IOS 18

iOS 18
Version of the iOS operating system
iOS 18 home screen on an iPhone 12
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 preview18.6 beta 2[2] (June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30)) [±]
Marketing targetiPhones
Available in42 languages[3]
List of languages
English (Australia, UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, 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
Succeeded byiOS 26
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.

iOS 18 is the final version of iOS that supports the iPhone XS/XS Max and iPhone XR; its successor, iOS 26, dropped support for those models in 2025.

  1. ^ Clover, Juli (May 12, 2025). "Apple Releases iOS 18.5 With New Wallpaper, Screen Time Changes, Carrier Satellite Support for iPhone 13 and More". MacRumors. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
  2. ^ Clover, Juli (June 30, 2025). "Apple Seeds Second Beta of iOS 18.6 to Developers". MacRumors. Retrieved June 30, 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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