iOS 18 - Release Date Confirmed, New Details & WWDC 2024!

Apple just officially announced the

2024

Worldwide Developers Conference, which means we now know when to expect iOS 18, so in this video we'll discuss the

date

s for WWDC

2024

, talk about the invitation, and potentially some hidden meaning behind it. We're going to talk about what to expect from iOS 18 and also whether we could potentially see any new hardware

release

d at this event. Well, this is the official graphic of WWDC 2024 and there is something that stands out as an Easter egg for you because If you don't know, Apple always puts Easter eggs in their event invitations. You know, images they use to promote these events.

There is always something there. There is always a hint of what to expect at this event. And those colors look pretty similar, they're not perfect. -on but quite similar to Siri, so we all know that AI is expected to be a big part of this event in iOS 18 in general, so this could be an indication that Siri will be included in the push of the AI for Apple now also what's interesting here is that they combined the two Ws so I don't think Apple has ever combined these two Ws and I'm not sure what it is exactly but it reminds me of Volkswagen for some reason so I'm not sure if there's a clue there.

But if you have any theories, let me know below, but the biggest clue of all came from Jaws on Twitter, where he said to mark your calendars for WWDC 24 on June 10-14. Here we go, absolutely amazing. Now pay attention to the two words. which are capitalized there and I for absolutely incredible AI features are basically

confirmed

just from that tweet. I know he had it in his drafts forever. I know I was excited to hit publish on that tweet, but there's really not much else to this chart, so if you have any theories, let me know in a comment below.

Well, now let's move on to the official

date

s and why they are a little strange. I say this because this is the first time since 20120 that the event has taken place. in the second week of June and not the first full week of June, so other than 2020, the last time since then was in 2016, so it's pretty weird that Apple doesn't host these events in the first full week June, usually, how is it going? These events start on a Monday and last all week; However, the important thing happens on the first day, so June 10 is when you would expect to see iOS 18 beta 1

release

d to developers and of course all the other operating systems whose beta software should roll out that day as well and keep in mind Note that I will be streaming the event live with you here on YouTube and I will be giving you a first look at iOS 18 YouTube because it will be in the form of that live stream, so make sure you are subscribed if you aren't already so you don't miss that stream. live now, according to Apple's press release, they say that WWDC 24 will highlight the latest iOS operating system, iPad, Mac OS, watch OS.

Advances in TV OS and Vision OS, so this confirms that we will indeed see the next major version of Vision OS for Apple Vision Pro. There was a lot of speculation, since it came out in February, if we would already have a version. 2.0 and June at the worldwide developer conference, but it looks like Apple will introduce the next major version, which will be very exciting because it will be the first major change in the lifecycle of Apple Vision Pro, so I'm excited about that and there will also be an in-person experience on June 10 for developers and select others to watch the keynote live at Apple Park.

Ok, now let's talk about what to expect from iOS 18 because this has to be one of the most hyped iOS releases I think I've ever seen. I mean, I can't remember the last time there was this much enthusiasm for an iOS software release and I think for once I agree with the crowd, I'm usually against it, oh don't believe it. Don't get your hopes up too high from everything you read, but this year is different. I think our hopes are high, but I think that's valid. I think we're going to have a major launch this year for the iPhone and we're not. just about AI, which we'll talk about in a moment, but we also have potential changes to the home screen in the form of personalization and this news is not just a random person, it comes from Mark Gman at Bloomberg who said that We will have more personalization on the home screen and Mac rumors developed saying that app icons will likely remain locked to an invisible grid system on the home screen, but users will be able to arrange icons more freely in iOS 18, for example. we wait. that the update will introduce the ability to create white space, rows and columns between app icons, which will be huge for people who like to theme their device and make their device look different and more like a jailbroken iPhone, so you better believe I'm I'll have some setup videos when iOS 18 is released if this turns out to be true, which I think is probably from a reliable source like that, but I wouldn't expect a major iOS overhaul as a whole as it would not.

I hope you know the changes to reflect Vision OS as we saw in a sketchy rumor from the beginning. I don't see that happening at all, so we also have to mention the AI ​​features because AI will be a central part of WWDC 2024, not only for just everything they've done, but Apple also understands that investors will be watching this event and waiting to see where Apple is in terms of AI compared to open AI compared to Google compared to everyone doing AI right now. Eyes will be on Apple to deliver in terms of AI with iOS 18, so you better believe this will be a big part of the conference.

Now we expect a lot of improvements behind the scenes in terms of AI, but also a potentially smarter Siri now, the interesting thing here is that Apple will integrate its own AI models in iOS 18 to improve apps like message notes and other first-party apps and they will mainly be behind the scenes tasks as I mentioned because Apple is apparently going to partner with Google to have their Gemini model do the heavy lifting and also power the chatbot feature that may or may not be integrated into Siri. Now Apple isn't going to announce this partnership apparently until maybe the summer, so I wouldn't expect any kind. of association or mention of Google at the global developer conference Keynotes and Bloomberg have reported that this agreement is not yet closed, so it is not official yet.

Apple has also been talking to open Ai and many other companies to leverage their AI models for generative AI. Now, another important feature coming to iOS 18 is support for RCS, so last year Apple officially

confirmed

that RCS would be coming to messages later in 2024 and this will greatly improve conversations between iPhone and Android users, for what we're talking about is sending you high-quality media. We know that being able to kick people out of groups, so many things in the group, maybe writing flags in the group, we'll see a lot of improvements with RCS and that will be a major addition to iOS and then here's another more recent one that we're hearing from Mark German on Bloomberg that the airpods pro will have a headphone mode with iOS 18 and this will not require any new hardware, it will just come via a software update and it does not mention if this is going to require the airpods Pro 2 or not, but I assume so , as they have the H2 chip inside instead of the H1 inside the original airpods Pro and then, according to Mac Rumors, we also expect to see new accessibility features.

So these will be features in iOS 18 and Mac OS 15 that will have adaptive voice shortcuts, new categories section for live voice and also more apps will support custom font sizes, so those are all great features for those using accessibility. especially on a daily basis and of course I would expect Apple to release something about the accessibility features coming in iOS 18 before the worldwide developer conference. Apple always gives us a sneak peek of those accessibility features before the software is announced and then also according to Mac rumors, Apple ID may be renamed to Apple Account, so it's possible that no longer refer to it as your Apple ID accounts, it will just be your Apple account and I'm sure there will be hundreds of other features in iOS 18 as I always find out here on the channel you know you can expect hundreds of other features, but those are just a few of the rumored ones we've heard so far and lastly I want to talk about hardware because for the last two years Apple has unveiled hardware at its worldwide developer conference in 2023 and 2022 so we could expect it here in 2024, but we haven't really heard anything that indicates that we will see hardware at this conference, there have been no rumors speculating that we will see Hardware at this event, however, it has happened two years in a row, so I wouldn't rule it out now, would you? what could we see?

The iPad and iPad Mini are rumored to be coming out this year, but we don't have a set release date for them, so we could see an iPad Mini or a new iPad base model, we could see a new homepod, or we could see some of the M3 Max that have not yet been updated, such as the M3 Mac Mini, the M3 Mac Studio or the M3 Mac Pro. Some of them could also be released at this event, but at the moment we do not have any speculation about any rumors about any of the that will be coming to this event, but we should see more as time goes on and we get closer to the day of the event.

Yes, that's what we can expect at the 2024 global developer conference and iOS 18 beta 1. I'm very excited about this. I hope you are too. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to like it and make sure you're subscribed. If you haven't already, I'll be covering iOS 18 in great detail as I always do, but anyway guys, thanks again for watching, be sure to check out the livestream in June and we'll see you soon.