IOS 18

iOS 18
Version of the iOS operating system
iOS 18 home screen on an iPhone 12 using the new Dark Mode
DeveloperApple
Written inC, C++, Objective-C, Swift, assembly language
OS familyiOS
Source modelClosed with open-source components
General
availability
September 16, 2024 (2024-09-16)
Latest release18.5[1] (May 12, 2025 (2025-05-12)) [±]
Latest preview18.5 RC [2] (May 6, 2025 (2025-05-06)) [±]
Marketing targetiPhones
Available in41 languages[3]
List of languages
English (Australia, UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Spain), Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Update methodSoftware Update
Kernel typeHybrid (XNU)
LicenseProprietary software with open-source components
Preceded byiOS 17
Official websiteapple.com/ios/ios-18
TaglineYours. Truly.
Support status
Supported
Articles in the series
iPadOS 18 (derivative for iPad)

iOS 18 is the eighteenth and current major release of Apple's iOS operating system for the iPhone.[4][5][6][7][8] It was announced on June 10, 2024, at the 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). It was made publicly available on September 16, 2024, as a free software update for supported iOS devices.[8] It is the direct successor to iOS 17 and was announced alongside iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, visionOS 2, and tvOS 18.

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  2. ^ Clover, Juli (May 6, 2025). "Apple Seeds iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 Release Candidates". MacRumors. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus - Technical Specifications". Apple. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  4. ^ "iOS 18: Everything We Know". MacRumors. January 12, 2024. Archived from the original on January 15, 2024.
  5. ^ Peter, Kostadinov (June 10, 2024). "iOS 18: Release date predictions, anticipated features, and compatible iPhones". Tom's Guide. Archived from the original on June 10, 2024.
  6. ^ Miller, Chance (June 10, 2024). "iOS 18 is coming today: Here's everything we know". 9to5Mac. Archived from the original on June 10, 2024.
  7. ^ Sareena, Dayaram (June 10, 2024). "iOS 18: New Features, Siri AI, Apple Intelligence and More Expected at WWDC". CNET. Archived from the original on June 10, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "iOS 18". Apple. Retrieved April 26, 2025.

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