iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia and watchOS 11 include several major changes, new features and capabilities. This includes the brand new control panel, personalize home screen, new Photos app, extensions for calculator, passwords application and much more. In addition, iOS 18 also contains a lot of small changes that benefit daily use.
This includes reminders in Calendar, new iCloud overview, changing Siri’s name, silent mode for CarPlay and more. Below you’ll find the first part of even more minor changes in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.
Chess app for Mac
Apple has significantly improved the built-in Chess app in macOS Sequoia with a new look. The last time this application was updated was in 2003 together with OS X 10.3 (Panther). The chess application won’t be played by every Mac user, but it’s good to see that Apple has taken the time to update the interface.
The game has improved textures, lighting effects and rendering for both the board and the pieces. Users can also change the appearance of the game components to wood, metal or marble.
Volume in Apple Watch control center
Do you want quick access to your Apple Watch’s system functions? Then you can use the control panel. To do this, press the side button and the panel will open automatically. From watchOS 11 you can also use a volume control. Tap the speaker or headset icon and adjust the volume while playing media, including music.
Customize window in macOS
Under macOS Sequoia you can use tiles to automatically divide windows on the screen. Since macOS 15, you can also easily move and resize windows via the menu bar.
When an app is open, click Window in the menu bar and go to Move & Resize, then choose an option you want and macOS will do the rest. You can easily place the windows on a tile, sidecar (iPad) split view.
Apple Music and TikTok
Since iOS 18.1, Apple Music subscribers can easily share a song or album via TikTok. Open an album, playlist or song in the Music app, tap the three dots and choose Share [onderdeel]’. Then choose the TikTok app and share the music in a beautiful and interactive way.