iOS 18.0.1 is here – Why you should install the update

Shortly after the release of iOS 18, Apple releases the first update. Even if it’s just a small update, it’s worth installing.

After the update is before the update: Apple released iOS 18 a few weeks ago, and now there is version 18.0.1, the first update for the iPhone operating system. Despite at first glance, small changes are worth installing.

Why? Because Apple fixes numerous errors and closes security gaps with the new iOS version. All owners of the new iPhone 16 generation of cell phones will benefit from the update.

As Apple reports, it could happen that the touch screens of the new models “temporarily do not respond in certain situations”. With iOS 18.0.1, the manufacturer fixes the malfunction on the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro.

On the iPhone 16 Pro, the camera app could also crash when recording a video in macro mode in 4K resolution in HDR with the phone’s ultra-wide-angle camera, Apple reports. The error has also been fixed.

Apple says it has solved another problem when the Messages app crashed under certain circumstances. There was also an impairment in memory allocation on iPhones, which was fixed with the update.

Regular iOS updates have been part of everyday life for iPhone users for years. With such software updates, iPhones regularly receive new functions, errors are fixed and security gaps are closed.

Typically, users can set the iPhone to automatically install an update as soon as it is available. This can be done via the Settings app. Here select “General” > “Software update” > “Automatic updates”. Here users can choose whether they want to automatically download iOS updates and whether they want to install iOS updates automatically.

Users can activate both without any concerns – the updates are only loaded automatically in the WLAN and the user is informed of this before an automatic installation and has the option to prevent them.