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's Worldwide Developers Conference ( is an annual event focused on updating app developers working on the Apple ecosystem all over the world. Naturally, this covers the company’s smartphone operating system, which is now . Apple sped through all the updates for the phone since it had so many operating systems to cover, but we’ve captured all the important ones below. For Apple Intelligence on iOS 18, that takes you through Apple's approach in generative AI for the different OSes it has. The Home Screen goes beyond wallpapers, apps, and Widgets for personalisation. iOS now allows users to to the sides and bottom screen (or anywhere, really) without forcing a sequential arrangement. A new changes the background of app icons into a dark grey shade, and apps also now allow uniform app and Widget icon tints if iPhone users want them. Control Centre now has . They are accessible by swiping upwards while in Control Centre’s dropdown menu. Users can also choose to swipe down from the top-right corn, allowing them to jump to a panel of their choice. Control Centre also now comes with a , so you can move shortcuts like Flashlight and Camera to your liking. App developers can also access a new to add app features to Control Centre. Finally, the Action Button (which is only on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max for now) can be tied to a Control Centre function. Users can so that the iPhone demands Face ID unlocking when they hand their phone to someone else for sharing.  go into a folder and disappear from their Home Screen. Also, users can specify which contacts have digital visibility in apps of their choice (i.e., preventing your boss from seeing you’re online in a gaming app). iMessage also now allows emoji responses , in addition to support for text (bold, italics, strikethrough, underline). adds 1990s-sque animations to iMessage texts. iMessage also now supports , allowing users to text loved ones even if they travel in remote areas. Apple said these messages are also end-to-end encrypted. for iMessages, alongside the ability to queue a reply so it goes out later, was not mentioned explicitly in the keynote but featured in the iOS 18 summary slide. The Mail app now categorises messages based on . Primary covers time-sensitive or personal e-mails, while Transaction covers digital receipts. Updates are for social media notifications, while Promotions are for brand marketing e-mails. Apple said Maps will now offer more to make it more similar to the Maps seen on the Apple Watch. Users can also get turn-by-turn voice guidance and built-in hiking planning tools  Apple Wallet has a new feature called , where users can make peer-to-peer transfers via Apple Cash by touching iPhones together. This also doesn't require users to exchange personal contact details. Journal now lets you search past entries and offers gamified tracking, where it monitors your journaling "streaks" (consecutive days of journalling). Game Mode is now available on the iPhone. It to help sustain gaming framerate and has “improved connectivity” to AirPods audio and wireless game controllers. The AirPods improvements help . The Photos app, which is the Gallery equivalent of the iPhone, has now been improved into a for the entire library with Year and Month controls. Filters now let users filter out specific groups of images, such as screenshots from the entire grid. Below the entire photo library are , where iOS organises photos by the day, a trip, or a core memory. Users can reorder Collections to their liking, getting the snapshots and highlights they want to see first.  Swiping right inside the Photos app brings up a new , which shows Favourites and Featured Photos. Carousel Mode is also customisable, where users can add a category of their liking.