Apple has released the first public beta of iOS 18 On Monday, just over a month after the tech giant announced the program at its annual conference, Global Developers Conference In June, Apple said the update would bring several new features to your iPhone, including more ways to Customize your home screen And promotions to MessagesYou’ll also be able to turn your Control Center into a single page for all your favorite apps and widgets.
Control Center was introduced over a decade ago, in 2013, with Internal Control Circle 7Back then, Control Center gave you the ability to control some iPhone functions, like screen brightness, and some apps, like the calculator. Since then, you’ve been able to add specific functions and apps to the page, like Low Power Mode and Notes. With iOS 18, you can add any apps and functions you want to Control Center.
Read more: Everything you need to know about the iOS 18 public beta
Since iOS 18 is still in beta, we recommend only downloading the beta on a device other than your primary phone or tablet. Since this isn’t the final version of iOS 18, the update may be buggy and battery life may be short, so it’s best to keep these issues on a secondary device.
Note that the beta is not the final version of iOS 18, so more features may be available on your iPhone when iOS 18 is released. Apple has said that iOS 18 will be available to the public this fall, but there is no specific date yet.
Here’s how to make your iPhone’s Control Center live up to its name.
How to Add Apps and Features to Your Control Center
1. Unlock your iPhone and then swipe down from the top right corner of the screen.
2. Click on the plus sign (+) Log in at the top left corner of the screen.
3. handle Add a control Near the bottom of the screen.
There are several accessibility controls you can add to your Control Center.
You can either search for controls in the search bar at the top of the new menu, or you can scroll through the various controls. Some of the controls include old favorites, like screen recording, as well as new controls for things like Tap to Cash or Ping My Watch.
There’s also a shortcut called “Open App,” which turns any other app on your iPhone into a control. You can only open an app using this control, but you can use it to clean up your Home screen or keep all your favorite apps in one place for quick access.
You can add an unlimited number of controls to Control Center even after the page is filled. Once the first Control Center page is filled, the next control you add will appear on a new page, similar to how adding new apps to the Home screen continues to add new Home screens. To access other Control Center pages, swipe up or down on Control Center, or tap the right page icon on the far right of the Control Center screen.
How to resize and move apps and functions in your Control Center
You can also make controls larger for easier access. Some controls can be turned into tiles, while others—like Music—can become their own Control Center page. Here’s how to resize apps and functions.
1. Unlock your iPhone and then swipe down from the top right corner of the screen.
2. Click on the plus sign (+) Log in at the top left corner of the screen.
You can change the size of many controls in Control Center.
In this new view, the border around each control will be thicker in the lower right corner. Click and drag this thicker section to expand the control.
You can rearrange the controls in this new view. After clicking the plus sign (+) Sign in at the top left corner of your Control Center, then tap and drag your controls to their new home page as you would on the Home screen.
How to remove controls from your Control Center
Here’s how to easily remove controls from your Control Center if you no longer use them much and want to make room for new ones.
1. Unlock your iPhone and then swipe down from the top right corner of the screen.
2. Click on the plus sign (+) Log in at the top left corner of the screen.
3. Click on the minus sign (–) Click in the upper left corner of the control you want to remove.
For more information about iOS 18, here is my hands-on experience with it. First Public Betahow Customize your home screen How? Schedule a message to send later.
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