First of all, Apple released the visionOS 2 system, which is the operating system dedicated to Apple's Vision Pro headset.
visionOS 2 can transform ordinary 2D photos in your iPhone gallery into spatial photos with a natural sense of depth through "advanced machine learning".
visionOS 2 allows users to navigate to the home screen with a single tap, and the ability to flip the palm of their hand to bring up the control center.
Later this year, the Vision Pro's Mac virtual display will be available in higher display resolutions and sizes, including ultra-widescreens.
In addition, VisionOS 2 adds train support for travel mode.
Canon has provided the EOS R7 with a new spatial lens that captures spatial video. Spatial video can be edited in FCP and viewed in the new VisionOS Vimeo app.
Vision Pro will be available in China, Japan, Singapore on June 28, and in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom on July 12.
At present, the national version of Apple Vision Pro is now on the shelves, 256GB version 29999 yuan, 512GB version 31499 yuan, 1TB version 32999 yuan. Pre-sales will open at 9 a.m. on June 14.
In addition, according to the user's eyesight, optical inserts need to be purchased separately, Zeiss optical inserts presbyopia version is priced at 799 yuan, Zeiss optical inserts prescription version is priced at 1199 yuan, and AppleCare+ service is 3999 yuan.
Subsequently, Apple officially released the iOS 18 system.
iOS 18 supports the user's home screen customization function, allowing you to set the app icon theme, freely place the app icon, and add the option to automatically fill the app icon with dark color in dark mode.
The Control Center has also been revamped, with a new multi-page layout and a new "Control Center Component Library" that allows third-party developers to provide components for the Control Center, as well as the ability to add these new controls to the lock screen, replacing the flashlight and camera icons.
iOS 18 supports using Face ID to lock the app lock of a single app.
The Tapback function of the Messages app supports replying with any emoji or sticker, adds a timed message sending function, and supports adding text formatting options such as underlining and strikethrough to text.
iPhone 14/15 users can send text messages and iMessages through Messages APP without Wi-Fi or cellular network.
In terms of mail apps, iOS 18 will automatically classify emails, which runs entirely on the device, without the need for an internet connection.
In addition, iOS 18 also supports Game Mode, which is optimized for the game scene by minimizing background activity, ensuring maximum frame rate performance, and enhancing wireless transmission between gamepads and AirPods.
The Maps app adds a detailed topographic map and supports offline use.
The Wallet app has seen an "Apple Cash" feature, as well as a new "Apple Pay Online" platform, as well as improved event ticketing support.
The Notes app adds the ability to track emotions and track goals, as well as Insights view and search support.
The Photos app has received a major revamp with a single view with a grid of photos at the top, a gallery organized by theme at the bottom, and a month and year view at the bottom.
Adds the ability to easily hide screenshots, a "Collection" feature to help users organize recent photos and suggestions, automatically group people, and a new "carousel" interface to browse photos.
iOS 18 adds RCS message support, event reminder and calendar integration, T9 dial-up support, and more to zoom in on the home screen icon, with the first developer beta available for download and the official version coming in the fall.
In addition, AirPods Pro brings more head gestures, you can answer or reject incoming calls by nodding your head up and down or shaking your head left and right, and a new voice isolation feature to better eliminate background noise around you.
This was followed by the release of tvOS 18, the OS system update on Apple TV.
When a user pauses a movie or show, InSight overlays the metadata of the current scene, displays the current cast list and the current soundtrack, and links directly to Apple Music, limited to Apple Original content, of course.
tvOS 18 supports 21:9 projectors for the first time, and the Enhance Dialogue feature is further expanded with machine learning to upgrade the "Enhance Dialogue" feature to improve voice isolation.
In addition to this, tvOS 18 will also offer an upgraded set of screen savers.
After that, Apple officially released watchOS 11.
A new translation app has been added to watchOS 11, allowing users to translate languages directly on their watch.
Activity Rings have more flexible settings, allowing you to set "rest days" without affecting your medal progress.
watchOS 11 adds a new "Training Load" feature that calculates the user's exercise intensity and training load by combining data such as heart rate, altitude, workout duration, age and weight, and helps users plan their exercise plans scientifically.
watchOS 11 introduces a new health data app, Vitals, that visualizes health data so you can easily understand your health and make decisions that benefit your lifestyle.
The app allows users to visualize daily health data and compare it with historical data. The system highlights data that exceeds the user's health norm and provides comprehensive analysis information to help users understand the possible impact of these data changes.
In addition, the "Menstrual Tracking" feature designed for women's health has been upgraded to estimate the pregnancy period and visualize pregnancy-related information in graphs.
watchOS 11 will also get smarter with smart overlays, with useful widgets automatically added for different scenarios, and real-time events that allow users to access information in real time.
Interestingly, watchOS 11 adds a new workout link feature that allows users to share their workouts with friends after a late-night run, letting them know you're safe.
This was followed by the release of iPadOS 18.
iPadOS 18 is basically the same as iOS 18, bringing some new features to the iPad screen.
iPadOS 18, like iOS 18, allows users to customize the Home Screen, expands Control Center to support multiple lists and views, resize and rearrange icons, and more.
Plus, there's a new floating tab bar that makes it easy to navigate between apps and can be further adjusted to remember your favorite software.
With screen sharing, you can draw charts on other people's iPads and even share their screens.
In addition, iPadOS 18 adds a new calculator app, and the interface is the same as the iPhone calculator, supporting Apple Pencil writing calculations, in which the system supports real-time adjustment of variables, and the calculator will update the results in real time according to the writing variables.
At the same time, Apple has also introduced Smart Handwriting, which uses machine learning to improve the appearance of fonts when you write, and can also reproduce your own handwriting style, spell check for you, and convert typed text into your own style.
Finally, Apple released macOS 15 Sequoia.
The new iPhone mirroring feature allows users to view and control the iPhone directly on the Mac, the sound of the iPhone will also be played through the Mac, the notifications will be displayed side by side with the Mac's own notifications, and you can also transfer files between the Mac and the iPhone directly on the Mac by dragging and dropping.
macOS 15 can automatically resize app windows and fill the screen.
macOS 15 includes a new standalone Passwords app that allows users to manage Wi-Fi passwords, app and website passwords, verification codes, and more.
Safari has also become smarter, leveraging AI to automatically highlight useful information on web pages, such as map directions or video content.
one more things...
Apple's first generative AI model, Apple Intelligence, was officially unveiled at the event.
Apple Intelligence supports natural language understanding, analyzes your content and instructions across apps, automatically polishes emails, summarizes notes, generates images, and supports text sketches, illustrations, and animations.
With Apple Intelligence, iPhone can now automatically identify and reorder notifications to reduce unnecessary distractions
In addition, for the first time, the iPhone will support call recording, which will be available in beta this fall by tapping on the recording to capture recordings and transcripts in the Notes or Phone app, and when call recording is turned on, participants will be notified when call recording is turned on.
Apple says that all information adjustments will have the highest level of privacy protection, and Apple's privacy protection does not collect data, only processes data.
Apple Intelligence includes two methods: device-side processing and cloud processing, if the computing power on the mobile phone is insufficient, the relevant instructions will be sent to the private cloud for processing, and Apple Intelligence private cloud computing technology can allow the instructions to be processed in the cloud.
According to information on Apple's official website, Apple Intelligence will only be available in English in the United States this year, and other languages and models will be gradually rolled out next year.
In addition, the newly upgraded Siri voice assistant based on Apple Intelligence was also officially unveiled.
The new version of Siri will have soft lighting effects around the bezels of the device on the interface, and responses to user commands will be presented in the form of content-rich cards, which will be gradually pushed to all users in the "next year".
The new version of Siri will focus more on understanding the context of the conversation, avoiding the need for users to repeatedly provide information in subsequent instructions, and support direct input of instructions.
Siri will also have a "screen awareness" feature that understands what the user is browsing and suggests actions for relevant apps.
App Commands allows Siri to interact more deeply with BYOD apps as well as third-party apps, and Siri was a live demo of editing images in an album at the launch event.
In addition, Apple will work with OpenAI, Apple will add ChatGPT to Siri, and OpenAI's technology will also be used to support AI writing summaries in Apple's operating system.
苹果已列出了所有兼容 iOS 18、iPadOS 18、watchOS 11的设备型号。
iOS 18 compatible devices remain the same as last year:
- iPhone XS和XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone 11 Pro和Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone SE (2020)
- iPhone 12 Pro和Pro Max
- iPhone 12和iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro和Pro Max
- iPhone 13和iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone SE (2022)
- iPhone 14和iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro和Pro Max
- iPhone 15和iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro和iPhone 15 Pro Max
The Apple Intelligence feature in iOS 18 is only available on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models.
iPadOS 18 will end support for some older iPads and will be compatible with the following iPad models:
- iPad mini 5和mini 6
- iPad Air (3rd generation and later)
- iPad (7th generation and later)
- iPad Pro (第三代及配备A12X Bionic芯片的后续机型)
All Apple Smart features in iPadOS 18 are only available on iPad models with the M1 chip or later.
Apple Watch Series 4/5和初代SE将无法升级,新系统仅兼容以下型号：
- Apple Watch Series 6
- Apple Watch Series 7
- Apple Watch SE (第二代)
- Apple Watch Series 8
- Apple Watch Series 9
- Apple Watch Ultra
- Apple Watch Ultra 2
macOS 15 Sequoia具体支持的机型包括:
- MacBook Pro available in 2018 and later
- MacBook Airs available in 2020 and later
- iMacs available in 2019 and later
- Mac mini available in 2018 and later
- 2022 年上市的Mac Studio
- Mac Pro available in 2019 and later