default. You still need an iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max to access’ not already activated them, iOS 18.3 will do it for you.
Previously, you had to go to settings and manually sign up for Apple Intelligence to use Genmoji, Image Playground, Writing Tools and Siri with Chatgpt, among others.
But what if your reluctance to sign up for Apple Intelligence was conscious? Fear not: You can still disable the AI feature set in Settings (Go to Apple Intelligence & Siri) and even change certain Apple Intelligence -Features -Specifically Mail -Summary and Siris Chatgpt -Expansion -To or From.
Visual Intelligence 2.0
Holding with the upgrades for iPhone 16 (or iPhone 15 Pro) Users, iOS 18.3 brings one Larger functionality upgrade to visual intelligenceApple is taking on Google Lens.
In its first iteration, Visual Intelligence allowed users to identify places and objects around them using the camera control button (or non-button). Still in iOS 18.3, the tool is able to recognize dogs, plants and event information from flyers or posters. Nice!
We have taken Visual Intelligence 2.0 to a spin, and although its date, time and placement of collection of collection may be hit-and-miss, it doesn’t have a problem to separate your labdador from your poodle.
Calculator improvements
Next is a slightly more boring update, but at least it applies to all iOS 18.3 compatible iPhones. In the Calculator app, you can now double drive the equal to repeat the last math operation. Exciting!
In all severity, for some reason, Apple removed this ability in iOS 18, and it is extremely useful for calculating compound interest equations.
Failure and security upgrades
As always, Apple’s latest software update brings more key error fixes and security fixes, making iOS 18.3 a must-download for everyone.
For example, iOS 18.3 addresses an annoying error that caused the Siri keyboard to disappear when you used the type for siri feature and another that caused the Apple Music audio playing to continue even after the Apple Music app was closed.
The update also patches a vulnerability in the photos app that risked giving iPhone -twenty access to your photos even when your device is locked.
