Learn about iOS 18's more customizable flashlight, QR codes for sharing your Wi-Fi passwords and transcribable voice memos.

Even if you don’t buy an iPhone 16, you can install iOS 18, which is out today, and start customizing your home screen in new ways, text high-res videos to your Android friends, and store your passwords in Apple’s slick new password manager. But as for all those AI features you may have heard so much about, those aren’t ready—at least, not yet.

Following over three months of beta testing, iOS 18 was finally widely released to the public on Monday, September 16. The update is available in

Developers and public beta testers can download the update now. Apple released the first public beta of iOS 18.1 on Thursday, less than a week after the tech giant released iOS 18 to the general public.

My fellow tech enthusiasts chuckle when iOS users get features the rest of us have enjoyed on our favorite Android phones for years. Apple is always hesitant to introduce customization options, feeling it will hinder the user experience it carefully crafted.