iOS 18 has landed — or at least the first public beta of the software has. Developers have had their crack trying out the new features and getting their software ready to take advantage of the newly available tools in this update. Now it’s the public’s turn to take iOS 18 for a test drive to find out what’s new.

Between new features like a reworked Photos app, more customizable Home Screen, an updated Control Center and improved privacy options, new interactivity options with macOS Sequoia and a whole boatload of AI via Apple Intelligence, alongside a rebranding of Apple ID to Apple Account, there’s plenty to check out.

And that’s precisely what we’ve been doing, as we’ve studied Apple’s iOS 18 preview and downloaded the iOS 18 public beta to get a better idea of how the new features will work — you can get our first impressions in our iOS 18 hands-on review.

Here’s the latest on iOS 18 now that the public beta is widely available.