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iOS 18.4 beta features, Apple Vision Pro updates, iPhone 16e reviews

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Benjamin and Chance wrap up the iPhone 16e reviews that dropped this week, and bemoan the UK forcing Apple to remove Advanced Data Protection in the region, before turning their attention to the fun news of the week that is the new beta season. iOS 18.4 and visionOS 2.4 include a bunch of features, from new Apple Intelligence updates to an entirely Food section in News+.

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Chance Miller

Benjamin Mayo

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0:00.0

Okay, Chance. Can you remember what date 18.2 came out?

0:06.1

Sometime in December, like December 12th, I don't know.

0:10.0

December 11th, I think it was, yeah.

0:11.3

Ah, so close.

0:12.4

Pretty close.

0:13.3

So that feature had, you know, a load of app and turgent stuff, but it also brought

0:17.8

the new mail categorization thing, right?

0:21.3

So the primary in transactions and updates and splits out your inboxes into different categories and groups, which I don't reuse.

0:29.2

But I think it's a pretty good feature.

0:30.7

And I think some people get value out of it.

0:32.9

And if you don't want to use that feature, there's the little dot dot dot dot by the top right

0:38.1

and you can basically switch between the two modes.

0:39.8

You've got the categories.

0:40.4

You've just got the traditional list view.

0:42.5

It puts everything all in one go.

0:45.2

Now, yesterday I got a phone call from my mum.

0:48.9

She was like, I'm at the post office.

0:50.4

I'm picking up a package.

0:51.5

I can't find the email that has the QR code on it for me to be able to actually get the package, right? Because it's one of those things where they drop it off at the post office and you have to like pick it up with a proof of receipt thing. Where's it gone? It's deleted my email. All there are these little dots at the top of the screen, these little circles. I'm like, what's going on?

1:11.8

Okay, so basically, so at some point yesterday, her phone automatically updated to 18.2.

1:17.1

Mm-hmm.

1:18.2

One, why did it take two months?

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