The public beta will be available next month, and the public update will follow later this fall, but you can install the developer beta now if you want.
To understand how this improves privacy, we need to get a little technical. To communicate with Wi-Fi networks, each device must identify itself with a unique address known as a Media Access Control MAC address. When you use the same MAC address to connect to all networks, it becomes extremely easy to track your activity and location over time.
Apple devices have had the ability to use a private Wi-Fi address for some time now. With private Wi-Fi addresses, your device uses a random MAC address for each network. While private Wi-Fi addresses philippines telegram data do increase privacy, they can still be tracked, especially if the private Wi-Fi address remains static and appears the same.
Rotating Wi-Fi addresses take the concept of private Wi-Fi addresses further by changing your MAC address at different times, making it harder to track your device. In iOS 18, rotating Wi-Fi addresses replace private Wi-Fi addresses.
While the private Wi-Fi address was enabled by default in previous iterations of iOS, you'll need to enable rotating Wi-Fi address at least in the beta we're currently testing because there's a potential for confusion more on that later.