Not long ago, Apple announced that this year's WWDC event will be held at Apple Park from June 11-15, 2024 Beijing Time (June 10-14, 2024 Pacific Time).
According to the official introduction, WWDC24 is free and open to all developers, and aims to showcase the cutting-edge innovations of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS.
In other words, the much-talked-about new iOS 18 will be officially unveiled at this event.
Now, as time progresses, more details about this iOS 18 update have also appeared.
According to a report by IT Home today, the code shows that Apple's iOS 18 is equipped with a Safari browsing assistant, which is estimated to summarize the content of web pages.
According to the report, "Developer Nicolás Álvarez dug into the code behind Apple's servers and discovered that iOS 18 will feature a new Safari browsing assistant. He found character descriptions such as 'Safari browsing assistant' in the code, and speculated that the Safari browsing assistant should be similar to Microsoft Copilot, summarizing the main content of the current web page.
He also found a description of 'Encrypted visual search,' but the details are unclear. ”
It is reported that in Apple's visionOS beta code last year, a new visual search function for Apple's Vision Pro headset appeared, which allows users to copy and paste printed text from the real world into the app, but this feature has not yet been launched.
As mentioned in previous revelations, a major upgrade in Apple's iOS 18 is the introduction of generative AI.
According to the revelations, although Apple has been developing its own large language model, it cannot reach an approximate level in a short period of time due to the large gap with the current mainstream products. So Apple doesn't plan to launch its own generative AI chatbot in the next major software update, including iOS 18.
At the same time, Apple is considering introducing other large-scale company products in iOS, iPadOS and other systems to provide certain AI capabilities for its devices. At present, it has discussed potential generative AI partnerships with large model companies, and plans to launch new AI features that "help users in their daily lives".
Another leak shows that iOS 18 will have a home screen with more freedom of customization.
Allegedly, iOS 18 will allow users to place app icons anywhere on the home screen grid. This means that users are able to create spaces, columns, and rows between app icons.
In addition to the tweaks to the arrangement of apps on the home screen, iOS 18 will feature some visionOS-inspired design elements, bringing a design similar to the visionOS operating system, with new tweaks in design elements and UI.
A recent leak also revealed that Apple may be planning to add support for "custom navigation paths" to Apple Maps in iOS 18. Currently, Apple Maps does not provide a way to enter a self-selected navigation route, and only uses Apple's pre-selected options.
However, at present, the relevant information about iOS 18 comes from the Internet leaks, what the actual situation is, and the official follow-up announcement is still needed, and interested friends can stay tuned.