Apple has been adding new upgrades to the control panel for a while and iOS 18.4 continues that trend with these 3 improvements.
Improvements for the control panel in iOS 18.4
The renewed IOS 18 control panel is much more than a one -off design change. Apple goes one step further in iOS 18.4, with 3 new improvements for the control panel – we list them for you.
1. New buttons for soothing music
iOS 18.4 introduces a whole new part for soothing background music (Ambient Music). Here you will find the following four buttons:
- Sleep
- Relaxed
- Productivity
- Well -being
With each of these buttons you can quickly start an Apple Music playlist that fits your mood. You can also assign the buttons to the action button or the lock screen.
2. Visual Intelligence and talks to Siri
In the new part ‘Apple Intelligence & Siri’ of the Control Panel, two new options will be built in iOS 18.4. In addition to the existing ‘Type to Siri’ button, you can now also add ‘Talk to Siri’ and ‘Visual Intelligence’ as new regulators.
The first activates Siri in speech mode, just as the side button of your iPhone does. The second ensures that an important camera function from Apple Intelligence, which was previously exclusive to iPhone 16, is also available for the iPhone 15 Pro and 16th, despite the lack of camera administration.
Apple Intelligence Unfortunately, is still not available in the Netherlands and it is also not yet clear when this will change. When we know more about this, we will of course let you know immediately.
3. Design updates for the control panel in iOS 18.4
Apple also carries various design improvements to the control panel in iOS 18.4. So far these changes are:
- Arrow up and down on the Focus button
- Changing animation sliding button brightness based on level
- Similar animation for the volume sliding button
On the Focus button you can tap the arrows to view the full series of Focus modes. The arrows are on the right side of the button. On the left you can just tap to switch the current focus on and off.
The slider for brightness and volume show nice animations in iOS 18.4. With the slider for brightness, for example, you see the sun becoming smaller and darker or larger and brighter, depending on your brightness setting.
iOS 18.4
The release of iOS 18.4 will most likely take place in April. If we look at the past and based on that to the future, we expect the release on Monday April 7 or Tuesday April 8. Whether that is indeed correct, of course remains to be seen. We will keep you up iPhoned In any case, informed!
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