iOS 18.1 has the first Apple Intelligence features, here’s what’s coming

iOS 18.1 is almost here. When it arrives, it will bring the first set of Apple Intelligence capabilities. Here’s the full list of AI features coming to your iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iOS 18.1 and more.

First set of Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.1

Assuming you have a supported device, here is the full list of features Apple says you’ll be able to enjoy with iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.

• Writing Tools: Use systemwide tools to proofread, rewrite, or reformat your text.
• Clean Up in Photos: Remove unwanted objects from your photos with ease.
• Create a Memory movie in Photos: Type a description, and AI will create a new Memory movie on demand.
• Natural language search in Photos: Find just the right photos and videos with search that actually works.
• Notification summaries: Receive more actionable and helpful notifications thanks to AI summaries.
• Siri enhancements: Enjoy the first version of Apple’s new and improved Siri, with new product knowledge, more resilient request handling, new look and feel, more natural voice, the ability to type to Siri, and more.
• Priority messages in Mail: AI will put the most important email front and center.
• Smart Reply in Mail and Messages: Use suggested replies that are better than ever.
• Summaries in Mail and Messages: Get thread summaries that are more informative than a simple excerpt.
• Reduce Interruptions Focus: Stay undistracted, except when something’s actually important.
• Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing in Focus: Get the benefit of your existing Focus modes, but with AI that only allows important alerts through.

Requirements for accessing Apple Intelligence

In order to use iOS 18.1’s Apple Intelligence features, you’ll need to meet several requirements, the chief of which include:

1. You need a compatible device like an iPhone 16
2. Your device needs to be set to US English and be outside the EU or China
3. You’ll need to join a waitlist before receiving feature access

iOS 18.1 feature wrap-up

iOS 18.1 is just the start for Apple Intelligence. With new sets of features dropping every couple months, expect for AI to transform the way your devices work.

Which of the first Apple Intelligence features are you most excited about? If you’re running the iOS 18.1 beta, which features have you used most? Let us know in the comments.

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