Apple launched the primary betas of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 earlier this month throughout its Worldwide Builders Convention (WWDC), and right this moment the corporate is pushing the second beta for each. Be aware that these aren’t public betas – they’re developer-focused, and as such, can solely be put in by builders. Public betas will arrive subsequent month.
iPadOS 18 beta 2 brings assist for various app shops within the EU, together with various cost choices in Apple’s App Retailer, a default internet browser choice display screen, and the flexibility for browsers to make use of engines apart from Safari’s.
All of those come as a consequence of the European Fee designating iPadOS as a “gatekeeper platform”, which makes it compulsory for these options to be supplied below the EU’s Digital Markets Act. All of those concessions had been first added by Apple to iOS 17.4 again in March, and now they’re coming to iPadOS too.
Within the meantime, iOS 18 beta 2 brings assist for iPhone mirroring on macOS Sequoia beta 2. This allows you to absolutely management your iPhone utilizing your Mac, with the iPhone staying locked all through. The function was introduced at WWDC.
There’s additionally a brand new toggle for the RCS protocol that Apple is lastly supporting in iOS 18. This can present up in case your provider helps RCS.
