The Photos App in iOS 18: A New Era of Organization and Discovery

The photos app in iOS 18 has undergone a significant redesign, offering users a plethora of new views and features to enhance their photo organization and discovery experience. Upon opening the app for the first time, users are greeted with the home view, which displays all their photos in a single list. However, if they swipe down, this view transforms into a more comprehensive "All Photos" look, allowing them to browse through their entire library. Additionally, at the bottom of this view, users can access different categories such as months and years, as well as options for sorting by recently added or date captured.

One of the standout features of the new photos app is its filter option, which allows users to quickly find specific types of photos, such as screenshots, videos, edited photos, or favorites. This feature is particularly useful for users who want to categorize their photos in a specific way. Furthermore, users can also access different categories on this home screen, including "Recent Days," "Peoples," and "Pets." These categories provide an easy way for users to browse through their photos by type.

However, one of the most exciting features of the new photos app is its carousel view, which appears when users swipe left to right. This carousel view showcases featured photos, memories, library, favorites, and videos, offering users a visual representation of their most important content. The best part? Users can customize this view by adding or removing sections as they see fit.

For those who want to take their photo organization to the next level, iOS 18 also offers a range of new features in the messages app. One of the most notable features is the introduction of text effects and formatting options, which allows users to add bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough text to their messages. These text effects are not only visually appealing but also allow for more creative expression.

In addition to text effects, iOS 18 also introduces a new range of sticker options that can be added to tapbacks. Previously, users were limited to heart and thumbs up/thumbs down; now, they can choose from a variety of stickers and emojis to express themselves in their messages. Furthermore, the tapback feature has been expanded to allow for more creative expression, with users able to add any sticker or emoji they like.

Finally, iOS 18 also introduces a new "Send Later" option that allows users to send messages up to two weeks early. This feature is perfect for those who want to remind friends and family of upcoming events or appointments without having to think about it too much. The Send Later feature can be accessed by tapping the "+" icon in the top left corner of the keyboard and selecting "Send Later" from the options.

The final feature worth mentioning is the introduction of RCS (Rich Communication Services) support, which allows users to send videos and photos with full-quality resolution to Android devices. This means that messages sent between iOS and Android users will no longer appear pixelated or blurry, but rather in their full glory. Additionally, group messages are now fixed, allowing users to see typing indicators from other parties involved.

Another exciting feature is the revamped Passwords section of the Settings app, which has been moved into its own standalone app. The new Passwords app offers a clean and minimal interface that makes it easy for users to manage their passwords and passkeys. Users can generate or search for existing passwords, as well as add shared groups and new passwords. This is a significant improvement over the previous setup, which could become cumbersome.

Overall, the Photos app in iOS 18 is a game-changer, offering users a range of features and options that make it easier to organize, discover, and share their photos. With its new carousel view, text effects, sticker options, Send Later feature, RCS support, and revamped Passwords app, this operating system is set to revolutionize the way we interact with our photos.

As an added bonus, iOS 18 also introduces a range of other features that enhance the overall messaging experience. For example, users can now customize their tapbacks by adding stickers or emojis, which makes it easier for them to express themselves in their messages. Furthermore, the Send Later feature allows users to send messages up to two weeks early, making it perfect for those who want to remind friends and family of upcoming events.

In addition, the RCS support means that messages sent between iOS and Android devices will no longer appear pixelated or blurry. This is a significant improvement over previous setups, which could lead to a poor user experience. With this feature, users can now enjoy full-quality resolution for their messages, making it easier for them to communicate with friends and family who use different operating systems.

Finally, the revamped Passwords app offers a clean and minimal interface that makes it easy for users to manage their passwords and passkeys. Users can generate or search for existing passwords, as well as add shared groups and new passwords. This is a significant improvement over the previous setup, which could become cumbersome.

By introducing these features, Apple has taken the photos app to a whole new level, making it easier for users to organize, discover, and share their photos. With its range of new features and options, iOS 18 sets itself apart from previous operating systems, providing a more enjoyable and intuitive experience for users.

As we explore the world of iOS 18, it's clear that Apple has made significant strides in enhancing the user experience. From the revamped Photos app to the introduction of RCS support, this operating system is set to revolutionize the way we interact with our devices. Whether you're a casual user or an avid photographer, iOS 18 offers a range of features and options that make it easier for you to manage your photos, send messages, and enjoy a more seamless experience overall.

In conclusion, the Photos app in iOS 18 is a powerful tool that offers users a range of features and options to enhance their photo organization and discovery experience. With its new carousel view, text effects, sticker options, Send Later feature, RCS support, and revamped Passwords app, this operating system sets itself apart from previous models, providing a more enjoyable and intuitive experience for users.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe iOS 18 public beta is officially out and if you're looking to update early these are some of the features that you should try out first so with your home screen you now have new home screen customization options like being able to freely place your widgets and icons anywhere on your home screen you can leave some blank space in between maybe you want to see your wallpaper a little bit more and also you can change the colors of your icons and the size of your icons so you can have a dark tinted uh or of course you can go with larger dark and tinted icons and with the tinted you can go ahead and slide through the Color Picker there and choose whatever color you want and it'll change all of your icons no matter what throughout your entire system to be that shade of whatever color you picked and so you can have some pretty cool home screen customization uh options available at your fingertips which is something that we don't usually get with iPhones and now we finally have it in iOS 18 you also have the ability to customize your Control Center and so when you swipe down you'll see your normal page where you have access to a bunch of different quick controls but then if you keep swiping you'll have one for medium specifically you'll have one for your home app specifically all of your home uh smart home toggles and then you'll have one for connectivity but if you want to add more pages you can and you can freely place these quick controls anywhere you'd like and you can also resize them as well and third party developers will also be able to add in its own functionality for their apps inside of control center another thing that goes hand inhand with the quick controls from control center is on the lock screen you can change the little flashlight and Camera toggle that we've had forever ever you can make that any quick control that you would see in your control center which is nice or you can get rid of them completely if you don't like them and also with the action button you can add in any quick control that you might want and so there's just a little bit more of that customization experience and theme happening throughout iOS 18 which is always welcome in my opinion the photos app in iOS 18 has also been redesigned and you've got a bunch of different views here so there's a home view like when you first open it up you're going to see all of your photos here and then if you start to swipe down this is where you can go kind of through that whole all photos look but then you'll see at the bottom there's months and years and also the little icon in the far left will give you the ability to sort by recently added uh by date captured and then if you click on filter you can either filter out or just only have screenshots videos photos edited photos or videos and favorites which is nice to be able to find those photos quickly and easily and then if you were to keep scrolling up as you can see here there's bunch of different categories down here on this home screen with recent days peoples and pets pinned collections memories trips albums there's a whole bunch of stuff here but the other thing is this view here if you wanted to swipe left to right you'll see there's a carousel view of the featured photos uh featured memories Library your favorites uh your videos and then you can customize it further and add whatever one uh section you want which is always nice if you clicked on it here you'll see there's recent days peoples and pets like all of the things that were at the bottom list there you can add in that Carousel view in the messages app in iOS 18 if you click on the little a icon here this is new this is for text effects and formatting options so at the top you'll see you have bold uh italic underline or striketh through and then you have about eight effects here big small Shake nod explode Ripple Bloom and Jitter and these are available for not only the text that you're about to send but any stickers or emojis which is always nice and you'll see those text effects happen on your end and also the recipient will see that as well which is pretty cool also in tapbacks you're no longer stuck with only the heart and the thumbs up and thumbs down you can actually add any sticker or Emoji to your tapbacks which is always nice you just keep on swiping left there and you'll see that there are other options that you can add in and now finally you can send messages at a later date up to two weeks early if you'd like to so if you happen to remember that someone's birthday is coming up here in the next week but you think you might forget on the day of you can go ahead and start typing out your text and then hit the plus icon in the top left of the keyboard and you'll see send later as an option and then you'll be able to choose the exact date and time and then of course that message can can be edited before it gets sent out but you'll have it ready there and it'll get sent out at whatever date you choose so you're no longer going to forget your friends or family's birthdays or at least it won't seem like you did uh with that new Sun later option last but not least in messages RCS support is live and it does work and it works really well so I can now send videos or receive videos from people who have Android devices and they no longer look terrible they're no longer small and grainy everything looks at its maximum quality which is great same thing with photos uh group messages will be fixed now you can see typing indicators from them it just makes messaging somebody with an Android phone a much better experience and you'll see at the bottom it'll either say iMessage or if it's a text it'll say SMS or RCS and so that's how you'll know whether or not that person has RCS support and lastly in iOS 18 the passwords section of the settings menu has been lifted and brought into its own app and it looks a lot like the reminders app here you've got about six different categories there's all of your passwords there's pass Keys there's two Factor codes WiFi security uh so if you have any security vulnerabilities which apparently I have 173 and I should definitely address that that'll be there and then any passwords that you might have deleted recently then at the bottom here you can add or manage shared groups or add a new password or pass key and I really like having this as a standalone app it's excellent and it looks really clean and minimal and you can go ahead and generate or search for any of the passwords or pass keys that you might have created of course there are way more features and things that we're going to talk about in upcoming videos so be sure to subscribe so you don't miss that and let me know your favorite iOS 18 feature so far in the comments down below this is B with Mac roomers thanks so much for watching and I hope to see you around in the next video upthe iOS 18 public beta is officially out and if you're looking to update early these are some of the features that you should try out first so with your home screen you now have new home screen customization options like being able to freely place your widgets and icons anywhere on your home screen you can leave some blank space in between maybe you want to see your wallpaper a little bit more and also you can change the colors of your icons and the size of your icons so you can have a dark tinted uh or of course you can go with larger dark and tinted icons and with the tinted you can go ahead and slide through the Color Picker there and choose whatever color you want and it'll change all of your icons no matter what throughout your entire system to be that shade of whatever color you picked and so you can have some pretty cool home screen customization uh options available at your fingertips which is something that we don't usually get with iPhones and now we finally have it in iOS 18 you also have the ability to customize your Control Center and so when you swipe down you'll see your normal page where you have access to a bunch of different quick controls but then if you keep swiping you'll have one for medium specifically you'll have one for your home app specifically all of your home uh smart home toggles and then you'll have one for connectivity but if you want to add more pages you can and you can freely place these quick controls anywhere you'd like and you can also resize them as well and third party developers will also be able to add in its own functionality for their apps inside of control center another thing that goes hand inhand with the quick controls from control center is on the lock screen you can change the little flashlight and Camera toggle that we've had forever ever you can make that any quick control that you would see in your control center which is nice or you can get rid of them completely if you don't like them and also with the action button you can add in any quick control that you might want and so there's just a little bit more of that customization experience and theme happening throughout iOS 18 which is always welcome in my opinion the photos app in iOS 18 has also been redesigned and you've got a bunch of different views here so there's a home view like when you first open it up you're going to see all of your photos here and then if you start to swipe down this is where you can go kind of through that whole all photos look but then you'll see at the bottom there's months and years and also the little icon in the far left will give you the ability to sort by recently added uh by date captured and then if you click on filter you can either filter out or just only have screenshots videos photos edited photos or videos and favorites which is nice to be able to find those photos quickly and easily and then if you were to keep scrolling up as you can see here there's bunch of different categories down here on this home screen with recent days peoples and pets pinned collections memories trips albums there's a whole bunch of stuff here but the other thing is this view here if you wanted to swipe left to right you'll see there's a carousel view of the featured photos uh featured memories Library your favorites uh your videos and then you can customize it further and add whatever one uh section you want which is always nice if you clicked on it here you'll see there's recent days peoples and pets like all of the things that were at the bottom list there you can add in that Carousel view in the messages app in iOS 18 if you click on the little a icon here this is new this is for text effects and formatting options so at the top you'll see you have bold uh italic underline or striketh through and then you have about eight effects here big small Shake nod explode Ripple Bloom and Jitter and these are available for not only the text that you're about to send but any stickers or emojis which is always nice and you'll see those text effects happen on your end and also the recipient will see that as well which is pretty cool also in tapbacks you're no longer stuck with only the heart and the thumbs up and thumbs down you can actually add any sticker or Emoji to your tapbacks which is always nice you just keep on swiping left there and you'll see that there are other options that you can add in and now finally you can send messages at a later date up to two weeks early if you'd like to so if you happen to remember that someone's birthday is coming up here in the next week but you think you might forget on the day of you can go ahead and start typing out your text and then hit the plus icon in the top left of the keyboard and you'll see send later as an option and then you'll be able to choose the exact date and time and then of course that message can can be edited before it gets sent out but you'll have it ready there and it'll get sent out at whatever date you choose so you're no longer going to forget your friends or family's birthdays or at least it won't seem like you did uh with that new Sun later option last but not least in messages RCS support is live and it does work and it works really well so I can now send videos or receive videos from people who have Android devices and they no longer look terrible they're no longer small and grainy everything looks at its maximum quality which is great same thing with photos uh group messages will be fixed now you can see typing indicators from them it just makes messaging somebody with an Android phone a much better experience and you'll see at the bottom it'll either say iMessage or if it's a text it'll say SMS or RCS and so that's how you'll know whether or not that person has RCS support and lastly in iOS 18 the passwords section of the settings menu has been lifted and brought into its own app and it looks a lot like the reminders app here you've got about six different categories there's all of your passwords there's pass Keys there's two Factor codes WiFi security uh so if you have any security vulnerabilities which apparently I have 173 and I should definitely address that that'll be there and then any passwords that you might have deleted recently then at the bottom here you can add or manage shared groups or add a new password or pass key and I really like having this as a standalone app it's excellent and it looks really clean and minimal and you can go ahead and generate or search for any of the passwords or pass keys that you might have created of course there are way more features and things that we're going to talk about in upcoming videos so be sure to subscribe so you don't miss that and let me know your favorite iOS 18 feature so far in the comments down below this is B with Mac roomers thanks so much for watching and I hope to see you around in the next video up\n"