What’s New in iPadOS 18.4 Developer Beta 2?

March 3, 2025

By:

Riley Hill

Apple has released the second developer beta of the much-anticipated iPadOS 18.4 release. Coming two weeks after the release of developer beta 1, there are still no signs of updated Siri functionality, which is now rumored to be pushed back to iPadOS 18.5.

Priority Notification Customization

Priority Notifications, previously released in developer beta 1, can now be enabled per app. In the previous beta, this was an all-or-nothing setting.

New Priority Notifications per-app settings panel — Per-app Priority Notification settings

New Emoji

iPadOS 18.4 adds seven new emoji, in accordance with yearly updates to the Emoji unicode standard. The new emoji are a face with bags under its eyes, a splat, a harp, a fingerprint, a root vegetable, a shovel, and a tree without leaves.

Apple Intelligence Control Center Toggles

The Siri section in Control Center has been renamed “Apple Intelligence & Siri”. In addition to the existing “Type To Siri” option, developer beta 2 adds a new “Talk to Siri” option.

New section in Control Center for Siri and Apple Intelligence options. It only shows “Talk to Siri” and “Type to Siri” — New Control Center section for Apple Intelligence & Siri options

Minor Tweaks

App Store Updates can now be paused.

Showing a paused app update in the App Store update panel — App Store updates can now be paused

Shortcuts adds a number of new actions across multiple Apple apps. These new options appear to focus on controlling app settings, and are believed to be intended for the upcoming Siri update, which aims to enhance Siri’s ability to interact with your apps.