Currently, Apple is developing iOS 18.3. This iOS 18 update isstill in testing phaseat the time of initial publication of this article. You can therefore download it, but at your own risk. Beta means bugs and other potential malfunctions.
You may then be wondering when you will be able to install the final general public version of iOS 18.3 on your machine. Exactly, this article is here to answer you. Even if Apple has not communicated on this subject!
We therefore took out our investigator's hat to find all the clues allowing us to define a firing window.
Let's see together what is the most likely hypothesis regarding the release date of iOS 18.3.
iOS 18.3: when is it due?
Comparison 2024 vs 2025
Let's take a look in the rearview mirror to focus on the key dates for the deployment of iOS 17.3 which took place during winter 2024. Indeed, if you are not yet aware, you should know that Apple changes relatively little its habits regarding the pace of release of its software. Based on previous dates, we can try to guess the next ones:
- beta 1: December 12, 2023
- beta 2: January 3, 2024
- beta 3: January 9, 2024
- beta 4/RC: January 17, 2024
- Final version: January 22, 2023
The iOS 17.3 testing phase lasted 41 days (6 weeks) and included 4 beta versions, RC included. Now let's see what the iOS 18.3 testing schedule looks like:
- beta 1: December 16, 2024
- beta 2: January 7, 2025
If we base ourselves on the 4 test versions of iOS 17.3, we can imagine the future of iOS 18.3 as follows:
- beta 3: January 16, 2025
- beta 4/RC: January 23, 2025
- final version: week of January 27, 2025
If iOS 18. is released the week of January 27, this fits with the 6 weeks of testing of iOS 17.3.
Final hypothesis: meet at the end of January
Based on the fact that most of the time, new versions of iOS arrive at the beginning of the week, generally on Tuesday, we can put forward the following hypothesis:
iOS 18.3 is expected to be released on Tuesday January 28, 2025
Usually, we try to support our forecasts with announcements from knowledgeable specialists, such as Mark Gurman. But they remained tight-lipped regarding iOS 18.3. So we have to stick to Apple's history as the one and only clue to a release date for iOS 18.3.
In conclusion, remember that iOS 18.3 can be installed onall iOS 18 compatible machinesand will especially provide security fixes and improvements. Note, however, the expected arrival of support for robot vacuum cleaners in Apple Home.
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Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.
