iOS Version 2024.1

12. Sep 2024

New Features

The big iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 update combined with a completely new way of annotating using the Apple Pencil:

Control Center widget
Lock Screen widget that can replace the camera and torchlight controls
Dark app icons
Tinted app icons and widgets
Hover preview for Apple Pencil
Squeeze the Apple Pencil Pro to bring up a floating tool palette around your pencil tip (also available to the double-tap gesture on Apple Pencil 2nd gen.)

These new Apple Pencil features require an iPad running iPadOS 17.5 or newer. Hover preview works with any Apple Pencil except the 1st generation. The floating tool palette requires an Apple Pencil Pro or the Apple Pencil 2nd generation (with the Double-tap gesture in Highlights set to Tool Palette in Settings > Apple Pencil).

iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 iOS will officially be released on Monday September 16th.