When iOS 18 launches later this year, the Notes app could be useful for a lot more than just lazy celebrity apologies.
AppleInsider reported on Wednesday that iOS 18 could come with a revamped Notes app that includes two major new features: voice notes and math. If Apple sticks to its usual launch pattern, iOS 18 will be unveiled at WWDC 2024, so expect to hear about official updates from the mothership in June.
Which features are reportedly coming to iOS 18 ‘Notes’?
The two new features are pretty self-explanatory. Voice notes would allow users to record and store voice memos within the Notes app itself, complementing any text or images they wish to include alongside them. Folks could then put their voice notes in iCloud and access them from different Apple devices.
As for what AppleInsider called “Math Notes,” these would tie into the iOS Calculator app and would theoretically allow for users to perform complex math equations with proper notation within the Notes app.
Both features would probably be most useful for people in academia and business. As AppleInsider pointed out, similar features are already available in Microsoft’s popular OneNote app, a competitor to the native Apple Notes app. It would make sense, then, for Apple to crib a couple of key components from OneNote for its own app.
It also wouldn’t be the first time Apple has taken “inspiration” from other companies for big features or ideas. Such is the way of things.