No more accidentally turning your flashlight on at the worst time.
No more accidentally turning your flashlight on at the worst time.
Apple released iOS 18’s sixth public beta on Aug. 29, a few days after the tech giant announced it will hold its iPhone launch event on Sept. 9. The update brings many new features to the iPhones of developers and beta testers, including upgrades to Messages and more ways to customize your home screen.
One new feature that I’ve wanted for a while is the ability to remove or change your lock screen controls. This is great because I haven’t accidentally turned my flashlight on since I downloaded the beta.
Don’t forget that iOS 18 is still in beta, and I recommend downloading a beta only on something other than your primary device. Because this isn’t the final version of iOS 18, the update might be buggy and battery life may be short, and it’s best to keep those troubles on a secondary device. I downloaded the beta to my old iPhone XR to keep any issues away from my iPhone 14 Pro.
Note that the beta is not the final version of iOS 18, so there could be more features to land on your iPhone when iOS 18 is released.
