We’ve seen a lot of changes come with iOS 18, and the familiar Photos app is one of the apps that Apple has given a major overhaul. You’ll notice that it looks considerably different once you open it up on your iPhone, after applying the latest software updates.
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There’s no need to panic: all your photos and videos are still there. However, there have been some changes, hopefully for the better, to the way you work through your library.
The overhaul isn’t nearly as dramatic if you’ve upgraded to macOS 15 Sequoia, by the way. On the desktop, the Photos app looks more or less the same, though you’ll notice some differences in the way photos and videos are marked up.
Once you open the recently upgraded Photos app on your iPhone, you’ll notice that the tabs at the bottom of the screen have been removed – there’s now a unified view that combines the previous Photos, For You, and Albums tabs into one long feed. You’ll now have to scroll down to find some of the curated collections that previously existed in separate tabs.
