iOS 18 superguide
Passwords and privacy
There’s a great new app for password management
The need for privacy is at the heart of every Apple update, and iOS 18 is no exception.
Before, when you gave an app access to your Contacts, it could review all the people you’ve added over time. This behaviour has changed, and you can now set which contacts an app can see.
When you pair Bluetooth accessories with your iPhone, they become visible to everything else on the network. In iOS 18, you can pair a device and also keep it private, as long as the developer builds this feature into their products.
Passwords is a new app introduced by iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia, and is also available on Vision Pro and even Windows, using the iCloud for Windows app. Building on 25 years of development of Apple Keychain, Passwords securely stores information such as your Wi-Fi passwords, app passwords, website passwords, verification codes, shared passwords, ‘Sign in with Apple’ and Passkeys, and lets you access them in one place. Boasting an interface that’s immediately familiar to anyone who’s used the