Apple's first incremental update 18.3 can fall next week, predict 9to5Mac and Macrumors. Both sites monitor the devices used by their visitors to track update waves. It is normal for Apple setting minor solutions after the launch of a new version, and it is likely that IOS 18.3.1 include the same. However, the new launch won an unlikely buzzing due to a Tiktok rumor related to an optional satellite connectivity function.
What will be included in iOS 18.3.1?
Apple has not published details about iOS 18.3.1; However, the update is likely to include errors corrections, security patches and quality of life. The first update after a version, such as iOS 18.2.1, often contains these small adjustments instead of introducing new important features.
Since iOS 18.3 allows Automatic Appear Activation of Apple in the iPhone 15 Pro and the newest models, IOS 18.3.1 can also include refinements to the generative characteristics of Apple's. IOS 18.3 resolved errors in Genomji, Healthkit and the writing tools API.
Users can consult the available software updates by setting to configuration> General> Software update on their Apple devices.
When will iOS 18.3.1 be launched?
Macrumors suggested that iOS 18.3.1 will probably fall “in the coming weeks.”
The next version, iOS 18.4, is expected to be available for beta tests in March, potentially bringing functions of improved generatives for Siri, new emoji and security and privacy updates as Apple adjusts its integration with the Openai chatpt.
Is 18.3 automatically connect to Starlink?
No, IOS 18.3 does not automatically link devices with Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite connectivity service. At the beginning of February, an inaccurate rumor spread by Tiktok that downloading iOS 18.3 would give automatic Starlink access to Apple phones.
While iOS 18.3 includes a network configuration that allows optional Starlink access, it is only available for T-Mobile customers who participate in a beta program. This functionality is part of a T-Mobile Starlink association, not a direct integration of Apple-Starlink.
Apple satellite emergency feature, which works only when there is no cellular or Wi-Fi network available, remains separated from Starlink services and unchanged in iOS 18.3.
