Day 1 on iOS 18: Change For The Sake Of It

[@simpgodrudy]

THE SKITS ARE BACK BABY LETS GO

[@staytuned.263]

Wwwwww

[@pvdgucht]

Really? I mean seriously?…. can’t believe there are people who like that. It’s so fucking played out and stupid AF, so sick of them. Always having to skip the video and find the part where he actually starts talking. I have considered unsubscribing quite often because of them but I always seem to enjoy his content when he actually starts talking and explaining.

[@pvdgucht]

So played out and annoying having to skip them every time.

[@JamesR624]

I love how in these skits, Tim has become an 'annoying' wacky, zany "Bugs Bunny" like character. It's hilarious!

[@AJ56]

So you’re saying they’re realistic.

[@CarlRyds]

I wish there was an option to remove the App labels without making the icons massive.

[@TailosiveTech]

Same

[@manart6506]

Yeah. And now even with those big apps there is a big space below that isn’t big enough for another row of apps (apparently) but too big to be empty.

[@davidbelecci6970]

That will be an iOS 20 feature

[@hhh-rc5gt]

Apple probably tried that and decided for us that everything would look too spaced out

[@Crs664]

@@CarlRyds the big icons are super clean tho. Iconic, even.

[@wjckc79]

As someone with a 2020 iPhone SE who installed iOS 18 a few hours ago, I don't get to use iPhone AI or whatever, but I am grateful that my ancient phone still gets the latest OS. Personally, I really like the upgrade despite a bug here and there. It's silky smooth, improved my battery life, and I like some of the new features. None of the bugs are crashing bugs. I purchased this phone new two years ago on a whim. I was bored with Android and had always bashed but never used iPhone. It was not supposed to become my daily but it is. Even the simple ancient camera holds up against more elaborate and current mid-range Android setups. Personally I like many of the interface changes, but I'm not here to give a full review. I still miss BB10 OS.

[@wawztzta8296]

your phone is 4 years old it shouldnt be considered "ancient"

[@os2171]

Do like me delete twitter, instagram and facebook my life has been so nice during the last 6 years. You don’t need that crap

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

Facebook will delete me eventually. Been violating their TOS regularly.

[@Cattack16_]

Erm actually 🤓👆 *snorts* it’s “X” and “Meta” (what are these names 💀)

[@TailosiveTech]

It's my literal job to use those now

[@POVwithRC]

Get off your soapbox homie. We didn't ask, and you didn't finish the job. Delete your Google account

[@-ThatGuy-]

@@Cattack16_I’ll accept Meta as a parent company name. But X is the most goddamn stupid rebrand he could have made to twitter. I will keep deadnaming the fuck out of twitter until he stops doing it to his kid. lol

[@davidjacobs6244]

I blame it on the tech nerds that kept calling for change and more customisation.

[@mixer1014]

Man this has to be the most stable iOS release since iOS 15, things are unfolding in a very similar pattern to 2021, the iPhone 13 lineup seemed quite underwhelming when they were announced but they would go on to be arguably the best iPhones that ever released even till this day, now iOS 18 is super stable so I’m hope the 16s will bring back that same momentum that the 13 had

[@50Steaks68]

iPhone 13 followed the same pattern as the Xr. Underwhelming at first but would turn into great value as future generations changed less and less. Then we had that with the 11s and now the 13s.

[@13Luk6iul]

What really annoys me with the controle center. Is, that they rearranged the connectivity „folder“ up top. They minimized bluetooth, which was one of the most used quick on/off buttons i used. Much more useful to me than airplane mode or air drop. Now i need two actions to access bluetooth. Why is that not customizable? Or am I just to stupid to figure out how? At least i could add a new bluetooth controle at another location. I guess that kinda fixes it. But still annoying

[@danyhage763]

they really should let you rearrange which connectivity setting you want immediately accessible in that folder thingy. I just created shortcut toggles for all the settings and removed the whole thing

[@237keys8]

I had the same compliant

[@bisho9243]

same

[@eddysw8549]

@@danyhage763i would do that but the wi fi shortcut i created doesn’t work

[@michelemetelli]

Same, very very annoying

[@MelissaAndAlex]

6:31 moving the Bluetooth button into the folder makes me so mad

[@SJHD]

Does it have to be like that or it can be changed back to how it was because that would literally make me smash my phone

[@GarbanzoBeansFan]

@@SJHD can not be changed, but you can add a separate bluetooth toggle like Drew did

[@bradmay6395]

As a former android daily driver. IOS 18 is the android update. So many updates from the customization to the T9 dialing. This brought many things I missed after switching .

[@shad0wfrce]

God Sake! My skits are back! Goooooooad moooaarneeeeeeeeeeeeng!

[@JimmyJames10-k7v]

so glad i was able to downgrade to ios 17

[@corey7219]

You can for at least a week after a new version of ios is out

[@mactep1]

Wow, that flashlight animation looks really nice, too bad my 13PM wont have it, guess my ancient A15 just wasn't powerful enouph to render it.

[@TGCid01]

I too was surprised that my 13 Mini didn’t get this change. Kinda crazy

[@stormrider01]

XD

[@jakedizzle]

It had to do with the flash itself. The newer iPhones have a different flash led.

[@miamora01]

I wanna update but I don’t like the photos app and the apparent removal of blur from behind the App Library and widgets

[@dylanupton]

I'm running the 18.1 Dev beta and am happy to report that the blur behind these screens will return.

[@miamora01]

@@dylanuptonI knew it

[@thetimekeeper9230]

You can still blur.

[@Everyday-man]

You can make the photos app look however you like, even if that means basically the same as it was prior. Just watch a tutorial on it if you need to, it’s just new, people don’t like change.

[@halami2149]

@@Everyday-manYou said it, people don’t like change, but eventually they’ll see the benefits

[@robblankenstein6825]

The icon tint worked well for me. I set a blue wallpaper on my old iPad and used the colour picker to tint the icons. Reminded me of a desktop I had when I was big into linux years ago. Just need a transparent shell on my iPad to feel like the old days. :P

[@MapleEmpire]

watching tailosive tech skits with the morning coffee, back to normalcy again

[@Gabri3lRocha]

I was not surprised by how drew saying that most the new features are basically useless yet when he talks about new software features he still wants, they are features that 99.999% of general iOS users would never use or care about 😂

[@-ThatGuy-]

Yeah. That’s the tech community for you. Take a trip to the Android or iPhone subreddit and you’ll see out of touch people can be. They genuinely think that niche features they want or value personally are things that a lot of people are asking for or need and refuse to accept that’s not the case.

[@schrum9613]

My favorite thing about the new photos update is that videos loop, I know it’s minor but it makes a huge difference for me

[@VoltX_1]

I dislike photos .

[@N-31]

For now

[@cameronberardicurti9604]

I always use the current default iOS wallpaper. I also put my apps in alphabetical order. I do like the dark mode look of the apps.

[@trnc9082]

I don’t want all of these new “customization” options. If I wanted that, I’d just buy an android.

[@itsluvu7809]

iPhone 11 user here. My phone has gone from iOS 14 through iOS 18 now, and still doing extremely well. Haven’t noticed any downgrades performance-wise or even battery-wise. The whole system runs pretty smoothly. Impressed with the new Control Center, and, of course, with the Home Screen customization tools (tinted icons specifically, this is just so gorgeous, I’ve been waiting for doing this since June). No major bugs have been seen as well. But my only complain is still the some kind of glitches of the Notifications Center. I also hate the horizontal look of it (while watching YT videos, for example). I wish in the near future Apple is changing it some way. It’s been like this since like iOS 15, so…

[@itsluvu7809]

And personally, I really appreciate the Photos app’s overhaul. I always thought that that multi-page UI was a bit of an overkill (for example, the “Recents” and the “Photo” section itself were completely identical, yet in the first one months weren’t shown at the top - like, for what reason? It’s gone, finally). Now it’s much sleeker and modern. I even noticed some glassy inspirations from VisionOS, so does it mean that Apple will indeed come to this design-language in iOS at some point? I think so.

[@gothicboulder]

Using it on 11 Pro and it seems to run surprisingly well so far but I hate a lot of the UI changes too.

[@steveb1972]

0:54 awwww, lovely pic of your family Drew. Sending them blessings from Birmingham UK 😊

[@markwilliamson9199]

Wow love the comment about software dev being underrated. I started work programming in 1979 as a fresh 20 year old Computer Science graduate, and worked on an air data computer system with 30,000 lines of code. It was complex and we spent 2 years testing before installing in the helicopter it was designed for. The team lead could even quote from memory big chunks of it during debugging. But now with so many abstraction layers, you can’t even do that anymore for something like iOS. This is where I think valid use case for AI exists, to assist in development and testing of complex systems, now beyond human comprehension.

[@AloyUNITE]

0:44 the huhuguhg is GOLD

[@unmagicalmushroom]

One thing I’ve always loved about Apple is how simple and straightforward their interfaces are. That being said I haven’t customised a single thing I think everything is fine just as it was. The customisation features probably benefit ex-Android users more than anyone so hopefully they’re enjoying that since it took this long to get.

[@ianwest1624]

If you spend over 1k for a phone with 60 hertz it's no surprise they don't add basic ai to it in updates. Just scummy sales tactics. Great video like always

[@JZirn]

The flashlight is so much brighter when you narrow it and max it out.

[@VanceWarren83]

I hate the new photos app. I find with iOS 18 overall, you have to tap a lot more, to do the basics. Like settings. You have to select “more apps” just to see all the apps, it’s just a lot of extra effort for nothing. And I feel that’s the issue with the photos app.

[@-WandreW-]

Same, I feel they spent too much resources on apple intelligence other ui feel not getting enough user test and feedback

[@VanceWarren83]

@@-WandreW- Apple intelligence is definitely where all their focus is. The iPhone 16 line up, is very stale, with nothing which really defines the pro line up. Which is disappointing. The whole update to the settings app and photos app, with all the extra taps, may just be because it’s easier for AI to navigate.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

As a longtime Apple fan, I have to admit that the current iPhone 16 and iOS 18 are a bit of a fail. They don’t have Apple artificial intelligence ready for the launch of the iPhone 16. The iPhone 16 launch should be the premier of iOS 18 and Apple Intelligence. They also didn’t upgrade the storage to 2TB despite the fact that they keep bumping up the camera abilities and creating larger and larger file sizes.

[@Tezah89]

I honestly can’t believe they are releasing the iPhone 16 without AI. I don’t think they should have done all this advertising when this thing will be rolling out as updates over the next couple of months. I hope they get it together by next year, and maybe, I’ll get the 17.

[@TopMaverick-k4o]

That's why if I get a new iPhone this year, it will be a 15 Pro and nothing from the 16 lineup

[@NikiReed-ds3ti]

The funny thing about the Material You icons on Android is that Google kinda missed an opportunity to make way more apps compatible. I'm pretty sure Android has an API for vector versions of app icons, since it uses those for the icons on notifications. And basically every app on my Android has one. So Google could've easily just used those, shaded to the theme's color, for their app icons too. That way there'd be no AI, algorithms, or getting developers onboard with new APIs required and all the icons would be consistent I'm not sure if Apple has a similar API, but if I were them I'd just run each of the icons through their image playground app with the right prompt LOL

[@yoshikinanami7434]

I’m loving it so far. iOS 18 actually feels like an update rather than the previous update part 2. Although the App Library no longer have a blur on iOS makes no sense, iPadOS 18 still has it.

[@NikiReed-ds3ti]

The part about home screen layouts being a blessing and a curse is so true 😭 that might be why Apple took so long to implement these features Like, I love how much I can change about my phone on Android- but the people who think that COMIC SANS is an acceptable system-wide font should be permanently banned from using the OS

[@smallant.]

Yea same same, I’ve been on iOS 18 for months and I still have one control center page and all my home pages are filled up without empty spaces anyway. The photos app is truly horrible.

[@citywitt3202]

If you ever find you take OSs for granted, read the boot log for a tiny Linux distro under 100MB and when you get past the 300th action to boot something that small, imagine iOS.

[@daltonwildes2215]

Pixel us awaiting your return drew!

[@WeavePap]

One feature I wish would be added is different uses for the Action Button depending on what Focus Mode you are using. I love that I can have a quick shortcut to the Camera, but I don’t need that for every focus mode’s setup.

[@ConvinceMeAudio]

Accidentally updated to the developer beta version two I think it was and just stuck with it too much hassle to format, ended up using the developer software till yesterday, it was rock solid. I’ve never seen anything like it honestly very surprised on an iPhone 13 unit. Beta software of the past is a cluster, you really knew you were using beta software, but this has been more stable in its beta form than iOS 1516 and 17

[@darkguardian1314]

Same here… I’m just changing the icon size. The light dark thing isn’t for me. I feel that Apple has been lazy with this update along with the 60 Hz iPhone 16.

[@awardednerd]

Instagram, already updated their app. The day that it launched.

[@Voltasaur]

I switched it to dark mode and made the icons bigger. Looks good 👌🏻

[@aleks7827]

The worst UI change is in the Settings app imo. Prior to iOS 18, the built-in apps like Safari, Music, Photos used to be grouped in their own section in the Settings. Now, they are on the bottom in the Apps section, mixed up with all the third-party apps. It makes it really hard to make small and quick adjustments to my most crucial apps :/

[@sigiligus]

I’ve encountered a pretty significant bug in control centre. Every customisable button I tried setting up yesterday reverted to blanks. Example, the shortcuts I set up defaulted back to just opening the shortcuts app, and the home control toggle I had switched to blank with the text “chose scene or accessory.” Which means I have to remove every shortcut, put them back in, and set them up to activate the same shortcuts as before, and hope they don’t all reset again

[@MightyRob1]

Change for change is 60% of it for sure

[@GoufinAround_]

The new photos app is fine. It's not tough to understand and as a former android user that would flash custom roms a lot back in the day, I appreciate having a little customization back in my hands

[@Motawa88]

Not many new features but never forget how much better iOS is compared to android

[@katrinabryce]

You can set up the calendar app to use your Google account, then it will also be available on Pixel / Chromebook.Or you can use a Microsoft account and it will be available pretty much everywhere. That is been the case since I think iOS 3 or 4. If you want reminders, that doesn’t work on a Google account, I don’t think Google has that feature at all, but it does work on Microsoft accounts.

[@pandaengine]

Now next year we'll get 5 apps per row and call it a day.

[@user-vp4zm1rx3y]

This is why you should review Android 15

[@djcantskate3883]

🗣️Tuhdaaaiii. It’s coming out tuhdaaaiii

[@jcolombo100]

Instagram has now allowed for the dark mode app, they allowed it on Monday. Just yet to wait for the others

[@JoveroIV]

Between the lack of RCS and absolutely no support for Apple Watch cellular, Mint mobile is on my sh*t list.

[@emoechelon19xx]

Honestly iOS 18 has some cool ideas but it’s one of the most lackluster updates I have ever seen and way to go Apple for making the iPhone 15 obsolete

[@brendan6672]

I thought they may have given us the options to move apps around in our app library and change the name of the app library folders.

[@Tezah89]

The 18.1 has been advertised all over; it makes the 18 feel incomplete.

[@stormrider01]

Instagram has now a dark icon!

[@c.rosenfeld]

iOS 18 convinced me to switch to an iPhone on my primary number

[@Southeastern_Thrills]

IOS 18 is now Android: Fisher Price Edition

[@sly2792004]

i love the iphone mirroring. now i dont have to constantly remove my iphone off its stand to do stuff.

[@Gabri3lRocha]

Not a fan of customization which is part of the reason I continue to choose apple products but the control center has always bugged me. Spent about 6 hours yesterday perfecting it to my liking yesterday all in just 1 page, all the things I use the most and intend to keep it like that for many years to come. Might change a little bit over time but very satisfied with my setup

[@WaffleusRex]

Yeah, even on Android, all I do is move everything to the bottom to be in easy thumb's reach. Same with using Nova Launcher with bottom aligned folders.

[@4js123]

i wish that there was the ability to dedicate some of your iphone storage as a usb device that can be plugged into a computer or mac and keep files on just like it was an external drive kind of like how you used to be able to do with ipods. the pro phones have so much storage that i think it would be useful to allocate some of that space to files especially with the usb 3 speeds

[@appleztooranges]

iOS 18: Ruining every iPhone device battery beside the iPhone 16!

[@lamar310]

What happened to all the tech reviewers and tech media? Everyone is now negative about EVERYTHING. I get it...we aren't seeing major advances in tech but we are getting a better user experience. With the iOS 18 update you don't have to change anything. The Photos app makes it way easier to find old pics and videos without having to scroll for 10 minutes. Seems like the tech media is in such a hurry to post reviews and hands on previews that you guys are no longer enjoying tech

[@Marcus-ll2bt]

Installed smoothly enough. Its not a seismic update but there are some niceties in there(changing apps on the lock screen and the calculator) Otherwise its just ok. Seqoia enraged me as it corrupted my user profile and made it inaccessible. First time in 11 years I’ve had a botched macOS release.

[@AlexTaylor19]

I only just downloaded iOS 18 yesterday, bit buggy but mostly ok.

[@darkovinster2754]

The photo app is a total mess! I personnaly would like something else from an other company…😢

[@unCoopervised]

So they replace the mute switch with a button that you can use for anything. But they didn’t add a mute option to control panel! Not sure why, but that infuriates me.

[@steqhanos826]

instagram icon actually just updated for dark mode

[@AutumnBosco]

"My job at Telo Trucks" I thought you were doing KZbin as your job? Were you and did that change at some point recently?

[@justcallme_tom]

Two jobs, simple.

[@thehistoricalidiots7442]

Itd be nice to have a close all button for bg apps tho

[@AnalyticalMenace]

The photo app is now horrendous! Talk about fixing a thing that was never broken in the first place.🤦🏽‍♂️

[@HughRussell06]

Instagram has updated their app icon now, you might have to manually update the app

[@keithnicholson1852]

lol I did the exact same thing. Tinted my apps red and then said meh and went right back to default

[@User-45456-hurtfh]

The whole point of this update is to reduce screen time. Everything looks bad. Photos app is arghhh

[@betweenthepanels9145]

After the update my iPad m4 runs much cooler than before.

[@apple-guy9394]

They could add top numeric row on stock iOS keyboard and split screen multitasking.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@progenitor_amborella]

Should the massive apps have had their iOS 18 updates ready day one? Yeah, obviously. But obviously that’s going to fill in even more just over the next month.

[@RoachMartel]

Omg enough with the “customization”…. I LEFT Android to get away from this insanity! The phone is a Tool not a part of your personality!

[@Youtubeuseritis]

People should clarify with their office IT help desk - mine does not even support released iOS 18 yet. Thank God I did not update to iOS 18 🙂

[@-ThatGuy-]

Maybe that office should have been working on iOS 18 support for the last few months while it was in not only a dev beta, but a public beta. lol

[@Youtubeuseritis]

@@-ThatGuy- I know but I will not be surprised if a lot of companies it departments doing the same laziness

[@JurkusMartynas]

Worst iOS update to date. Really not a fan of this one. But we'll get used to it, I guess.

[@mikesjunior3511]

Rcs is in iMessage settings and it is rcs 2.5 not 3.0 and it is not end to end encryption

[@thomasm.uttendorfer8581]

iOS 18 update bricked my 13 inch iPad Pro M4 256 gig apparently I am not the only one

[@Melchirobin]

There is enough changes especially the passwords app that I’m annoyed my 10.5in iPad Pro won’t be getting iOS 18. This thing still works amazing for me besides battery life and I’m disappointed that I need to upgrade it now because EOL for software updates.

[@Baum90x]

How did you set twitter to launch from the home screen, quick action button? I don’t see any shortcuts like you can do for the action button.

[@GoufinAround_]

I'm also getting a 16 pro max, I was going to wait for the 17 series, but I really just need to get rid of these lightning cables. Plus, I don't like buying the first of a major redesign, if leaks/rumors are to be believed

[@Keyboardnut99]

I agree with all your points some positive things but photos is a mess

[@kane4013]

Great to be here!!

[@jebaker2]

I’m very techy and I thought the Photos app changes were horrible… especially in the early betas. It just didn’t add anything IMHO.

[@jemanarlenparungao6911]

My screen mirroring both stopped on my iphone and ipad

[@bikibalami4829]

They really need a ios 12 like, year, where they iron out most features. Yeah its not so bugggy anymore, but still, it doesnt feel like the past where features worked almost 100% of the time. Still a lot of bugs on even the older features.

[@Justin-lg2mq]

I get your argument about there not being many big changes in iOS 18….but it’s so much worse on android. There were hardly any new features in Android 15

[@jcdawson]

new control center is SO redundant

[@RiqMoran]

i dont like how photos has that section underneath the gallery. i feel like that should be tucked away rather than being toggled by scrolling down so annoying

[@antiherowolf]

I’ve had jittery animations and interactions with the lock screen’s notifications and media player since iOS 16. it’s been 2 years and no fix yet :/ every other iPhone I check out also has this issue

[@JaFupy]

Now the iOS team can just think of AI features instead of software.

[@oddbutfair]

I was excited for parallax to return. But it isn’t working on my 14 pro max. Hope they fix it soon. I missed the parallax

[@creditshyper680]

Not a fan of the new flash light control. I hate having to reach to the top of the phone to change the brightness of the flashlight and the new customization just looks bad.

[@atilla0463]

How do you change the order of the controllcenter? Like i want to remove my airplay sown and put hot spot on top. How do i do that?