iOS 18.1 RC Released - What's New
**Issues with Stickers in Mail Application**
One of the notable issues that I've been experiencing is with stickers in the mail application. It seems that when I try to send emails, the stickers just don't show up. This issue has been particularly problematic, as it's not limited to just the mail application but also affects other apps like X. For instance, if I'm using Apple Music, everything displays perfectly fine, but with stickers, there's no sign of them. It's worth noting that this isn't an issue with emojis themselves, but rather with the stickers. This means that even when stickers are introduced in messages or other applications, they don't show up at all.
**Performance on RC Version**
As for performance, I would expect it to be about the same as what we saw with beta 7. The RC version should typically have better performance than previous betas, but since we've had two back-to-back builds for beta 6 and beta 7, I believe that the RC build of 18.1 will be very similar to those previous two betas. In terms of specific scores, I ran a Geekbench test on the RC version to compare it with Beta 7. The results were impressive: a score of 3441 on the single core and an 8516 on the multicore. This is very close to what we saw with beta 7, where I scored 3474 and 8640 respectively.
**Battery Life Expectations**
As for battery life, I would expect it to slightly improve from beta 7. Apple tends to do this in RC or final releases, and if you had good battery life in beta 7, I wouldn't expect it to get any worse. However, if you're looking forward to a slight improvement, that's likely what we'll see.
**Should You Update to the RC Build of iOS 18.1?**
If you're wondering whether you should update to the RC build of iOS 18.1, I think it's pretty safe to do so. The benefits of updating include getting new features like those available on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 series models, as well as the new hearing aid feature for AirPods Pro 2 users. Additionally, if you're already running the RC build, you won't need to wait until next week for the final release.
**Release Schedule**
As for what's coming next, Apple typically releases iOS updates on Mondays. According to my calendar, October 28th is when we can expect to see iOS 18.1 released to the public, along with other software updates. There's also a possibility that iOS 18.2 beta 1 could be released as early as the same day or even earlier, but we won't know for sure until it happens. Furthermore, Apple has announced that the new iPad Mini will be released on October 23rd, and I expect to see more details about this device soon.
**Conclusion**
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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys my name is Brandon and today Apple released the RC or release candidate build of iOS 18.1 now along with this update Apple also released the RC version for iPad OS 18.1 Mac OS Sequoia 15.1 watch OS 11.1 tvos 18.1 and vision OS 2.1 but of course in this video we're talking primarily about iOS and iPad OS 18.1 so first off you can see the size came in at just over 7 GB on my iPhone 16 Pro Max this will be a large size because we're going from a beta to a final version here with the RC so that's usual to see a big update size let's go and check out the build number for this new update in our settings General about iOS version the new build is 22 b82 and then the modem firmware version is 1.11.1 for the iPhone 16 series all right so now what's new here in iOS 18.1 RC so first off iOS 18.1 is going to be a massive update for anybody with an iPhone 16 or an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max because we are going to see the first batch the first round of Apple intelligence features so writing tools we have the new Siri UI so if you go and press to activate Siri you can see the new UI there we also have tap to Siri so if you tap down here at the bottom you will see that we get tap to Siri so that's new and I iOS 18.1 not in the RC but that is something new that's coming for Apple intelligence along with the cleanup feature and all those other Apple intelligence features which we've already talked about here on the channel and I will elaborate more on those features in my iOS 18.1 video and future videos as well but what's new here in the RC version specifically because as you guys know I talk about all the new features in my what's new video which is coming next week but I want to talk about what's new specifically here in the RC in this video so if you go and check out the release notes Apple actually gives us some insight as to what has been fixed here and the first thing that caught my eye is that we have a fix for the iPhone 16 or 16 Pro Models May unexpectedly restart so that made headlines late last week about a lot of people having issues with their iPhone 16 just fully restarting or respringing and it looks like 18.1 will fix that issue now this update also adds a massive change for the airpods pro 2o so if you go into your airpods settings you'll see right away that we have a brand new section for hearing health so yes we now finally have the hearing aid feature in iOS 18.1 so we have hearing protection first off so it now shows loud Sound Reduction but the main thing that a lot of people are going to love is going to be the hearing assistance feature so this is going to allow you to take a hearing test and apply those you know results and and basically apply amplification to your ears if your hearing is not so good in one or both ears and the great thing about this is that it also goes to music and videos that you're watching as well it's not just for day-to-day conversation when you're talking with people with your airpods in it will also you know have media assist right here where it says it can make adjustments that improve the clarity of music videos and calls and you can see the Apple says if you have mild or moderate hearing loss airpods Pro can work as a hearing aid to boost voices and sounds around you and then when you go to take the test you can see it will give you a little splash screen here telling you to test your hearing and it gives you some more details about that and if you go to get started you will have to provide some details right here and then tap on next and you will have to place your airpods in your ears and this test will take about 10 minutes and then you will see your results and you can adjust all of your settings accordingly and you can kind of see what some of these settings will look like inside of your settings application it's pretty awesome what apple is doing here and you could also see this in the health application so if you go into the browse Tab and go to hearing you'll see it says hearing test results right here and if you go into that it will show you the graph it shows your left average your right average you can show more data right here to see little to no loss mild loss moderate loss you can really see a lot of details about your hearing and of course you do get the prompt here to take the hearing test if you've not done so already along with more details about the hearing test results and understanding how hearing loss works and of course you can also add a test you could use a prior test result here as well if you want to scan like an audiogram that you have had professionally done you can scan that with the camera and add it into the application itself add it into you know your airpods and the health application itself which is awesome now of course with iOS 18.1 we do also have the connectivity toggles in our control center here so you no longer need the little platter there for your connectivity you have all of them separated right here including Wi-Fi Bluetooth airplane mode satellite all of that so that's nice and uh yeah we do also have some fixes here as well so there's a big one for the camera so it says it fix is an issue where videos recorded at 4K 60 while the device is warm could experience stutter while scrubbing the video playback in photos there's also a fix for digital car keys where they may not unlock or start a vehicle with passive entry after restoring from a backup or transfering directly from another iPhone there's a fix for podcasts where unplayed episodes are marked as played there's a fix for Game Center friend invites there's also you know notes about the App Store search that now lets you use natural language to find what you're looking for more easily and of course we do also have the notification summaries where you can see your summaries of your notifications on the lock screen and also inside of the messages and mail applications also we have phone call recordings and transcriptions so that is new in 18.1 and that will be available for all devices that is where you can record a phone call both parties are notified know that the phone call is being recorded so it's not going to be sneaky or anything like that but that is an 18.1 that will be a big feature I believe and then also we have spatial photo capture and spatial video capture and the spatial camera mode on the 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max and in the code of iOS 18.1 RC we do see references to a new Magic Mouse magic keyboard and magic Trackpad which should be announced soon and those should also have USBC which will be nice and then we do also have the drag and drop functionality with iPhone mirroring if you have the latest Macos AOA 15.1 and iOS 18.1 that does not require Apple intelligence you can drag and Dr devices or drag and drop files rather between your devices with your iPhone and your Mac which is awesome so there's quite a few features that do not require Apple intelligence here with 18.1 it's not just going to be an update just for the 15 Pro and the iPhone 16s but of course those are going to be the headlining features are the Apple intelligence features so let's go and talk about the sticker bug because I do want to mention that as well so if we go into our messages here you can see that my emoji keyboard here is still broken on the RC somehow so I I know what happened here but my stickers are just not showing up it just shows up as blank those are supposed to be stickers but it does not show up and this happens mostly in the mail application but it does also happen in X for example you can see right here that I still have that issue there but in other applications like apple music for example you can see that everything shows up just fine and that's because of course we don't have any stickers here it's just the Emojis but you can see it's really just an issue with the stickers and not the Emoji themselves so it works fine in some applications but anytime stickers are introduced like in messages or other applications it's just broken and it doesn't show any of my stickers now as far as the performance goes performance on the RC version I would expect to be about the same as what we saw with beta 7 so the RC should it typically has better performance than the previous betas but I think that since we had two back-to-back a builds for beta 6 and beta 7 I believe that the RC build of 18.1 is going to be very similar to what we saw on the previous two betas which is not a bad thing performance has been excellent on both beta 6 and beta 7 and I am going to run an RC build geekbench test here to see how it compares to Beta 7 okay so we scored a 3441 on the single core and an 8516 on the multicore so pretty solid scores there and it's very similar to what we saw with beta 7 where I scored a 3474 and an 8640 so very similar scores and I would expect the performance overall to be very similar to what we saw with beta 7 now as far as the battery life goes I would expect battery life to slightly improve from beta 7 that's just typically what Apple does with these RC or these final releases they do tend to have better battery life but if you had good battery life in beta 7 I would not expect it to get any worse it might get slightly better but overall for me 18.1 has had great battery life like better than 18.0 for sure and also better than 18.01 which is a good sign now if you're wondering if you should update to the RC build of iOS 18.1 I think think it's pretty safe I mean I think it's a good time to go ahead and update especially if you have an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 16 series you're going to get a lots of new features with this update and also if you have the airpods Pro 2 you'll get the new hearing aid feature which is really nice to have and play around with as well now keep in mind if you do install the RC you're not likely going to see an update next week with the general public because usually the RC is going to be the exact same as the final release in terms of the build number and everything so technically you're already on the version that's going to be released next week but of course there is an asterisk there because if Apple does put a new build number on 18.1 you will see a new update if you're on the RC but it's not going to really add anything new most likely it's just going to be a small change in the build number now as far as what to expect next let's go ahead and look at the calendar here so next week is going to be the last week of October October 28th is when I would expect to see apple release iOS 18.1 to the public along with all the other software updates we should see that on Monday the 28th now as far as 18.2 beta 1 we could see that potentially you know the next day or even the same day that would be the earliest that I think we can see 18.2 beta 1 so that is possible to come next week as well but we're not going to see the final release of that until sometime in most likely mid December and then keep in mind this Wednesday we do also have the new iPad Mini coming out on the 23rd so if you did order an iPad Mini that's coming out on Wednesday and we should be seeing those M4 Max get announced very soon and released pretty soon as well so a lot of content is coming to the channel so if you're not subscribed already hit that subscribe button down below but anyways that's iOS 18.1 RC again stay tuned for the final release video my what's new video on 18.1 where I walk through every single new feature and change but anyways if you guys enjoyed this video as always I would appreciate if you give it a thumbs up and again be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on those future videos but anyways guys thanks again for watching and I'll see you soonwhat's up guys my name is Brandon and today Apple released the RC or release candidate build of iOS 18.1 now along with this update Apple also released the RC version for iPad OS 18.1 Mac OS Sequoia 15.1 watch OS 11.1 tvos 18.1 and vision OS 2.1 but of course in this video we're talking primarily about iOS and iPad OS 18.1 so first off you can see the size came in at just over 7 GB on my iPhone 16 Pro Max this will be a large size because we're going from a beta to a final version here with the RC so that's usual to see a big update size let's go and check out the build number for this new update in our settings General about iOS version the new build is 22 b82 and then the modem firmware version is 1.11.1 for the iPhone 16 series all right so now what's new here in iOS 18.1 RC so first off iOS 18.1 is going to be a massive update for anybody with an iPhone 16 or an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max because we are going to see the first batch the first round of Apple intelligence features so writing tools we have the new Siri UI so if you go and press to activate Siri you can see the new UI there we also have tap to Siri so if you tap down here at the bottom you will see that we get tap to Siri so that's new and I iOS 18.1 not in the RC but that is something new that's coming for Apple intelligence along with the cleanup feature and all those other Apple intelligence features which we've already talked about here on the channel and I will elaborate more on those features in my iOS 18.1 video and future videos as well but what's new here in the RC version specifically because as you guys know I talk about all the new features in my what's new video which is coming next week but I want to talk about what's new specifically here in the RC in this video so if you go and check out the release notes Apple actually gives us some insight as to what has been fixed here and the first thing that caught my eye is that we have a fix for the iPhone 16 or 16 Pro Models May unexpectedly restart so that made headlines late last week about a lot of people having issues with their iPhone 16 just fully restarting or respringing and it looks like 18.1 will fix that issue now this update also adds a massive change for the airpods pro 2o so if you go into your airpods settings you'll see right away that we have a brand new section for hearing health so yes we now finally have the hearing aid feature in iOS 18.1 so we have hearing protection first off so it now shows loud Sound Reduction but the main thing that a lot of people are going to love is going to be the hearing assistance feature so this is going to allow you to take a hearing test and apply those you know results and and basically apply amplification to your ears if your hearing is not so good in one or both ears and the great thing about this is that it also goes to music and videos that you're watching as well it's not just for day-to-day conversation when you're talking with people with your airpods in it will also you know have media assist right here where it says it can make adjustments that improve the clarity of music videos and calls and you can see the Apple says if you have mild or moderate hearing loss airpods Pro can work as a hearing aid to boost voices and sounds around you and then when you go to take the test you can see it will give you a little splash screen here telling you to test your hearing and it gives you some more details about that and if you go to get started you will have to provide some details right here and then tap on next and you will have to place your airpods in your ears and this test will take about 10 minutes and then you will see your results and you can adjust all of your settings accordingly and you can kind of see what some of these settings will look like inside of your settings application it's pretty awesome what apple is doing here and you could also see this in the health application so if you go into the browse Tab and go to hearing you'll see it says hearing test results right here and if you go into that it will show you the graph it shows your left average your right average you can show more data right here to see little to no loss mild loss moderate loss you can really see a lot of details about your hearing and of course you do get the prompt here to take the hearing test if you've not done so already along with more details about the hearing test results and understanding how hearing loss works and of course you can also add a test you could use a prior test result here as well if you want to scan like an audiogram that you have had professionally done you can scan that with the camera and add it into the application itself add it into you know your airpods and the health application itself which is awesome now of course with iOS 18.1 we do also have the connectivity toggles in our control center here so you no longer need the little platter there for your connectivity you have all of them separated right here including Wi-Fi Bluetooth airplane mode satellite all of that so that's nice and uh yeah we do also have some fixes here as well so there's a big one for the camera so it says it fix is an issue where videos recorded at 4K 60 while the device is warm could experience stutter while scrubbing the video playback in photos there's also a fix for digital car keys where they may not unlock or start a vehicle with passive entry after restoring from a backup or transfering directly from another iPhone there's a fix for podcasts where unplayed episodes are marked as played there's a fix for Game Center friend invites there's also you know notes about the App Store search that now lets you use natural language to find what you're looking for more easily and of course we do also have the notification summaries where you can see your summaries of your notifications on the lock screen and also inside of the messages and mail applications also we have phone call recordings and transcriptions so that is new in 18.1 and that will be available for all devices that is where you can record a phone call both parties are notified know that the phone call is being recorded so it's not going to be sneaky or anything like that but that is an 18.1 that will be a big feature I believe and then also we have spatial photo capture and spatial video capture and the spatial camera mode on the 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max and in the code of iOS 18.1 RC we do see references to a new Magic Mouse magic keyboard and magic Trackpad which should be announced soon and those should also have USBC which will be nice and then we do also have the drag and drop functionality with iPhone mirroring if you have the latest Macos AOA 15.1 and iOS 18.1 that does not require Apple intelligence you can drag and Dr devices or drag and drop files rather between your devices with your iPhone and your Mac which is awesome so there's quite a few features that do not require Apple intelligence here with 18.1 it's not just going to be an update just for the 15 Pro and the iPhone 16s but of course those are going to be the headlining features are the Apple intelligence features so let's go and talk about the sticker bug because I do want to mention that as well so if we go into our messages here you can see that my emoji keyboard here is still broken on the RC somehow so I I know what happened here but my stickers are just not showing up it just shows up as blank those are supposed to be stickers but it does not show up and this happens mostly in the mail application but it does also happen in X for example you can see right here that I still have that issue there but in other applications like apple music for example you can see that everything shows up just fine and that's because of course we don't have any stickers here it's just the Emojis but you can see it's really just an issue with the stickers and not the Emoji themselves so it works fine in some applications but anytime stickers are introduced like in messages or other applications it's just broken and it doesn't show any of my stickers now as far as the performance goes performance on the RC version I would expect to be about the same as what we saw with beta 7 so the RC should it typically has better performance than the previous betas but I think that since we had two back-to-back a builds for beta 6 and beta 7 I believe that the RC build of 18.1 is going to be very similar to what we saw on the previous two betas which is not a bad thing performance has been excellent on both beta 6 and beta 7 and I am going to run an RC build geekbench test here to see how it compares to Beta 7 okay so we scored a 3441 on the single core and an 8516 on the multicore so pretty solid scores there and it's very similar to what we saw with beta 7 where I scored a 3474 and an 8640 so very similar scores and I would expect the performance overall to be very similar to what we saw with beta 7 now as far as the battery life goes I would expect battery life to slightly improve from beta 7 that's just typically what Apple does with these RC or these final releases they do tend to have better battery life but if you had good battery life in beta 7 I would not expect it to get any worse it might get slightly better but overall for me 18.1 has had great battery life like better than 18.0 for sure and also better than 18.01 which is a good sign now if you're wondering if you should update to the RC build of iOS 18.1 I think think it's pretty safe I mean I think it's a good time to go ahead and update especially if you have an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 16 series you're going to get a lots of new features with this update and also if you have the airpods Pro 2 you'll get the new hearing aid feature which is really nice to have and play around with as well now keep in mind if you do install the RC you're not likely going to see an update next week with the general public because usually the RC is going to be the exact same as the final release in terms of the build number and everything so technically you're already on the version that's going to be released next week but of course there is an asterisk there because if Apple does put a new build number on 18.1 you will see a new update if you're on the RC but it's not going to really add anything new most likely it's just going to be a small change in the build number now as far as what to expect next let's go ahead and look at the calendar here so next week is going to be the last week of October October 28th is when I would expect to see apple release iOS 18.1 to the public along with all the other software updates we should see that on Monday the 28th now as far as 18.2 beta 1 we could see that potentially you know the next day or even the same day that would be the earliest that I think we can see 18.2 beta 1 so that is possible to come next week as well but we're not going to see the final release of that until sometime in most likely mid December and then keep in mind this Wednesday we do also have the new iPad Mini coming out on the 23rd so if you did order an iPad Mini that's coming out on Wednesday and we should be seeing those M4 Max get announced very soon and released pretty soon as well so a lot of content is coming to the channel so if you're not subscribed already hit that subscribe button down below but anyways that's iOS 18.1 RC again stay tuned for the final release video my what's new video on 18.1 where I walk through every single new feature and change but anyways if you guys enjoyed this video as always I would appreciate if you give it a thumbs up and again be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on those future videos but anyways guys thanks again for watching and I'll see you soon\n"