iOS 18.4 will be released to iPhone users in just a few weeks.If you aren’t running the beta, you might have missed what’s new.Here’s an overview of four new features coming to your iPhone with iOS 18.4 next month… Priority Notifications While Apple has indefinitely delayed its “more personalized” version of Siri, there’s one new Apple Intelligence feature in iOS 18.4.
The update adds Priority Notifications, a feature that automatically surfaces your most important notifications.Here’s Apple’s description of the feature: You can manage Priority Notifications by going to the Settings app, including adding or removing specific apps from being included in priority sorting.Keep in mind that Apple Intelligence is supported by the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and all iPhone 16 models.
Ambient music One of the most intriguing features of iOS 18.4 is ambient music.The update adds four new Control Center toggles that can start playing ambient music with a single tap: Wellbeing Chill Productivity Sleep These can be added to Control Center, assigned to your iPhone’s Action button, and placed on your Lock Screen.Each is assigned to a default Apple Music playlist, but you can customize it to any playlist in your Music library.
Playback is controlled via a pared-down Now Playing interface with play/pause, skip, volume controls, and AirPlay controls.New emoji iOS 18.4 beta 2 adds seven new emoji for iPhone users: Face with bags under eyes Fingerprint Leafless tree Root vegetable Harp Shovel Splatter Do new emoji matter in the age of Genmoji, which lets you create infinite emoji? We’ll see.Apple News+ Food The Apple News app has a brand new “Apple News+ Food” feature with iOS 18.4.
The feature aggregates thousands of curated recipes from top publishers.Those recipes are presented in a clear and clutter-free interface with filtering options, integration with the Clock app, and more.Apple says: Wrap up There are other new features in iOS 18.4, and you can find full coverage of the update in our dedicated guide.
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