A few hours ago, Apple made the following new OS available to everyone: iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, macOS 15.1, visionOS 2.1 and tvOS 18.1. You can install these versions on your devices to enjoy the new features they have to offer. For iOS 18.1 specifically, we’ve detailed all the additions here.
Here we will see how to install iOS 18.1 on an iPhone, which machines are compatible and what are the main new features to discover when the procedure is completed.
Which iPhones can install iOS 18.1?
How to install iOS 18.1 on your iPhone?
To make a long story short, just go to the Settings app, then head in General > Software update. From there, let yourself be guided.
As with all new versions of iOS/iPadOS, we recommend that you: check, before installing the update, that your iOS or iPadOS device there is enough disk space To download the new software without error.
iOS 18.1: space for Apple Intelligence… But not (yet) in France
iOS 18.1 brings some significant changes. The biggest of them: with AI Apple Intelligence and all the functionalities that arise from it (automatic email categorization, smart replies to messages, writing tools, in particular). Unfortunately for users outside the US, Apple Intelligence is currently not accessible. For France, we will have to wait a few more months and the beginning of 2025.
Apart from AI, iOS 18.1 still has others great new features to show off. We are thinking, among other things, of call recording, the new Siri animation, Siri taking into account the context or even the magic eraser for photos.
If you want to know everything about iOS 18.1, feel free to consult the full list of changes detailed in our columns.
Notice to those who have already updated their iPhone or iPad to iPadOS 18.1 or iOS 17.1: is everything going well?