iOS 18.5 Public Release - 10 Things Before Updating !

0:00 Hey, what's going on everyone? This is I Reviews back with another video and today we're talking about iOS 18.5, one of the last big updates to iOS 18 before we move on to the new iOS 19 beta 1. So, this update will be released very very soon. So, here are 10 things that you must know and do before you update your device to the new iOS 18.5. Now, first of all, talking about release, the first thing you need to know here is that iOS 18.5 is 99% coming on the 12th of May. So, that's this Monday around 10:00 a.m. Pacific time as usual. That should be the time when Apple releases a new iOS 18.5. And then you can go ahead and update your device. Now, when it comes

0:45 to updating, you need to know also about the size of this update. Now, you can see right here, updating from beta 4 to the RC is around 7 gigs, but this will of course be way less. If you're on iOS 18.4.1 right now, if you're on an older iOS version, it will probably be a bit bigger, but it should be around 2 to 4 gigs. That's the ballpark basically for this update. And of course, it's always different on different devices and of course based on which iOS you're currently at. So, what I suggest you do before you try to install this on your device, make sure that you have enough free storage. I say you should have at least 6 to 7 gigs of free storage on your iPhone before you try to install iOS 18.5. So, to make sure that you're

1:33 good to go, head on to your settings. Go under general right here. Go under software update not, but go here to iPhone storage. And that's where you will see your free storage. Just make sure that you have enough free storage on your iPhone. Again, six to seven gigs should be enough for you to install iOS 18.5. The next thing you need to know is how to update. Well, of course, is very simple if you're not on the beta or the RC version. So, if you're on iOS 18.4, 18.4.1, or any of the older iOS 18 versions, simply head on to the software update under the general settings. You will see the update right here on Monday. If you don't see, just refresh it. You should see it right here. You can just tap on update and install and

2:18 you're good to go. As long as you have enough battery and you have enough free storage, you will be able to install iOS 18.5 from here. If you're on the RC version of iOS 18, which was released this week, 18.5, then you should actually do nothing. There won't be an update for you because you already have the same update that will go out to the public will be the same build number. And again, it's just the exact same update. So, if you're on iOS 18.5 on any of the betas, beta 4, beta 3, whichever beta you might be on, and you haven't actually installed the RC version yet, then what you will have to do here is make sure that you go to the beta updates and just turn them off right here and you will get the public release of iOS 18.5 once you go here and you

3:04 refresh your page. Even if you don't do that, if you still have enabled the beta updates, you will see the RSC right now here. So, just go ahead and update to the R. So, you don't need to wait for the public release of iOS 18.5. Now, as far as features go, there's not actually a lot to talk about when it comes to iOS 18.5. We will have a few smaller features like if you go to your settings here under the warranty and Apple Care, you will have now a new look there and you will have way more information. You will also have Apple Care Warranty at your devices list at the top of your settings app under your Apple ID. You will have a few new settings for the notifications for screen time. And on the mail app, you will have an option

3:49 now to turn on or off the contacts photos. And that's about it. There are also a few small like changes here and there, but nothing that big. Now, another thing you need to know here is that a feature that has actually been added to iOS 18.5 beta 1 has been removed. And that's a feature that a lot of people liked. It was here on the recently deleted album where you would actually have a restore all and a delete all button just right here. But Apple has removed those. They actually have added those on iOS 18.4 beta as well. They added they removed them and then they added them again on the betas of 18.5 and now finally have removed them completely. Now those are not coming

4:36 back. Don't expect to see those features back on your device because what Apple has said is that they're actually just worried that someone with that big button, the delete all button laying right here. They're just worried that someone by accident might just delete everything and not be able to recover the recently deleted photos. That's why it has been removed. And now, of course, you can just find it right here when you go to the three dots. Now, iOS 18.5, besides some of the smaller features that it brings, it will also bring a lot of improvements. And we have two of those that are really important. First of all, we will have improvements to AirDrop. It should be way smoother and the connectivity should be way better with AirDrop on iOS 18.5. And the same goes for CarPlay as well. So, if you use

5:23 CarPlay with your car, then it should actually have fixed a few of the problems that a lot of users actually have been reporting with connectivity from your device to the car. That should have been fixed now as well. That's a really great improvement on 18.5. Now, one of the best things when it comes to iOS 18.5 is the performance. Now, this is the best score that I got on 18.5 right here on the iPhone 15 Pro Max. So, the single core score here with Geekbench 6 is at 2,969, while the multi-core score is at 7,400. Now, this is probably on the top three scores that I got on iOS 18 since its release. I believe 18.3 was a bit better. And this is actually amazing.

6:09 And not just the score here with Geekbench. Also, using iOS 18.5 on daily basis is actually really good, very smooth. and you don't actually get any like glitches or anything here besides loading the icons when you actually tint them. So, if you tint the icons and you go to the settings app or anywhere where you have tinted icons within the app, that takes some time. It's really weird, but it's actually otherwise quite good and very very smooth. So, of course, when updating your device to a new software release, you want to know also the battery life. Well, battery life on iOS 18.5 is quite decent. So, here we have the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Of course, almost two years old now with the battery health saying that is at 91%

6:55 most likely around 86 because it hasn't updated in the last 5 or 6 months. But you can see right here the battery life is actually not that bad. So, with 120% battery right here, 8 hours 50 minutes right here, 110% battery, 7 hours right here, 9 hours and 32 minutes. Again, 110% battery, 120% battery, 9 hours, 7 minutes. So, overall using my device on daily basis since iOS 18.5 was on beta 1, I've been able to get around 8 hours on screen with this battery at this condition. So, in my opinion, is actually quite good. The next thing you should know is whether you should update or not your device to the new iOS 18.5.

7:42 Well, if you're on iOS 18, I suggest you update to iOS 18.5. I see a lot of users don't actually update their devices. Like, they will have devices on 18.1, 18.2. Just go ahead and update your device. iOS 18.5 again will bring some smaller new features and changes, but it's a great update and it's about time, of course, we are now just at the end of the iOS 18 cycle, and it's very polished. It's very good. So, make sure that you have your device updated. So, what's next for iOS 18? Well, after iOS 18.5 gets released to the public, you can expect a new beta for 18.6. This is now confirmed. iOS 18.6 has been spotted. It's being tested internally by

8:27 Apple. So, you can expect that to happen in this week right here. Monday the 19th or Tuesday the 20th of May should be one of the days that Apple will actually release the first beta of iOS 6 18.6 actually which most likely will be kind of similar to 18.5 bringing a lot of improvements but just a few smaller new features and changes and we know by now that it will also enable Apple intelligence in China so that will be quite a big deal. So, that's what's next for iOS 18. And of course, then on June 9th, we will have the first beta of iOS 19. So, that's it for this video, guys. Hope you guys enjoyed the video. Leave a like if you did. Subscribe for more. I'll see you on the next one.