iOS 18 SETTINGS YOU'LL WANT TO CHANGE RIGHT AWAY

THESE TWEAKS, TIPS, AND TOGGLES WILL MAKE LIFE ON YOUR iPHONE EVEN BETTER.

- BY MAHMOUD ITANI

For years, the Apple was infamous for offering users little control over their iPhone experience, especially compared to Android phones. Through recent OS updates, Apple addressed common user concerns by unleashing the system, letting you customize its functionality and appearance.

Many of these new options, however, are buried deep behind endless menus, and many users aren't even aware they exist. If you're running the latest iOS 18 version on your iPhone, you may want to look into these seven settings right away.

TURN OFF APPLE INTELLIGENCE

Apple Intelligence is one of the most contentious iOS 18 additions, partially because of all the negative press it attracted. The first-party Al suite has been rolling out gradually throughout the past months, and some of its core features, like the new more capable Siri, have been delayed indefinitely.

If you're not actively relying on Writing Tools, Genmoji, Image Playground, notification summaries, or its other perks, you may want to turn off Apple's Al system altogether. This lets you reclaim around 6GB of local storage on your iPhone.

Users now have the option to turn off Apple Intelligence.

Go to Settings ➔ Apple Intelligence & Siri. Turn off the Apple Intelligence toggle on this page and confirm your choice. Keep in mind that future OS updates may reenable it automatically, so you may have to repeat this process whenever you update your iPhone.

Bonus tip: In the Action Button settings, you can program said button to launch your favorite third-party Al chatbot app, such as ChatGPT, as a decent alternative.

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