iOS 18.4 Unveiled: Priority Notifications, New Sketch Style in Image Playground & More

iOS 18.4 Release Notes

Apple Intelligence

• Priority notifications: Highlight important notifications for immediate attention.
• Sketch in Image Playground: Create sketch drawings using the new style option.
• Language support: Additional support for 8 languages and 2 English locales, including French (France, Canada), German (Germany), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, Spanish (Spain, Latin America, US), and English (India, Singapore).

Apple Vision Pro App

• New app: Helps users discover content, spatial experiences, and device information.

Apple News+

• Recipe enhancements: Browse and save recipes from top publishers with step-by-step cooking mode.
• Food section updates: Includes stories about restaurants, kitchen tips, healthy eating, and more.

Photos

• New filters: Show or hide items not in albums or synced from Mac/PC.
• Reorder collections: Reorder Media Types and Utilities in Photos.
• Consistent filtering options: Sort by oldest or newest first.
• Sort albums by Date Modified.
• Disable ‘Recently Viewed’ and ‘Recently Shared’: Option to disable these collections.
• Hidden photos import: Use Face ID to prevent hidden photos from syncing.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes

• Safari search suggestions: Quick access to recent searches.
• Setup Assistant for Child Accounts: Streamlined steps and child-appropriate defaults.
• Screen Time App Limits: Persist even after app reinstalls.
• App Store review summaries: Get insights from user reviews at a glance.
• Pause/resume downloads: Continue without losing progress.
• New Podcasts widgets: Followed Shows and Library widgets for easier access.
• Ambient Music: Instantly play curated playlists from Control Center.
• Apple Fitness+ Collections: Add to your library.
• Matter-compatible vacuums: Control via Home app and scenes/automations.
• New system languages: Support for 10 additional languages, including Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.