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I feel the new redesigned Photos app in iOS 18 is more complicated and overwhelming. While I miss the old design, there are a few customization options that make the iOS 18 Photos app bearable for me.

The latest iOS 18 Developer Beta 5 offers a built-in option to reset the Control Center to its default settings and undo any user-made changes and customizations. For this, go to Settings -> Control Center and choose the Reset Control Center option. As of now, the stable version of iOS 18 doesn't offer this option.

The latest iOS 18 brings Game Mode to iPhones, for the first time ever. Game Mode minimizes background activity on your iPhone to provide consistent FPS for better gameplay. The Game Mode in iOS 18 triggers automatically when you start a game. You can also toggle Game Mode from the Control Center.

To hide an app in iOS 18, touch and hold the app icon from the Home Screen and choose Require Face ID -> Hide and Require Face ID. To open and use a hidden app, go to App Library, tap on Hidden folder, authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode and tap on the app you wish to use. If you wish to unhide an app in iOS 18, go to the Hidden folder in App Library, long-press the app icon you wish to unhide and choose “Don’t Require Face ID“.

On September 16, 2024, Apple rolled out the final, polished version of iOS 18 for iPhones. The newest update brings a bunch of exciting additions like a revamped Control Center, Home Screen Customizations, and more. To upgrade from iOS 17 to iOS 18, go to Settings -> General -> Software Update and tap on the Download and Install option on the iOS 18 update notification.

To use iPhone Mirroring, you must install iOS 18 on your iPhone and macOS Sequoia on your Mac. If iPhone Mirroring isn't working, you should check your Apple IDs and enable Bluetooth & Wi-Fi on both devices. Also, make sure your iPhone is locked and you aren't using AirPlay or Apple Sidecar feature. If nothing works, try restarting your devices.

Reduce Interruptions Focus Mode in iOS 18 uses Apple Intelligence to surface only the important notifications while filtering out everything else. To set up Reduce Interruptions Focus Mode, go to Settings -> Focus then tap on the "+" icon, choose Reduce Interruptions, and tap on Customize Focus. You’ll see a toggle to turn on the Intelligent Breakthrough and Silencing option when you create a new Focus mode or customize an existing one.

The new Distraction Control feature lets you hide certain banners, cookie preference pop-ups, ads, and other distracting webpage items while you're browsing. To hide ads in Safari using the Distraction Control feature, go to a webpage and tap on Page Menu -> Hide Distracting Items. This feature can temporarily hide ads, but they will show up again when the site refreshes. If you wish to unhide the elements, tap on the Page Menu and choose Show Hidden Items.

The new iOS 18 brings a redesigned Control Center with a new Controls Gallery that lets you add more controls. You can now customize the new Control Center in iOS 18. To do this, open the Control Center, tap on the "+" icon from the top left, and tap on the Add a Control option. In addition, you have the freedom to rearrange or resize the controls or even add a new Control Center screen.

The latest iOS 18 has updated the Messages app with iMessage scheduling, RCS support, Tapbacks, Formatting options, and all new Text Effects. You can apply animated effects to individual letters, words, phrases, or emojis with the Text Effects feature in iOS 18. For this, open the Messages app, type your message, select a word or phrase, and choose the Text Effects option. You get to choose from eight text animation options, including Big, Small, Shake, Nod, Explode, Ripple, Bloom, and Jitter.

Apple offers a new accessibility feature named Vocal Shortcuts that lets you assign a custom phrase that ‌Siri‌ can understand to launch shortcuts and complete complex tasks. You can use the Vocal Shortcuts feature to rename Siri on your iPhone in iOS 18. For this, go to Settings -> Accessibility -> Set Up Vocal Shortcuts -> Siri. Once the new word has been set, you can use it to activate Siri on your iPhone. Bear in mind that the new name won't sync with other devices like HomePod.

Apple has added RCS support to iOS 18 to allow smooth communication between iPhone and Android users. To use RCS on iPhone, you have to install iOS 18 and your network carrier must support RCS. If you want to enable or disable RCS on iPhone, go to Settings -> Apps -> Messages -> RCS Messaging.