When iOS 18 rolls this fall, your iPhone is going to get a helluva lot of cool features. Your Home Screen will be more customizable than ever — the traditional app grid be damned. You can lock certain apps behind a passcode or Face ID (or hide them completely from view). iMessage is getting several highly-requested features. And that’s not even touching Apple Intelligence, all the advanced capabilities of Siri, and the neat integration between your iPhone and Mac.
That said, maybe the coolest thing about iOS 18 is its effect on your iPhone’s Flashlight app, which will receive quite the update.
It’s the Flashlight App’s First Major Update in Years
In years past, the Flashlight app on your iPhone has been limited to simply turning on/off, and if you hold down the Flashlight app, you’ve been able to choose between four different preset brightnesses.
With iOS 18, will be able to adjust the flashlight’s brightness and the width of its light beam — and you’ll be able to do this super quick thanks to some new UI controls.
When you turn on your iPhone’s flashlight — either via the Flashlight app, the Action Button or by asking Siri — a little image with flashlight controls will appear at the top of your screen. There will be a vertical slider to adjust the brightness and a horizontal slider to adjust the light beam’s width. And you can adjust each on the fly.
