- iOS 18.3 Hints at Apple's Black Unity Plans for 2025
- Is Apple Teasing a New Black Unity Campaign in tvOS 18.3?
- Hidden Code in tvOS 18.3 Suggests a "UNITY25" Surprise from Apple
iOS 18.3 is expected to be released to the public next week, following beta testing since mid-December.
iOS 18.3 is a relatively minor update, but it still includes a handful of new features, changes, and bug fixes for iPhones. Here are some of the most notable new features:
Notification summaries are temporarily unavailable for news apps. This is due to an issue where the feature inaccurately summarized some news stories.
Notifications that have been summarized are now italicized. This makes them stand out visually compared to regular notifications.
Apple has promised that improvements to notification summaries are coming in a future iOS update.
You can easily manage settings for notification summaries from the Lock Screen.
All four iPhone 16 models are equipped with a Camera Control button that enables Visual Intelligence. Visual Intelligence is a new feature that can provide information about items or places in a person's surroundings. For example, Apple says users can click and hold the Camera Control to bring up the hours or ratings for a restaurant that they pass by.
iOS 18.3 includes a few Visual Intelligence upgrades for all iPhone 16 models. First, you can now add an event to the Calendar app from a poster or flyer. Second, Visual Intelligence can now identify animals and plants.
In addition to the new features listed above, iOS 18.3 also includes a number of other improvements and bug fixes. For example, the update improves battery life, fixes a number of bugs, and adds support for new languages.
Overall, iOS 18.3 is a solid update that brings a number of improvements to iPhones. If you are an iPhone user, you may want to consider upgrading to iOS 18.3 when it is released next week.
In the tvOS 18.3 Release Candidate for the Apple TV, MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris uncovered a "UNITY25" reference in the update's code. In each of the past four years, Apple announced a Black Unity campaign, and this has typically included a new Apple Watch band, watch face, and a matching iPhone wallpaper.
It is unclear what Apple may be planning for Black Unity in 2025. While the tvOS 18.3 code suggests something might be coming, the iOS 18.3 Release Candidate notes did not mention anything. An announcement is likely by next week, if one is made.
iOS 18.3 is a minor update that brings a number of improvements to iPhones. If you are an iPhone user, you may want to consider upgrading to iOS 18.3 when it is released next week.
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