iOS 12 rumor roundup: Release date, new features, and more
iOS 12 is expected to be previewed at WWDC in June 2018. Here's everything you need to know!
The next new operating system for iPhone and iPad will be iOS 12. That means, right after iOS 11 was released, Apple's product marketing and software engineering teams began working to figure out what iOS 12 needed to be. Since Apple doesn't pre-announced new features before they go into beta, all we have to look forward to between now and WWDC 2018 in June are rumors and speculation.
Here they are.
May 24, 2018: Apple patent application points to Siri-driven responses when declining calls
A new patent application from Apple points to the possibility of Siri-driven intelligent response options for when you need to decline a call. Rather than requiring you to type out a text message explanation for declining a call when that might not be possible, the system described in this application would let you rely on a digital assistant (Siri) to offer response options based on user-specific data.
Here's part of the patent application's summary (via 9to5Mac):
Some existing techniques for declining an incoming call may include, for example, sending a text message to a caller indicating a reason of declining the call. Typically, a user may be required to manually compose the text message and send to the caller. Manually composing the text message may be cumbersome, difficult, and sometime impossible. For example, if a user receives a call while he or she is driving, he may not be able to compose a text message or may choose to simply declining the call without composing a text message because of safety concerns. Providing a digital assistant that can intelligently determine and provide response options for declining an incoming call is thus desirable. The response options can be determined based on user-specific data, and can be more communicative regarding the reason for declining the call.
Remember that just because Apple is issuing a patent application doesn't mean that this feature is coming soon, if it arrives at all. Patents aren't guarantees of features or hardware, no matter who much we'd like them to be.
When will we see iOS 12?
Assuming that Apple keeps to its previous patterns, it will show off iOS 12 for the first time during the keynote for the 2018 World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). Tim Cook will introduce iOS 12, while Craig Federighi, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, will go through its different tentpole features.
It's likely that the first developer beta of iOS 12 will be made available the same day as the presentation. As with the last few iterations of iOS, a public beta should follow later in the summer. The public launch of iOS 12 will likely take place at some point in fall 2018.
What do you want to see in iOS 12?
With iOS 12 over a year away at this point, there's not a lot that we've heard about it. iOS 11 is still in beta, for crying out loud! But that doesn't mean that we can't think about what Apple's got coming down the pipe. Do you think we'll finally get that system-wide dark mode? What about new iPad features? Let us know what you would like to see in iOS 12 in the comments.
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