Sakshi Garg

iOS 18 is here and while there are plenty of updates to discover, the one that will perhaps be used the most has to be the ability to lock and hide apps. While you can lock an app in iOS 18 so it can only be opened after authentication, you can also take it one step further so that the app itself is whisked away from your Home Screen and Library into a Hidden apps folder. It's only discovered after you unlock the Hidden Apps folder using Face/ Touch ID.

The app is present nowhere else on the system. All

Apple has finally released its latest iOS 18 to the public, and as more and more people are using the OS, more bugs are also coming to light. There's one such nasty bug in iOS 18 that's causing the Messages app to crash repeatedly. Spotted by a 9to5Mac reader and reported by the website, the bug can be particularly annoying because the Messages app is an essential part of most people's daily routine.

Fortunately, the bug is quite particular and the app only crashes after certain steps are followed. Below are the steps to reproduce the bug so you can

With iOS 18, Apple introduced a new customizable Control Center with resizable controls and multiple pages. However, the new Connectivity control has created a lot of dissatisfied users.

The new Connectivity control widget in the Control Center can either be a 2x2 square or a full-screen widget that needs a separate page. However, in the 2x2 widget that most people prefer, the controls are all jumbled up. Now, the AirDrop icon appears in the widget, which most users don't find too useful. Unfortunately, the Connectivity widget is not customizable. But you can use a little workaround as shared by this

Every year, when Apple pushes its latest update out into the world and while everyone certainly gets excited to discover and try out the new features, there's one question that plagues the mind of every iPhone user who wants to update their phone. "What's the impact of the update on the battery life?"

With every update, there are always mixed opinions about the impact of the OS on the device's battery life. It's no different this time. Right away, social media is full of users who are talking about how the update is impacting the battery life on their device

Whenever a new iOS update comes out, there's always some feature that causes controversy. This year, that mantle easily goes to the Photos app. Who would've thought, right? Mostly, after a new iOS update, things generally stay the same with the Photos app, even with the addition of the new features.

But the overhaul that the Photos app has received this year has easily compensated for that and steeped the app in broiling furor. The redesign of the Photos app is quite intensive, there's no two ways about it. Let's dive deep into it.

A unified design

The biggest change