With iOS 18 you can calculate anywhere and choose your preferred home hub
When Apple unveiled iOS 18 at WWDC last week, it didn’t reveal every feature included in this massive update, but thanks to the first developer beta, we’re now learning about some useful changes from iOS 17 that weren’t announced at WWDC. phase.
One of these changes, as noted by @rjonesy on X (via Android Authority), your iPhone will be able to automatically solve any math problem you enter into a text field. You can then choose whether you want to keep the entire calculation in the text field, or just the answer your phone gave you.
This iOS 18 feature could mean you never have to use the calculator app again, which makes for interesting timing considering Apple only just added a calculator to the iPad, making the calculator less important.
iOS 18 can do math everywhere. Epic. pic.twitter.com/8hvrEXtJ07June 14, 2024
Choose your own Home Hub
Another new iOS 18 feature was found by SteveIsTheDude on Reddit (via The edge). They discovered that you can now set up your favorite Home hub, which is useful for anyone who has multiple devices that can serve as a Home hub, such as a HomePod 2 and an Apple TV.
Previously, Apple automatically decided which device to set as your home hub, which sometimes meant it didn’t select the best option. For example, many users have noticed that a device connected to Wi-Fi is always selected, rather than a device connected to Ethernet, causing the Home Hub to run slower than it would otherwise.
That’s a problem, because your home hub is the brain of any Apple-powered smart home, so things like viewing security cameras and turning off lights can happen noticeably slower if a suboptimal home hub is selected.
Unfortunately, since iOS 18 is still in beta, you can’t get these features yet unless you sign up for the beta (here’s how to download the iOS 18 beta, if you’re interested).
You’ll probably have to wait until September for the completed iOS 18 release, but judging by the sheer number of exciting iOS 18 features on the horizon, it should be worth the wait.