iOS 12 presented today a very gloomy scenario for the year 2018, the Apple company renouncing many major functions prepared for iPhone and iPad users, preferring to focus on performance and stability. Despite the lack of news for the interfaces of the native applications of the operating system, a new design for the main screen of applications and other news, Apple will still implement a big change in iOS 12.
iOS 12 is going to introduce this year a new platform that will allow the development of universal applications for iPhone, iPad and Mac, the change being a huge one and similar to what Microsoft offered with Windows. This platform will allow developers to produce applications for iPhone, iPad and Mac that users can run including in iOS 12 and macOS 10.14, their integration being able to bring a major advantage over Android.
iOS 12: the major feature that will be released in 2018
iOS 12 will have this new platform as the only major novelty, or one of the very few changes implemented by the Apple company for iPhone and iPad in 2018. Of course, for developers the change will be a huge one, but I don't know how much it will matter for ordinary people this is because iOS 12 would have universal applications for iPhone and iPad in the AppStore anyway, the inclusion of the Mac being insignificant for many.
"While core features like the combined apps platform are still on schedule to be introduced this year, some flashier changes like the redesigned home screen will likely be held back until the 2019 software update, a person familiar with the matter said."
iOS 12 with this platform would benefit perhaps 10% of Apple's entire customer base, so releasing it instead of other more important changes might still be a bad idea. Of course, Apple knows better what it has to do with its operating system, so it will be interesting to see what exactly we will have available in iOS 12, and we could find out more details sometime in the spring, when it will be decided what will be offered at the end.
