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All The New Features in iOS 18.2
Mar 11, 2025
Article on Cult of Mac: https://www.cultofmac.com/how-to/ios-18-2-new-features More Apple news: http://www.cultofmac.com #iOS 18.2 drops a huge number of new features onto the #iPhone. The second major iOS 18 update, expected Monday, will expand the capabilities of #AppleIntelligence — and add plenty of goodies for everyone else, too. Produced by Extra Ordinary for Cult of Mac Music composed by Will Davenport, arranged by D. Griffin Jones Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:14 Apple Intelligence 2:27 Apple News+ Sudoku 3:44 AirTag lost mode 4:38 Mail categories 5:22 Copy link with highlight 5:56 Camera Control settings 6:59 Multitrack Voice Memos 7:59 Other new features Follow us!
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iOS 18.2 drops a huge number of new
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features on the iPhone the update which
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is expected on Monday expands the
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capabilities of Apple intelligence with
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plenty of other goodies for everyone
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else too let's dive
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in apple intelligence is the set of AI
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features that run on the iPhone 15 Pro
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and iPhone 16 models in addition to
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various newer Macs and iPads the second
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round of the most anticipated Apple
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intelligence features come in 18. to I
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covered them in depth in this video here
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but I'll quickly run through them again
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image playground lets you create AI
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images from scratch it's a standalone
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app and it's also integrated inside
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messages you can create images based on
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images in your library or people you
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know or from scratch using these easy to
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use taable buttons or by typing in a
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description image wand which is
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integrated into apps like notes lets you
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use image playground to convert a sketch
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into to a drawing or to create an
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original drawing based on the context of
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the notes you have written if you're
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ever annoyed that there isn't the right
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Emoji for the occasion you can create
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your own using gen emoji type in a short
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prompt and it'll create an apple style
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emoji that resembles various household
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objects specific dog and cat breeds
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other animals you can think of even
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specific people named in your photo
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library if you have an iPhone 16 visual
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intelligence lets you look things up
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using the camera click and hold to
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launch it and click it again to take a
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picture you can ask chat GPT to explain
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what you're looking at or you can do a
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Google reverse image search to look up
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an object or a product other features
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are more context dependent if you
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capture an event poster you can quickly
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add the event to your calendar with
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relevant details or if you capture a
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business like a restaurant or a store
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you can quickly see their hours their
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phone number their menu their website
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and more sir is integrated with chat GPT
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if you ask a question that Siri can't
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answer instead of saying here's what I
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found on the web It'll ask you if you
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want to pass the question along to chat
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GPT to give you its answer you can also
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ask chat GPT what you're looking at if
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you're reading an article browsing the
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web or watching a video you can ask Siri
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what's this and it'll send the
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screenshot to chat GPT to give you its
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explanation if you subscribe to Apple
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news Plus in addition to the DA
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crossword mini crossword and quiles word
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games there's a new daily
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Sudoku in fact there's actually three
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daily sudokus easy moderate and
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challenging the harder levels start with
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fewer numbers on the board if you're not
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familiar with the rules of sidoku it
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gives you a helpful tutorial at the
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beginning you can tap on a square to
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select it and tap a number on the
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keyboard to fill it in you can also
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choose to take notes as well there's an
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eraser to to clear a number and an undo
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button to undo the last move without any
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numbers on the board selected you can
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tap on a number on the keyboard to see
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all of those numbers highlighted and
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when you fill in nine of any particular
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number that number turns gray on the
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keyboard so you know you're done with it
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if you get stuck or if you find out
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you've made a mistake there are a few
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tools that can help you can show all of
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the conflicts on the board you can show
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all of the incorrect numbers and if you
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want to give up you can reveal the
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correct answers like all the games in
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Apple news plus it logs your statistics
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you can see your fastest time your
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average time your average completion
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rate and your daily streak you can share
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your results and compete with your
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friends on Game Center if you need help
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finding a lost item with an air tag like
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your luggage or your bag you can get
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help from other people around you like
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airport employees or friends and family
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unlike sharing an air tag this new lost
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mode is temp orary it's not like Doug
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from the Chicago O'Hare Airport will be
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able to see where your purse is
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indefinitely open the find my app tap
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the items Tab and tap on the air tag in
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question you'll see a new lost air tag
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section show contact info lets you add a
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phone number or email address that
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people can use to find you if they find
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your item First share item location give
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someone else temporary access to track
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your air tag maybe if the item is is in
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an employees only section you don't have
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access to you can let somebody else
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track your air tag and retrieve it for
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you in iOS 18.2 Apple's mail app
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automatically sorts your inbox into four
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different categories primary is for your
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direct personal communication with other
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people transactions is for receipts and
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Order
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confirmations updates is for
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notifications from online accounts and
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services and promotions is for mailing
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lists mass emails and other newsletters
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you subscribe to the new mail categories
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only appear on the iPhone it's not on
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the Mac which is slightly understandable
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considering the Mac App runs on a
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completely different code base but it's
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also not on the iPad which is a little
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weird it's also not on the Vision Pro in
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case anyone cared if you want to send
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somebody a link to an article but you
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don't need them to read the whole thing
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they can just read a specific section
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halfway down the page or even just a
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single quote or a single sentence
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there's a new easier way in Safari tap
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and hold to select a bit of text then
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from the pop-up menu swipe over and tap
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copy link with highlight you can paste
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that link in messages Notes mail
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anywhere and when somebody opens that
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link Safari will scroll to that section
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and highlight that text in yellow the
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iPhone 16 camera control has three new
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settings and iOS
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18.2 the first lets you mimic the
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feature on a traditional camera where
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you can half click the shutter button to
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lock the focus and exposure in settings
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camera control scroll down and enable AE
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AF lock now you can half click and hold
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the camera control and it'll lock the
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focus and exposure on whatever is in the
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middle of the frame in settings display
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and brightness at the bottom of the page
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there's a new Option called require
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screen on with the setting enabled as it
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is by default when your phone is locked
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clicking the camera control once will
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wake up the screen and clicking it a
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second time will open the camera if you
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disable the setting then you can launch
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the camera straight away with a single
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click of the camera control no matter
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what finally in settings accessibility
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camera control you can adjust the
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threshold for how fast the double click
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gesture works you can make it slow or
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even slower if you have an i Ione 16 Pro
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you can capture a multi-track audio
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recording in The Voice Memos app this
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can come in handy if you want to record
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a quick music demo with multiple Parts
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stacked on top of each other you can
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self harmonize Acappella like a
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barbershop quartet or you can layer
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multiple instruments playing on top of
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each other after recording the first
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track tap the edit recording button to
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the left with the icon of a waveform tap
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the plus button on the right to add a
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second track and tap record record
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whenever you're ready if you want to do
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one of the tracks over you can rewind to
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the beginning toggle between track 1 and
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two and tap replace to do it over you
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can even tap playback settings in the
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upper left and adjust the mix between
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track 1 and two tap done and you can
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save your multi-layer track or save it
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to a separate recording you can import
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it into logic pro on a Mac for advanced
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editing finally here's a lightning round
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of smaller new features and improvements
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in the Apple intelligence writing tools
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there's a new open-ended text prompt
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where you can describe a specific change
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you want to make to the text you can
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also generate text from scratch using
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chat GPT you can put a volume slider
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back on your iPhone lock screen to
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adjust the volume using touch controls
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without unlocking your phone to enable
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this go to settings accessibility audio
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and visual and enable always show volume
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control if you like using type to Siri
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but you keep triggering the double tap
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the home bar gesture accidentally
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there's a new Option you can add a type
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to Siri control to control center with
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this added you can disable the gesture
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in settings Apple intelligence and Siri
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talk and type to Siri by disabling type
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to Siri iOS 18.2 has an easier to use
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all-in-one interface for managing which
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apps serve as your default web browser
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password manager email client and more
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you can find this in settings scroll
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down to apps and tap default apps some
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of the categories don't have any
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alternatives yet but as Apple continues
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to be compelled in various parts of the
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world to make iOS more modular this
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feature may become more useful over time
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you can set a volume limit on your
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iPhone speakers if you want to protect
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your hearing Health this will only
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affect media like music podcasts and
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videos alarms and phone calls will still
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be able to use the maximum volume you
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can find it in settings sound and
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haptics limit volume by enabling limit
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maximum volume and adjusting the slider
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in settings apps Safari there's a new
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option to Import and Export your
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browsing history bookmarks and saved
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passwords between Safari and a different
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browser if for example you'd like to
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check out an alternative Apple
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intelligence now supports Regional
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dialects of English localized to
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Australia Canada New Zealand South
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Africa and the United Kingdom if you
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live in the European Union you can now
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delete more of Apple's default apps from
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your phone including messages photos
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camera Safari and even the App Store
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itself so those are all the new features
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on iOS
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more updates and check out my other
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