5 Things Not to Expect in iOS 18.0

We’re likely less than two weeks away from the public release of iOS 18.0. However, while that initial release will be chock full of new and exciting features, there are still a few big things Apple announced during its June Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) that we’ll likely be waiting a bit longer for.

With Apple’s Glowtime event scheduled for Monday, September 9, it’s a near-certainty that Apple will announce the release dates for at least iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and watchOS 11. If the company stays true to form, a Release Candidate (RC) version will be sent out to beta testers soon after, with a public release likely slated for the week of September 16.

However, this year, Apple took the unprecedented step of beginning an early parallel beta cycle for iOS 18.1. So far, those are only available as developer betas and are limited to devices that support Apple Intelligence — the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max (and equivalent M-chip powered iPads and Macs for iPadOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1). We’ll likely see the iOS 18.1 beta program expand to other devices once iOS 18.0 is released, but it’s anybody’s guess when the final version of iOS 18.1 will come along.

When that does happen, iOS 18.1 will bring some of the features we’re waiting for, but others may be pushed to iOS 18.2 and beyond. Read on for five things that almost certainly won’t be coming in iOS 18.0.