iOS 18.5 will soon deliver a handy Screen Time upgrade for parents plus 4 other useful features

Date:
Wed, 07 May 2025 10:11:36 +0000

Description:
iOS 18.5 is set to bring several changes when it launches next week,
including a useful Screen Time upgrade for parents.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Screen Time is set to gain new parental controls in iOS 18.5 Other changes include tweaks to Mail, Settings, and more iOS 18.5 is expected to launch as soon as next week

Apple is on the brink of releasing the iOS 18.5 update , and itll come with a bunch of useful new features that could enhance all the best iPhones when it arrives. And judging by Apples release notes for the update, theres a particularly useful change coming to Screen Time .

According to Apple, parents will soon be notified when their Screen Time passcode has been successfully entered into a childs device. That should immediately let parents know that their offspring have found a way past the restrictions on their device.

Screen Time can be used to limit how long a person spends in a specified app, block inappropriate content, and confine device access to predefined times.
If a child finds a way around these restrictions, they might be able to
change or disable them.

Parents will also be able to get similar notifications in macOS once theyve installed the macOS 15.5 update. The release candidate builds of both iOS
18.5 and macOS 15.5 were released yesterday, with the full versions expected to be launched next week. More changes coming to iOS 18.5 (Image credit: Future)

Improved parental controls are not the only changes coming to Apples next operating system updates. There are minor tweaks like Apple bundling a new Pride Harmony wallpaper to support LGBT rights, but some wider changes are coming too.

The Mail app now has options to show or hide contact photos in your inbox, while you can also disable the Group by Sender view. In the Settings app, meanwhile, its now easier to view your AppleCare+ information and find out more about the service. These updates were previously spotted in the iOS 18.5 beta in early April.

The changes arent just focused on the latest iPhones. Users of the iPhone 13 will also benefit, with carrier-provided satellite services available to all models in the iPhone 13 range. That doesnt refer to Apples own satellite services like Emergency SOS via Satellite but rather those provided by carriers, such as T-Mobiles collaboration with Starlink .

With iOS 18.5 on the brink of launching to the public, it wont be long until everyone will be able to try out these new features. That should set us up nicely for Apples Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, where iOS
19 is expected to be unveiled to the world. You might also like iOS 18.5
looks like a minor update, but the big changes are coming in iOS 19 Apple's first iOS 18.5 beta makes it easier to get the old-style Apple Mail back Finding iOS 18.4 a bit buggy? An update is rolling out soon to fix it ahead
of iOS 18.5



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