Apple iOS 11.4: here is all we know so far

With AirPlay 2, you will be able to wirelessly stream audio from an iPhone or iPad to multiple devices simultaneously, so you could have two HomePods blasting out sound together for a fuller, more refined sound experience, or you can have a HomePod and an Apple TV connected simultaneously for multi-room audio.

Interestingly, AirPlay 2 was available to try in iOS 11.3 beta 1 and beta 2, but apparently Apple engineers could not finalize the feature in time and it will launch with a future iOS update, likely iOS 11.4.

Messages on iCloud was another feature that some expected might land in iOS 11.3, but it did not, which naturally pushes expectations that Apple will introduce it in iOS 11.4.

Messages on iCloud is as simple and straightforward as it sounds: the ability for iMessage to store conversations and attachments online. The big benefit of having this feature is that when you switch to a new device, you will have all your chat history and files preserved. This is a feature that many other messaging services support, but Apple will clearly want to ensure proper privacy for your chat history and that might be one reason why the company is taking its time with this.

We expect Apple to start publishing beta versions of the iOS 11.4 software in the near future, while the final, public version of the iOS 11.4 update will likely come in a few months.

There is no official release date just yet, but we would not be surprised if Apple brought the update a bit before its annual WWDC 2018 developer conference, which starts on June 4th.