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Apple Seeds Second iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 Release Candidate With Priority Notifications, Ambient Music and More


Apple today seeded the second release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the...

Apple Intelligence (All iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max)- Priority notifications appear at the top of your notifications, highlighting important notifications that may require your immediate attention- Sketch is now available as an additional style option in Image Playground, allowing you to create gorgeous sketch drawings- Apple Intelligence features support 8 additional languages and 2 additional English locales, including English (India, Singapore), French (France, Canada), German (Germany), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, and Spanish (Spain, Latin America, US) This update also includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:- Safari recent search suggestions help you quickly get back to previous search topics when starting a new query- Setup Assistant streamlines steps parents need to take to create a Child Account for a kid in their family, and enables child-appropriate default settings if parents prefer to complete setting up a Child Account later- Screen Time App Limits persist even after a child uninstalls and reinstalls an app- App Store includes summaries for user reviews so you can get helpful insights from other users at a glance- Pause and resume of an app download or update on App Store without losing progress- New widgets for Podcasts including a Followed Shows widget to track your favorite shows and a Library widget to get to your most used sections, such as Latest Episodes, Saved, and Downloaded- Ambient Music offers the ability to instantly play music from Control Center, giving access to a set of hand-curated playlists that offer soundtracks for daily life- Apple Fitness+ Collections can now be added to Library- Matter-compatible robot vacuum cleaners can be controlled in the Home app as well as be added to scenes and automations- Support for 10 new system languages including Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu Leaker Jon Prosser today shared a mockup of what he says the Messages app will look like in iOS 19, demoing an interface with rounded, translucent bubble-shaped navigation buttons at the top and softer, rounder corners for the keyboard and word suggestions.

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