**Introducing Satellite Messaging: A Game-Changer in Communication**

In the latest update to iOS 18, Apple has introduced a brand new satellite feature for messages that promises to revolutionize the way we communicate. This innovative feature allows users to send and receive messages even when there is no cellular or Wi-Fi network available. With satellite messaging, you can stay connected with loved ones in remote areas, emergency situations, or even when you're stranded without access to traditional communication networks.

To try out this exciting new feature, simply go into the Messages app on your iPhone, tap on "Settings," and then select "Messages" from the list of options. From there, scroll down until you find the "Satellite Messaging" option, which will take you to a demo page that explains how to use this feature. Take some time to familiarize yourself with satellite messaging, as it's a powerful tool that can help in emergency situations or when traveling to remote areas.

**Hiding and Locking Apps: A New Level of Control**

In addition to satellite messaging, iOS 18 also brings a new level of control over your iPhone experience. One exciting feature is the ability to hide apps on your home screen. If you've ever wanted to keep certain apps out of sight or even lock them with face ID, this update makes it possible. To do so, simply long-press on an app and then select "Hide" from the context menu. This will not only conceal the app from view but also prevent notifications and phone calls from reaching you.

To bring a hidden app back to life, simply go to the App Library at the bottom of your home screen, scroll all the way down, and tap on the "Hidden Folders" option. From there, select the folder containing the app you want to unhide and authenticate with face ID or your passcode or touch ID to regain access.

**Customizing Control Center: A New Level of Personalization**

Control Center has also gotten a major overhaul in iOS 18. The update introduces several new pages that can be customized to suit your needs. Long-pressing on the Control Center icon allows you to add new controls, features, and even search functionality. You can resize shortcuts and extensions by dragging the corner of the control center panel, giving you complete control over what's visible and accessible.

The search tab at the top of the control center provides a quick way to find specific controls or features, making it easier to customize your experience. With so many options available, including features like capture, clock, connectivity, display, brightness, home controls, notes, music, and more, you can create a Control Center that's tailored to your preferences.

**Unlocking New Lock Screen Customization Options**

Finally, iOS 18 also brings exciting new customization options for the lock screen. With the introduction of a silent switch, you can now easily toggle between silent and non-silent modes on your home screen. Additionally, the ability to flash a light from the lock screen has been added, providing an added layer of convenience when navigating in low-light conditions.

By long-pressing on the lock screen and selecting "Customize," you'll access a range of new options that allow you to personalize your lock screen experience. From replacing traditional notification badges with custom ones to adding shortcuts or widgets, the possibilities are endless. Take some time to explore these new customization options and unlock the full potential of your iPhone's lock screen.

**Carrier and App Updates: A New Era of Convenience**

In addition to these exciting feature updates, iOS 18 also brings important carrier and app updates that can enhance your overall user experience. Be sure to check for updates from your carrier and app developers as soon as possible, as they'll bring new features, improvements, and bug fixes that will make your iPhone even more powerful and reliable.

By staying up-to-date with these updates, you can enjoy a seamless and hassle-free experience on your iPhone. Whether it's satellite messaging, app hiding, control center customization, or lock screen personalization, iOS 18 has something for everyone. So why wait? Update to the latest version of iOS 18 today and discover a whole new world of possibilities!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys so iOS 18 is now officially available for everyone to download and in this video I'm going to show you a few things you should do immediately after you update your iPhone to iOS 18 so I want to start off with updating your third party applications now last year with iOS 17 thirdparty apps caused a lot of overheating and performance issues on iPhone users so in order to update your apps manually the minute you update your iPhone to iOS 18 what you're going to want to do is jump into the App Store jump into your profile right here and then swipe down to refresh and then you should be able to see any new updates available for all your applications right here make sure you update all your apps to iOS 18 for better compatibility again last year we saw a lot of issues with thirdparty application causing performance issues lags and even overheating this way you can update your applications the minute you update to iOS 18 to prevent any issues on your devices and on your apps as well now another thing I recommend everyone to do is to actually check for Carrier updates and update your carrier settings for better Network compatibility and better performance overall now how do you do this well you jump into settings you want to make sure that you go into General let go into General and then you want to go into the about section now right here on this screen you may see a popup for a carrier update now not everyone will get a carrier update and typically this happens in the background but sometimes you you can manually check and you would get a carrier update if you do obviously you're going to want to update your carrier settings to the latest update in order to have a better Network compatibility and better performance overall now one thing I also recommend is that you familiarize yourself with the new password application I know most users are going to be confused and try to look for all their passwords in settings that is no longer the case in iOS 18 all your passwords will be inside of the new password application obviously it will require you to use face ID or touch ID and or your passcode the same one you use to unlock your device in order to see all of your passwords your pass Keys your Wi-Fi password security and even deleted passwords inside of the password application so make sure you familiarize yourself with the new password application now there's also a brand new satellite feature for messages and you may want to also try that out give it a try so let's jump into settings here let's go into the app section here and let's go into the messages right here the messages extension in settings if I can just find it there it is and then let's scroll down until you find the new messages satellite right there satellite messaging once you tap here you can run a demo on your device and you can go ahead and start trying it out and get familiarized with this one because this one is big and important right because you want to make sure that you understand how this works if you end the demo right here let's go ahead and end the demo you get a brief description of everything that you can do via satellite messaging obviously you can message as you see right here you also have the ability to use find my to share your location with family members as you can see right there you also have roadside assistance if you ever get stranded with no network connection and you also have emergency SOS for emergencies if you ever are stranded with no network connection or even Wi-Fi so yeah make sure that you take a look and try out the new satellite messaging demo so that you understand that feature what are the best features coming to the iPhone with iOS 18 now there's also the ability to hide apps on your iPhone so if you ever wanted to hide an app or even lock an app with face ID you can now do that in iOS 18 so all you have to do is long press on the application that you would like to hide or even lock with face ID and you have this new option on this Sub menu here face ID require right there require face ID it will give you the prompt you can choose rather lock the app or hide the app on the home screen whichever option you choose it will require face ID to unlock this application now in order to unhide and unlock an application Let Me Go a and go through the process here so let's go ahead and lock it just like so okay so now I can't launch Instagram as you can see right there and in order to revert that I can just go ahead and click that face ID and boom now I'm back inside of the application so in order to hide an application long press click here now click on hide same thing face ID it'll give you a brief description right there so it will escure The View and hide all notific notifications so no notifications or phone calls or anything will come in you can't even search this application on the iPhone after it's hidden and there it is now in order to bring it back you have to go all the way here to the app library right here scroll all the way to the bottom and tap on the hidden folder and then that way you can bring it back once you authenticate with face ID as you see right there or your passcode or touch ID so yeah you can now lock apps and hide apps in iOS 18 so that's a welcome change now there's also some nice updates to control center I recommend everyone to take a look at Control Center and customize it however you want you have several pages in control center as you see here and you can customize this by long pressing here and then adding any controls if you wish right here you have several controls to choose from several options you have your featured you have also your capture clock connectivity display and brightness home controls notes music there's just so much to choose right here you also have a search tab there on the top and you can resize the actual extensions or the shortcuts here for the control center just by dragging that corner right there as you see in order to customize control center obviously you can move elements around and you can customize each page and you can make it as simple or as complex as you would like so I recommend everyone to take a look at control center immediately after you update to customize it to your likings and finally make sure to take a look at the new lock screen customization as you see here I now have the silent switch and the actual flash on the lock screen here you can go ahead and long press customize go into the lock screen options and now you can replace these options for whatever it is that you want again you have a drawer here with a search tab featured capture clock connectivity home I mean a lot of new options available here so let me go and choose the silent mode option and now you can go ahead and customize that lock screen as well so make sure you take a look at that immediately after you update if you ever wanted to customize your lock screen and there you guys have it just a quick update of a few things you should do immediately after you update from new features and new things you should do to improve the user experience from carrier and app updates make sure you do those thank you for watching and I'll see you guys on the next one peacehey guys so iOS 18 is now officially available for everyone to download and in this video I'm going to show you a few things you should do immediately after you update your iPhone to iOS 18 so I want to start off with updating your third party applications now last year with iOS 17 thirdparty apps caused a lot of overheating and performance issues on iPhone users so in order to update your apps manually the minute you update your iPhone to iOS 18 what you're going to want to do is jump into the App Store jump into your profile right here and then swipe down to refresh and then you should be able to see any new updates available for all your applications right here make sure you update all your apps to iOS 18 for better compatibility again last year we saw a lot of issues with thirdparty application causing performance issues lags and even overheating this way you can update your applications the minute you update to iOS 18 to prevent any issues on your devices and on your apps as well now another thing I recommend everyone to do is to actually check for Carrier updates and update your carrier settings for better Network compatibility and better performance overall now how do you do this well you jump into settings you want to make sure that you go into General let go into General and then you want to go into the about section now right here on this screen you may see a popup for a carrier update now not everyone will get a carrier update and typically this happens in the background but sometimes you you can manually check and you would get a carrier update if you do obviously you're going to want to update your carrier settings to the latest update in order to have a better Network compatibility and better performance overall now one thing I also recommend is that you familiarize yourself with the new password application I know most users are going to be confused and try to look for all their passwords in settings that is no longer the case in iOS 18 all your passwords will be inside of the new password application obviously it will require you to use face ID or touch ID and or your passcode the same one you use to unlock your device in order to see all of your passwords your pass Keys your Wi-Fi password security and even deleted passwords inside of the password application so make sure you familiarize yourself with the new password application now there's also a brand new satellite feature for messages and you may want to also try that out give it a try so let's jump into settings here let's go into the app section here and let's go into the messages right here the messages extension in settings if I can just find it there it is and then let's scroll down until you find the new messages satellite right there satellite messaging once you tap here you can run a demo on your device and you can go ahead and start trying it out and get familiarized with this one because this one is big and important right because you want to make sure that you understand how this works if you end the demo right here let's go ahead and end the demo you get a brief description of everything that you can do via satellite messaging obviously you can message as you see right here you also have the ability to use find my to share your location with family members as you can see right there you also have roadside assistance if you ever get stranded with no network connection and you also have emergency SOS for emergencies if you ever are stranded with no network connection or even Wi-Fi so yeah make sure that you take a look and try out the new satellite messaging demo so that you understand that feature what are the best features coming to the iPhone with iOS 18 now there's also the ability to hide apps on your iPhone so if you ever wanted to hide an app or even lock an app with face ID you can now do that in iOS 18 so all you have to do is long press on the application that you would like to hide or even lock with face ID and you have this new option on this Sub menu here face ID require right there require face ID it will give you the prompt you can choose rather lock the app or hide the app on the home screen whichever option you choose it will require face ID to unlock this application now in order to unhide and unlock an application Let Me Go a and go through the process here so let's go ahead and lock it just like so okay so now I can't launch Instagram as you can see right there and in order to revert that I can just go ahead and click that face ID and boom now I'm back inside of the application so in order to hide an application long press click here now click on hide same thing face ID it'll give you a brief description right there so it will escure The View and hide all notific notifications so no notifications or phone calls or anything will come in you can't even search this application on the iPhone after it's hidden and there it is now in order to bring it back you have to go all the way here to the app library right here scroll all the way to the bottom and tap on the hidden folder and then that way you can bring it back once you authenticate with face ID as you see right there or your passcode or touch ID so yeah you can now lock apps and hide apps in iOS 18 so that's a welcome change now there's also some nice updates to control center I recommend everyone to take a look at Control Center and customize it however you want you have several pages in control center as you see here and you can customize this by long pressing here and then adding any controls if you wish right here you have several controls to choose from several options you have your featured you have also your capture clock connectivity display and brightness home controls notes music there's just so much to choose right here you also have a search tab there on the top and you can resize the actual extensions or the shortcuts here for the control center just by dragging that corner right there as you see in order to customize control center obviously you can move elements around and you can customize each page and you can make it as simple or as complex as you would like so I recommend everyone to take a look at control center immediately after you update to customize it to your likings and finally make sure to take a look at the new lock screen customization as you see here I now have the silent switch and the actual flash on the lock screen here you can go ahead and long press customize go into the lock screen options and now you can replace these options for whatever it is that you want again you have a drawer here with a search tab featured capture clock connectivity home I mean a lot of new options available here so let me go and choose the silent mode option and now you can go ahead and customize that lock screen as well so make sure you take a look at that immediately after you update if you ever wanted to customize your lock screen and there you guys have it just a quick update of a few things you should do immediately after you update from new features and new things you should do to improve the user experience from carrier and app updates make sure you do those thank you for watching and I'll see you guys on the next one peace\n"