With the new year upon us, it’s natural to look for what else is new — like iOS 18.3, the next version of the iPhone‘s system. Normally, incremental releases typically bring bug fixes and small refinements, and in this case often things that didn’t make it in before the end of the year.
Breaking the mold, though, iOS 18.2 brought new Apple Intelligence features to the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16 or iPhone 16 Pro that were teased for months. These include visual intelligence, which is one of the key features of the new Camera Control button, and the ability to experiment with Genmoji and generate images in Apple’s Image Playground. If you haven’t yet installed this release, learn how to grab it now (and make sure to create a good backup first).
Now that iOS 18.2 has rolled out, when can we expect to see another update? I’m not trying to be greedy — start-of-year planning for upcoming beta and widespread releases is in full swing. (OK, yes, I might be a little greedy about wanting to use the next Apple Intelligence features. Can you blame me?)
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When will iOS 18.3 be widely released?
Since iOS 18.2 was recently released, Apple’s engineers are likely working through any last-minute glitches that invariably crop up with every major release. Fortunately, that work isn’t entirely behind closed doors: The first iOS 18.3 Public Beta was released in late December. Apple seeds its prerelease versions first to developers and then, when the code seems pretty stable, to the Public Beta programs.
We can, however, look at last year’s iOS 17 schedule for guidance, since iOS 17.2 arrived in the same time period one year ago as iOS 18.2 did. Based on that timing, it’s a good bet that iOS 18.3 will arrive in late January or early February 2025.
Which devices will run Apple Intelligence?
Remember that Apple Intelligence will work only with the following models that are equipped with the A17 Pro or later (iPhone and iPad Mini) and M1 or later (Mac and iPad) processors:
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPad Mini (Late 2024)
- iPad Air (M1 and later)
- iPad Pro (M1 and later)
- iPad (M1 and later)
- Mac computers with Apple Silicon (M-series)
If your devices are on that list, remember that you need to jump through a couple of hoops to activate Apple Intelligence.
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