The new iOS 18.4 beta is I still miss an Ai-Owaud SiriOn the screen awareness and the app integration function that has been promised us so far June at WWDC. When you wait for these functions, try your luck with iOS 18.5.
18.4, however, is not an empty update. The first beta introduces priority notifications, and Apple Intelligence now supports more languages - which is great news for Apple users around the world. In addition, Apple Intelligence is accessible in the European Union for the first time. Here is everything that is new with iOS 18.4.
Priority reports
One of the new highlight functions in iOS 18.4 are priority notifications. If you are activated, your iPhone will use the intelligence for the device to find out which notifications are really important and will highlight it in a new priority notification box.
However, it is not activated in this beta by default. Go to Settings > Notifications > Prioritize notifications And then activate the function.
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Sketch style in the scene playground
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If you are Creating a picture in the scene playgroundYou will see a new style option called Sketch. This style makes it look as if your ai-generated picture has been outlined on a paper. If this is known, then because we also saw this at WWDC, but Apple only added this update to iOS.
New ambient music function in the control center
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Apple already has a background sound function This creates natural tones for reproducing ambient. In iOS 18.4 you will find a new section with ambient music in the control center. There are four options: sleep, cold, productivity and well -being. Tap one and a corresponding playlist from Apple Music will play.
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By default, Apple has assigned a play list to every button, but they are not closed to anyone. If you go into the editing view and then tap on a control element, you can select a different playback list (Apple gives you four different options for each control) or any play list in your own collection.
Apple Intelligence comes to the EU
Apple Intelligence now supports French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (simplified) as well as support for localized English language in India and Singapore.
Recipes come into the news+ app
The news app has a new Apple News Food+ section for paying subscribers. Here you can access tens of thousands of aesthetically appealing recipes. There are also stories, restaurant reviews and more.
The new mail app comes to iPad and Mac
With iPados 18.4 Beta and MacOS 15.4 Beta, the newly designed mail -app comes to the iPad and the Mac. As soon as you are updated, you will get access to E -mail categories and other AI functions On your tablet and computer.
A much better genemoji button
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When I wrote about GenojiI was tried to name a hidden function, because that was how it felt. Genoji was just a multi -colored smiley face that was hidden in the corner of the emoji keyboard.
Apple seems to have learned his lesson: At 18.4, the new icon “Gemoji” says right next to the Smiley Face Rainbow Icon.
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The podcasts app contains two new widgets: one for one for libraryand for Show. The library widget can show you all stored episodes, downloaded consequences or the latest consequences. The widget shows the widget to highlight all episodes of a single show. You can choose a show and then access the latest episodes of the show from the start screen.
Further selection options for standard apps
Apple’s selection of Standard apps options grow. You can now set another one Translate The app by default and if you are in the EU, there is now also support for the selection of a standard navigation app. (If you are not in the EU Try to use the card detour as a problem bypass.)
CarPlay changes
For some usersIt looks like CarPlay is adding a third row of app symbols on the start screen.
Other small changes
Large app updates such as iOS 18.4 usually contain a number of smaller changes in addition to remarkable. Here is which iOS 18.4 updates on your iPhone:
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If you set up a new device with iOS 18.4, you will be asked to select an age range. You can choose between child (12 or younger), teenager (13 to 17) and Adult (18 or older). Apple says that this data is only used to set up parent control.
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There are two new links for the news app: Open conversationAnd Send Message.
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When you edit your albums, you will see a new “list view” option and hopefully easier to reorganize albums.
