The next iPhone update will land in a matter of days but it looks like there may have been a surprise change. Here’s what’s happening.

Apple posted iOS 18 adoption rates on Friday, which are only slightly different from the numbers for iOS 17 a year ago. The company says iOS 18 has been installed on 68 percent of all iPhones (as of January 21) and 76 percent of models from the last four years.

The adoption rate is even higher for iPhones launched in the last four years, with a whopping 76% running iOS 18. The data also shows that 19% of all iPhones are still running on iOS 17, while 13% are on an even older version. Among iPhones launched in the last four years, 19% still use iOS 17 and 5% are on an earlier version.

If you have a compatible iPhone with iOS 18.2, Image Playground will be a new app on your home screen. The icon looks like a kitten in a soap bubble. You can also access Image Playground in Messages. Here's how. 1. Open Messages. 2. Tap into a chat. 3. Tap the plus ( +) symbol next to your text box. 4. Tap Image Playground.

While this update doesn’t introduce as many new features as iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.2 did, some elements will still interest everyone. Here’s what’s coming. Once you install iOS 18.3 on your iPhone, you will quickly notice one of its most significant updates: improved Notification Summaries.

Since the arrival of Apple Intelligence earlier in iOS 18 has generated a lot of interest, the next big update should have more AI goodies, right? Actually, no. Apple iOS 18.3 will have plenty that’s new,

Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the