Mystery Apple iPhone update coming ‘in weeks’

Apple is secretly investigating an chartless bundle update little than 2 weeks aft iOS 18.3 dropped.

The astir caller update to iOS 18 revamped the Silicon Valley giant’s artificial intelligence model, Apple Intelligence.

While not the astir action-packed redesign successful surviving memory, it included tweaks to however the AI summarises notifications and the calculator app.

Beta testers person since been eagerly waiting for iOS 18.4 to beryllium rolled out, with expected updates including much AI upgrades and an overhaul of Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri.

But they mightiness beryllium waiting a small portion longer arsenic Apple volition reportedly merchandise iOS 18.3.1 successful the ‘coming weeks’.

This is according to 2 outlets that, erstwhile it comes to prophesising each things Apple, are usually spot on, MacRumors and 9to5Mac.

What is iOS 18.3.1 and erstwhile volition it beryllium released?

Citing the site’s ain analytic logs that amusement devices moving the unreleased mentation of iOS, MacRumors said the ‘minor update’ volition apt tighten up your iPhone and iPad’s security.

However, Apple gossipers suggest that 1 diagnostic that could beryllium included successful iOS 18.3.1 is the instrumentality of Apple Intelligence notification summaries for quality and amusement apps.

Apple temporarily disabled the relation successful iOS 18.3 owed to issues with inaccurate summaries.

Apple iOS 18.3, which arrived connected January 27, focused connected information patches.

Twenty-nine to beryllium exact. One vulnerability the urgent update addressed was ‘CVE-2025-24085,’ which allowed hackers to summation other permissions to snoop astir your device.

So, erstwhile 18.3.1 is released, it’ll apt say: ‘This update provides important bug fixes and is recommended for each users.’

What volition iOS 18.4 include?

The statement for iOS 18.4, however, volition apt beryllium different. On apical of AI enhancements, new emojis volition apt driblet including a earnestly tired-looking face, a turnip and a leafless tree.

Apple hinted successful October that to align with EU law, iPhone and iPad users volition soon beryllium capable to acceptable a default navigation and translation app, alternatively than it beryllium Apple’s own.

The upcoming update volition beryllium released successful April aft beta testing, MacRumors said.

A casual reminder though that Apple Intelligence is lone disposable connected an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, oregon immoderate exemplary successful the iPhone 16 family.

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