After updating to iOS 18, Photo App is not working on my iPhone 14 Pro

Same problem, my photos app crashes when I try to open. After two restarts, works once or twice then crashes again. I can view photos if I enter camera then click the photos in the corner, but won’t let me on the app as it crashes! Please fix!!!

I have a 12 pro, updated to iOS 18, my photo app closes during specific search. I was searching. Disney photos, every Disney search closes the app after hitting the’i’ key (Di) closes app upon entering i. How weird- other searches do not close the app. and the problem doesn’t happen on my xs max. Plenty of room in memory- closed & restart app- powered down & restart device- still happens on 12 pro

Having exactly the same problem with my iPhone14 on iOS 18. Photos app locking up and eventually crashing when opening up folders containing albums. I see the list of albums contained within the selected folder but the app straight away no longer responds and eventually gets killed. 256Gb model and only using around 85Gb.

That doesn't solve the problem, Apple needs to fix this ASAP.

I have no idea how they can make an app that doesn't report a bug but just crashes... they must have hired developers with only 1 year of experience.

An Apple Genius support agent advised me that this is likely a problem with my iPhone 14 Pro Max and took me through process to attempt to fix. Required 1. do full backup of everything to icloud. 2. download iTunes on PC. 3. use cable to do hard reset/restore of iPhone via iTunes. So after several hours doing all this and the anxiety of possibly losing everything on my iPhone, I got my iPhone restored. But Photos app was still not working correct. Same issues. Apple agent said that every iOS release has some issues and iOS 18 wasn't perfect but refused to accept that Photos app wasn't working due to iOS18 upgrade. I highlighted the large number of people on this forum with the same issue and they just said iOS 18 isn't perfect. Does Apple have any representatives read this forum? If so, please please get this fixed. It is a core part of the iPhone experience and it has been great for many years. But if it doesn't get fixed soon, I'm jumping to Samsung and will never buy another iPhone.

Hi guys

I encountered the same issue, although mine started over a week after updating to version 18. I tried restarting my phone, resetting network settings, and even resetting all settings, but nothing seemed to work. Eventually, I reached out to Apple Support, and they were able to help me fix it!

Here’s what worked: I changed my region from the United Kingdom to the United States, opened the Photos app, and it started working again! After that, I switched the region back to the UK, and it continued to work just fine.

Additionally, I had four languages set up on my phone, and the support agent advised me to temporarily remove them, which may have contributed to the solution as well.

I hope this helps anyone facing the same problem!

Same issue here - IOS 18 iPhone 16 Pro Max

App photo crash every time I try to edit a photo changing filters in my 256gb iPhone 15 pro max very annoying

Dear people,

The solution given by rtvman is the best temporary solution to my problem.

1. Open the Photo app

2. Click on the heading Albums >, so not directly on one of the albums

3. A Header appears with the buttons: Personal - Shared - Activity

4. I can now scroll freely through the list of albums

If you click directly on one of the albums in 2. it goes wrong.

I wish you good luck

Sattelplatzmeister

I am having similar issues when . I click auto edits in photos or edit a photo the app keeps on crashing it is very frustrating I am on iOS 18.0.1 on iPhone 16 Pro

same here!! i tried everything but my photos app keeps crashing eventhough i restart, turned off, force restart and even reset the settings. Also, i bought iCloud+ because i thought it might help because i have tons of pictures but yeah nothing helps, it still crashes. 😭 Please fix it already.

I have this exact issue on my iPhone 15 pro. Happens when I type w then i trying to search wildlife. It crashes every time. Other searches are fine. It also happens with some other searches too. My MacBook m3 air on Sequoia is doing the same. However my iPad Air 4 on iPad OS 18 is fine.