Earlier this week at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple officially previewed the OS versions coming to its devices later this year. While a significant chunk of WWDC24’s opening keynote was dedicated to Apple Intelligence, we still got plenty of other features across iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, iPadOS 18, and watchOS 11.
Soon after concluding the main keynote, the company issued the first developer betas of the aforementioned OS versions. Despite Apple Intelligence and many other announced additions not making it to the first beta builds, there’s still plenty to look into and try. To spare you the unstable, pre-release software life, I installed iPadOS 18 developer beta 1 on my iPad and have documented my experience using it so far. Here’s everything I’ve found in iPadOS 18 beta 1 and my thoughts on how it’s shaping up.