When Apple rolls out iOS 18.2 next month — likely in early December — it’s going to deliver several features that could change the way you use your iPhone.
You’ve undoubtedly seen the Apple Intelligence features — such as ChatGPT’s integration with Siri, as well as the ability to create AI-generated images from text commands — which have been featured in basically every iPhone commercial for the last several months.
But iOS 18.2 will also introduce several lesser-advertised features, some of which promise to be even more helpful.
One of them is Share Item Location, a feature that will allow you to temporarily share the location of a missing AirTag with an airline or a trusted person — i.e, a stranger — so they can help find it.
Maybe more significantly, iOS 18.2 will let you switch away from Apple’s default apps for things calling and messaging for the first time. You’ll also be able to switch the default apps for things like call filtering, passwords and keyboards.
You’ve previously been able to change away from Apple’s default apps for a select few things. For example, when iOS 14 rolled out a few years ago, you could change your iPhone’s default web browser and email apps away from Safari and Mail, respectively.
