Apple has confirmed that on October 28, In a week, iOS 18.1 will be released to the entire worldand today it has released the final Beta with new changes to solve some problems with the iPhone 16 and improvements in the Messages application.

iOS 18.1 will be the first version in which we will be able to see the first functions of Apple Intelligence, or rather, those who are in the United States and have their iPhone configured in the English language will be able to see it. After several weeks and a good handful of Betas, Today the latest Beta was released, the so-called Release Candidate (RC) version. If there are no last minute bugs, it will be identical to the public version that will arrive on October 28 for all compatible devices. In addition to all the new features that we have already told you about in previous Betas, this latest version solves some problems and adds improvements to RCS Messages:

  • Messaging with companies (Business Messaging): Now RCS messages (which already arrived with iOS 18) can be used to talk directly to companies for support and other topics. Remember that RCS messaging is like WhatsApp but with Messages, compatible with Android, allowing you to send messages over the internet, not through conventional SMS, so we can send emoji, GIFs, images, videos… at no cost.
  • Solution to the problem of unexpected restarts of the iPhone 16 with previous Betas. The devices most affected by this failure are the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, but in general there are users with other iPhone 16s who have suffered from it.
  • Solution to the problem why in some cases Carkey’s operation was not adequate after restoring a device from a backup or another iPhone
  • Solution to the problem thatsome podcasts appeared as played without having done
  • Solution to the problem that caused Quick viewing of videos in the Photos app was not smooth