Apple dropped a large batch of medium-sized software updates for almost all its products this afternoon. The iOS 18.4, iPados 18.4, macOS 15.4, TVOS 18.4 and Visionos 2.4 updates are currently all available for download, and each adds a small handful of new functions for their respective platforms.
A Watchos 11.4 update was also published briefly, but it is currently not available.
For iPhones and iPads that support Apple Intelligence, the flagship function in 18.4 is priority reports, which tries to separate time -sensitive or potentially important notifications of the rest, so that you can see them more easily. The update also transfers the handful of new Unicode 16.0 -Emoji, a separate app for managing a Vision Pro headset (similar to the Companion app for the Apple Watch), and a grip bag with other fixes and small improvements.
The Mac takes up two important functions in the Sequoia 15.4 update. Users of the E -mail -app now get the same (optional) automated inbox sorting that Apple has introduced for iPhones and iPads in an earlier update, who try to tame overgrown inboxes using Apple intelligence language models.
The Mac also gets a long-term fast start settings function of the Apple Watch, Apple TV, iPhone and iPad. On those devices you can activate them and register with your Apple ID by keeping another compatible Apple telephone or tablet in the area. Macs that performs the 15.4 update finally support the same function (although it does not work Mac-to-Mac, because a camera is a requirement backwards).
