Apple Rolling Out New iOS 18.0.1 Update for iPhone Users with Significant Security Updates and Bug Fixes

By Sidharth Joseph Published on October 10, 2024, 07:49 IST

After Apple introduced its iOS 18 update around the mid-half of last month, many iPhone users have been complaining about a lot of bugs and other issues that they have been facing post-update. Now, the brand is rolling out a new iOS 18.0.1 update, which is expected to fix all the bugs that users are currently facing, along with two security updates.

Here’s more about the latest iOS 18.0.1 update.

Apple’s iOS 18.0.1 Update Now Rolling Out

In a nutshell, this update comprises of bug fixes for the touch screen, camera, messages, and performance related issues. Firstly, on the new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro models, in certain cases, users would have had to face unresponsiveness in the touch screen. This made it difficult for them to scroll, select on-screen items, and do many other necessary tasks. This touch screen issue will be resolved with this latest update.

Another bug that many iPhone 16 Pro models users have been complaining about is the screen freeze issue while recording macro videos on the ultra wide camera in 4K with HDR turned off. With the iOS 18.0.1 update, this is also said to be fixed.

Now coming to the issues in the Messages app, when users reply to a message carrying a shared Apple Watch face, the app may unexpectedly close on its own. On the performance side, Apple states that due to a memory allocation issue, there were performance related issues in some iPhone models. Both these issues will also be resolved after updating with the iOS 18.0.1 update.

Regarding the security updates, users would have seen the record feature in the Messages app recording a few seconds of audio before the recording indicator appears. This problem has been fixed. The other security issue is a very serious one. VoiceOver had the capability of reading saved passwords. This has been disabled by Apple in the new update.

The iOS 18 update has been made available to iPhone models – iPhone XS, XR and later. This update (iOS 18.0.1) will also thus be made available to all the models which received the iOS 18 update. For checking the availability of the update or to install it, users can open the Settings app, go to ‘General’, and then select ‘Software Update’.

Just to add, iOS 18.1 with the brand’s Apple Intelligence features is said to be released at the end of this month, on the 28th of October 2024. Check out more about it here.