Apple Releases iOS 18.4 Beta 4 Update for iPhone With Bug Fixes and New Features 5o1ov Technology News

It includes a fix for an issue which stopped Siri suggestions from completing successfully in languages other than English. 24611a

Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 18 March 2025 10:27 IST

Apple Releases iOS 18.4 Beta 4 Update for iPhone With Bug Fixes and New Features

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iOS 18.4 Beta 4 update is rolled out a week after the third beta's arrival

Highlights

The update fixes three key issues related to Apple Intelligence
Apps can now use Nearby Interaction for Ultra Wideband ranging
iOS 18.4 Beta also adds new StoreKit APIs for in-app purchases

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iOS 18 beta does not contain any standout new features but focuses more on fixing issues reported by iPhone s. Thus, it is considered a minor update which rectified issues related to Apple Intelligence, Notifications, Siri, while also allowing an app with Live Activity to use Nearby Interaction.

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According to Apple's AI) suite. It states that one of the instances required Siri to be enabled for using Apple Intelligence in languages other than English (US). Meanwhile, s also reported facing unavailability of Apple Intelligence features or seeing a “ing …” message. The last issue required a device reboot for the AI features to work. The company says it has solved all of them with the latest beta update.

Another change is to Notifications. iOS 18.4 Beta 4 fixed a problem which prevented Notifications from flickering or collapsing momentarily. Meanwhile, some Siri suggestions failed to complete successfully in languages other than English, which does not persist anymore following the update.

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It also includes fixes for other issues related to SwiftUI, StoreKit, UIWritingToolsCoordinator, Wi-Fi calling, and Writing Tools, while also fixing currently known problems in the new Apple Vision Pro app and StoreKit.

Meanwhile, the update also brings a new feature called Nearby Interaction. The Cupertino-based technology giant says apps which have Live Activities can now leverage Nearby Interaction to perform Ultra Wideband ranging. This essentially means that apps that use Apple's real-time notification system can now use Ultra Wideband technology to discover how far away other devices are.

Along with iOS 18.4 Beta 4, Apple also released the fourth developer beta updates of iPadOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, tvOS 18.4, and watchOS 11.4. The stable version of Apple's operating system for the iPhone is speculated to be released in April 2025.

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