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On the iOS 18 page on their website, Apple has linked to a document titled “New features available in iOS 18.” This document provides an in-depth look at all the categories of new features in iOS 18, grouped by “Apple Intelligence,” “Key Features,” and “Even More.”

When I come across detailed guides like this, I like to import all of the information into Craft, then use its grouping and backlinking features to create a more-digestible version with a complete table of contents – something I’ve done for the Shortcuts developer sessions and the latest WWDC keynote, for example.

With this iOS 18 guide, I’ve imported and grouped all the new features into a single doc in Craft for my own personal use, which I’ve also made available for members of my website to browse and peruse.

However, I wanted to share the full outline of iOS 18 features here as a public reference – plus you can still find all the details for each feature in Apple’s PDF.

Here’s that full list:

What’s new in iOS 18

Apple Intelligence

1. Writing Tools
   
   1. Rewrite
   2. Style
   3. Proofread
   4. Summarize
   5. Describe
   6. Compose
2. Image Playground
   
   1. Image Playground app
   2. Create Images with Concepts
   3. Create Images with People You Know
   4. Create Images with Characters
   5. Create Images with Photos
   6. Create Images with Text
   7. Suggested Concepts
   8. Quick Previews
   9. Preview history
   10. Image Playground library
   11. Animation style
   12. Illustration style
   13. Sketch style
   14. Messages experience
   15. Deep integrations
3. Siri
   
   1. Personal context understanding
   2. In-app actions
   3. Onscreen awareness
   4. More resilient request handling
   5. Maintains conversational context
   6. Product knowledge
   7. Glowing edge light
   8. Type to Siri
   9. Predictive text in Siri keyboard
   10. Suggestions in Siri keyboard
   11. More natural voice
   12. More visually rich responses
   13. ChatGPT integration
4. Focus
   
   1. Reduce interruptions
   2. Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing
5. Genmoji
   
   1. Genmoji
6. Mail
   
   1. Mail Priority messages
   2. Preview summaries
   3. Thread summaries
   4. Smart Reply
7. Messages
   
   1. Smart Reply
   2. Summaries
8. Notes
   
   1. Transcription summaries
   2. Image Wand
9. Notifications
   
   1. Priority notifications
   2. Notification summaries
   3. Announce Notifications support
10. Phone
    
    1. Call summaries
11. Photos
    
    1. Natural language photo and video search
    2. Create your own Memories
    3. Clean Up tool

Key Features

1. Customization
   
   1. More flexible placement
   2. Unique page layouts
   3. Dark icons
   4. Tinted icons
   5. Larger icons
2. Control Center
   
   1. Redesigned Control Center
   2. Groups of controls
   3. Controls gallery
   4. Controls on your Lock Screen
   5. Controls with the Action button
3. Photos
   
   1. Biggest-ever design update
   2. Collections
   3. Recent Days
   4. Groups in People & Pets
   5. Trips
   6. Wallpaper suggestions
   7. Collection view options
   8. Pinned Collections
   9. Hide screenshots from your library
   10. Months and Years highlights
   11. Expanded content types in Utilities
   12. Customize the Photos app
   13. Clean Up tool*
   14. Edit albums in folders
   15. Album attribution
   16. Edit in light or dark mode
   17. Smart copy and paste edits
   18. Video speed control
   19. Creative stories
   20. Smart suggestions
4. Messages
   
   1. Text effects
   2. Text formatting
   3. Messages via satellite
   4. iMessage over satellite
   5. SMS over satellite
   6. Satellite connection in Dynamic Island
   7. Emoji and sticker Tapbacks
   8. Send Later
   9. RCS (Rich Communication Services)
   10. Low Quality Image Mode improvements
   11. High-quality Images
5. Mail
   
   1. Transactions category
   2. Updates category
   3. Promotions category
   4. Time sensitive
   5. Grouped by sender
   6. Quick action
   7. Recategorization
6. Safari
   
   1. Highlights
   2. Location highlights
   3. Summary highlights
   4. Music highlights
   5. Movie and TV show highlights
   6. Person highlights
   7. Redesigned Reader
   8. Distraction Control
7. Passwords
   
   1. Passwords app
   2. Passwords and passkeys
   3. Sign in with Apple
   4. Wi-Fi passwords
   5. Verifications codes
   6. Sorting
   7. Syncing
   8. End-to-end encryption
   9. Windows support
8. Maps
   
   1. Hiking and walking
   2. Hikes
   3. Turn-by-turn navigation
   4. Create and save walking and hiking routes
   5. Topographic maps
   6. Discover and save places
9. Gaming
   
   1. Game Mode
10. Wallet
    
    1. Event tickets
    2. Pay with installments
    3. Pay with Rewards
    4. Apple Pay on Chrome and Windows PC
    5. Tap to Cash
    6. Tap to provision
11. AirPods
    
    1. Siri Interactions
    2. Voice Isolation
    3. Personalized Spatial Audio for gaming
    4. Reduced gaming audio latency
    5. In-game voice quality
12. Notes
    
    1. Audio recording
    2. Live transcription
    3. Phone call transcription
    4. Math in Notes
    5. Access Math Notes from Calculator
    6. Collapsible sections
    7. Highlighting
    8. PDF inline search
13. Journal
    
    1. State of Mind integration
    2. Log mindful minutes
    3. Insights view
    4. Streaks
    5. Calendar
    6. Stats
    7. Search and sort
    8. Export and print
    9. Widgets
    10. Quick Actions
    11. Audio transcription
    12. More formatting options
    13. Shortcuts
14. Apple TV
    
    1. InSight
    2. Enhance dialogue
    3. More dynamic subtitles
15. Home
    
    1. Hands-free unlock with home keys
    2. Guest access
    3. Pair Matter accessories without a hub
    4. Control robot vacuum cleaners in the Home app
    5. Electricity usage and rates
16. Privacy & Security
    
    1. Improved Contacts preferences
    2. Redesigned Privacy & Security settings
    3. Accessory Setup Kit
    4. Blocking sensitive content for children

Even More

1. Accessibility
   
   1. Eye Tracking
   2. Music Haptics
   3. Vocal Shortcuts
   4. Vehicle motion cues
2. AirPlay
   
   1. Spatial Audio
3. Apple Account
   
   1. Share Sign in with Apple credentials
4. Calculator
   
   1. Math Notes
   2. Typed math
   3. Variables
   4. Graphing
   5. Adjust numbers
   6. Works with Notes
   7. Math Results
   8. History
   9. Editable expressions
   10. Portrait scientific calculator
   11. Unit conversions
5. Calendar
   
   1. View reminders in Calendar
   2. Edit reminders in Calendar
   3. Create reminders in Calendar
   4. Updated Month view
   5. Refreshed look
6. Camera
   
   1. 5-second timer
   2. Continue playing music when taking a photo
   3. Adjust flash settings via touch and hold
   4. Next-gen Portraits enhancements
7. CarPlay
   
   1. Spatial Audio
   2. Accessibility
8. Continuity
   
   1. Continuity Camera with Apple TV 4K
9. Family Sharing
   
   1. Family Sharing invitations
   2. Recommended for your family
10. Files
    
    1. Desktop and documents in the Cloud setup
    2. Keep downloaded
    3. Expanded external drive file formats
    4. Erasing an external drive
11. Fitness+
    
    1. For You in Summary
    2. For You
    3. Explore
    4. Library
    5. Search
    6. Awards
12. Freeform
    
    1. Scenes
    2. Send a copy
    3. Snap to Grid
    4. Handwriting recognition
    5. Improved diagramming
    6. Math Results
13. iCloud
    
    1. Settings redesign
14. iCloud Mail
    
    1. iCloud Mail cleanup
    2. Manage old email
    3. Unsubscribe and delete
15. Keyboard
    
    1. Keyboard Unified picker
    2. Inline stickers and Memoji
    3. Searchable stickers
    4. Multilingual keyboard
    5. Language detection
16. Locked and Hidden Apps
    
    1. Locked apps
    2. Hidden apps
    3. Hidden apps folder
    4. Seamless authentication
17. Move to iOS
    
    1. Faster migration
    2. Cabled migration
    3. Improved Wi-Fi migration
    4. Tips during migration
    5. Dual SIM labels
    6. Voice memo migration
18. Music
    
    1. SharePlay on more devices
19. Phone
    
    1. Call recordings
    2. Call transcripts
    3. Call history search
    4. Keypad search
    5. Live caller ID lookup
    6. Live Voicemail
    7. Dual SIM in Control Center
    8. Automatic Mic Mode
20. Podcasts
    
    1. Chapter scrubbing
    2. Better playback control
    3. Share from transcripts
    4. Search suggestions as you type
21. Reminders
    
    1. Calendar integration
    2. Recently deleted list
    3. Subtasks in Smart Lists
    4. Multi-language grocery lists
22. SharePlay
    
    1. Ask to share
    2. Draw to highlight
    3. Remote control
    4. iPhone to iPhone, iPad to iPad
    5. Privacy friendly
    6. SharePlay on more devices
23. Tips
    
    1. Tips sharing
24. Weather
    
    1. Easier-to-find Feels Like temperature
    2. Home and work locations
    3. Prominent wind gusts and direction

261 Features Coming to iOS 18

Plus, for fun, I removed all the categories and groups to create a single-file list of all the features – assuming I didn’t miss anything, there’s 261 features coming to iOS 18 (according to the list Apple provided):

1. Rewrite
2. Style
3. Proofread
4. Summarize
5. Describe
6. Compose
7. Image Playground app
8. Create Images with Concepts
9. Create Images with People You Know
10. Create Images with Characters
11. Create Images with Photos
12. Create Images with Text
13. Suggested Concepts
14. Quick Previews
15. Preview history
16. Image Playground library
17. Animation style
18. Illustration style
19. Sketch style
20. Messages experience
21. Deep integrations
22. Personal context understanding
23. In-app actions
24. Onscreen awareness
25. More resilient request handling
26. Maintains conversational context
27. Product knowledge
28. Glowing edge light
29. Type to Siri
30. Predictive text in Siri keyboard
31. Suggestions in Siri keyboard
32. More natural voice
33. More visually rich responses
34. ChatGPT integration
35. Reduce interruptions
36. Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing
37. Genmoji
38. Mail Priority messages
39. Preview summaries
40. Thread summaries
41. Smart Reply
42. Smart Reply
43. Summaries
44. Transcription summaries
45. Image Wand
46. Priority notifications
47. Notification summaries
48. Announce Notifications support
49. Call summaries
50. Natural language photo and video search
51. Create your own Memories
52. Clean Up tool
53. More flexible placement
54. Unique page layouts
55. Dark icons
56. Tinted icons
57. Larger icons
58. Redesigned Control Center
59. Groups of controls
60. Controls gallery
61. Controls on your Lock Screen
62. Controls with the Action button
63. Biggest-ever design update
64. Collections
65. Recent Days
66. Groups in People & Pets
67. Trips
68. Wallpaper suggestions
69. Collection view options
70. Pinned Collections
71. Hide screenshots from your library
72. Months and Years highlights
73. Expanded content types in Utilities
74. Customize the Photos app
75. Clean Up tool
76. Edit albums in folders
77. Album attribution
78. Edit in light or dark mode
79. Smart copy and paste edits
80. Video speed control
81. Creative stories
82. Smart suggestions
83. Text effects
84. Text formatting
85. Messages via satellite
86. iMessage over satellite
87. SMS over satellite
88. Satellite connection in Dynamic Island
89. Emoji and sticker Tapbacks
90. Send Later
91. RCS (Rich Communication Services)
92. Low Quality Image Mode improvements
93. High-quality Images
94. Transactions category
95. Updates category
96. Promotions category
97. Time sensitive
98. Grouped by sender
99. Quick action
100. Recategorization
101. Highlights
102. Location highlights
103. Summary highlights
104. Music highlights
105. Movie and TV show highlights
106. Person highlights
107. Redesigned Reader
108. Distraction Control
109. Passwords app
110. Passwords and passkeys
111. Sign in with Apple
112. Wi-Fi passwords
113. Verifications codes
114. Sorting
115. Syncing
116. End-to-end encryption
117. Windows support
118. Hiking and walking
119. Hikes
120. Turn-by-turn navigation
121. Create and save walking and hiking routes
122. Topographic maps
123. Discover and save places
124. Game Mode
125. Event tickets
126. Pay with installments
127. Pay with Rewards
128. Apple Pay on Chrome and Windows PC
129. Tap to Cash
130. Tap to provision
131. Siri Interactions
132. Voice Isolation
133. Personalized Spatial Audio for gaming
134. Reduced gaming audio latency
135. In-game voice quality
136. Audio recording
137. Live transcription
138. Phone call transcription
139. Math in Notes
140. Access Math Notes from Calculator
141. Collapsible sections
142. Highlighting
143. PDF inline search
144. State of Mind integration
145. Log mindful minutes
146. Insights view
147. Streaks
148. Calendar
149. Stats
150. Search and sort
151. Export and print
152. Widgets
153. Quick Actions
154. Audio transcription
155. More formatting options
156. Shortcuts
157. InSight
158. Enhance dialogue
159. More dynamic subtitles
160. Hands-free unlock with home keys
161. Guest access
162. Pair Matter accessories without a hub
163. Control robot vacuum cleaners in the Home app
164. Electricity usage and rates
165. Improved Contacts preferences
166. Redesigned Privacy & Security settings
167. Accessory Setup Kit
168. Blocking sensitive content for children
169. Eye Tracking
170. Music Haptics
171. Vocal Shortcuts
172. Vehicle motion cues
173. Spatial Audio
174. Share Sign in with Apple credentials
175. Math Notes
176. Typed math
177. Variables
178. Graphing
179. Adjust numbers
180. Works with Notes
181. Math Results
182. History
183. Editable expressions
184. Portrait scientific calculator
185. Unit conversions
186. View reminders in Calendar
187. Edit reminders in Calendar
188. Create reminders in Calendar
189. Updated Month view
190. Refreshed look
191. 5-second timer
192. Continue playing music when taking a photo
193. Adjust flash settings via touch and hold
194. Next-gen Portraits enhancements
195. Spatial Audio
196. Accessibility
197. Continuity Camera with Apple TV 4K
198. Family Sharing invitations
199. Recommended for your family
200. Desktop and documents in the Cloud setup
201. Keep downloaded
202. Expanded external drive file formats
203. Erasing an external drive
204. For You in Summary
205. For You
206. Explore
207. Library
208. Search
209. Awards
210. Scenes
211. Send a copy
212. Snap to Grid
213. Handwriting recognition
214. Improved diagramming
215. Math Results
216. Settings redesign
217. iCloud Mail cleanup
218. Manage old email
219. Unsubscribe and delete
220. Keyboard Unified picker
221. Inline stickers and Memoji
222. Searchable stickers
223. Multilingual keyboard
224. Language detection
225. Locked apps
226. Hidden apps
227. Hidden apps folder
228. Seamless authentication
229. Faster migration
230. Cabled migration
231. Improved Wi-Fi migration
232. Tips during migration
233. Dual SIM labels
234. Voice memo migration
235. SharePlay on more devices
236. Call recordings
237. Call transcripts
238. Call history search
239. Keypad search
240. Live caller ID lookup
241. Live Voicemail
242. Dual SIM in Control Center
243. Automatic Mic Mode
244. Chapter scrubbing
245. Better playback control
246. Share from transcripts
247. Search suggestions as you type
248. Calendar integration
249. Recently deleted list
250. Subtasks in Smart Lists
251. Multi-language grocery lists
252. Ask to share
253. Draw to highlight
254. Remote control
255. iPhone to iPhone, iPad to iPad
256. Privacy friendly
257. SharePlay on more devices
258. Tips sharing
259. Easier-to-find Feels Like temperature
260. Home and work locations
261. Prominent wind gusts and direction