Apple also introduced more controls to the feature, making it a central hub for your most-used iPhone features. Apple continues to expand the number of controls you can add to the Control Center with iOS 18.

We're likely only around a month away (give or take) from Apple's next iPhone launch event. This year's shindig could see the thinnest iPhone to date joining the iPhone 17 lineup. Also on tap could be new Apple Watch models — including the first Ultra model in two years — and (maybe) the long-awaited AirPods Pro 3.

Just when it seemed clear exactly what was coming when for the new iPhones, a new part of the puzzle has become apparent.