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Apple unveiled its suite of AI features back at WWDC24 back in June, dubbed Apple Intelligence. The feature set requires an iPhone 15 Pro or later for iPhone, and an M1 chip or later for iPad and Mac. The great thing about Apple Intelligence is that most of these features run on device, prioritizing privacy.

The features below are currently available in iOS 18.1 beta, which should release to the public in October. Additional features will be coming later.

Writing Tools

One of the top Apple Intelligence features is Writing Tools, allowing you to quickly proofread, rewrite, or change the tone of your writing. It isn’t intended to generate completely new text, and it instead focuses on improving your writing.

This feature is available practically anywhere you’re able to write. Just select some text, and you should see Writing Tools in a context menu.

Apple Intelligence writing tools in iPadOS 18.1

Apple Intelligence Summaries

Apple Intelligence aims to help you out by providing summaries in everyday places, such as Notifications, Mail, and Safari. If you have a stack of notifications from one app, Apple Intelligence will try to summarize all of them into a one liner, that way you can keep up with everything going on with a quick glance, which is particularly helpful in group chats.

In Mail, it’ll also summarize emails from the Mail list view, which is far more useful than just seeing the first two lines of the email. If you tap into the email, you can also see a more detailed summary, still saving you time if you don’t want to read a whole email.

You can also use it to summarize articles in Reader Mode while in Safari.

Apple Intelligence notification summaries

New Focus Mode option

With Apple Intelligence, you can enable a new setting called “Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing” on any focus mode, which will allow any app to break through your Focus Mode, if Apple Intelligence determines that it might be important.

For example, you might have iMessage notifications disabled from non co-workers while in your Work focus. However, if a family member texts you with something urgent, you should get notified still.

Memory Creation

In the Photos app, you can create a Memory Movie with just a short description. You could write something like “hanging with friends in Los Angeles in June”, and it’ll gather a bunch of photos and create a movie for you, containing all of those memories.

Photos with Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1

Clean Up

With the new Photos app, you can use Apple Intelligence to clean up your photos. If someone’s in the background and you’d like to remove them, you can simply draw a line around them, and the system will intelligently remove them from the photo and replace the background.

You can also remove random background objects that seem out of place, to make your photo look less cluttered.

Coming later

This is just the beginning of Apple Intelligence, and more features should come later. Later this year, we should get support for ChatGPT within Siri. And next year, the all new Siri should begin rolling out, allowing you to ask Siri more complex questions and actually get proper answers, thanks to Apple Intelligence. The new Siri will also have personal context, and should be able to properly assist you with your day.

Apple’s image generation features, such as Genmoji and Image Playground, are also on the roadmap, but not yet available in beta.

Apple Intelligence ChatGPT iOS 18

Here’s everything iOS 18.1’s writing tools can do with Apple Intelligence

Writing tools in Apple Intelligence

iOS 18.1 is officially here, bringing a host of AI features to users. If you have a compatible device, your notifications are now smarter than ever, the Photos app more powerful, and Siri has learned a few new tricks. Apple Intelligence also introduces new writing tools across iOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, and iPadOS 18.1. Here’s how AI is set to improve your writing across all your devices.

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Notifications in iOS 18.1 could be the first killer Apple Intelligence feature

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Something rings true about Apple’s catchphrase for Apple Intelligence: ‘AI for the rest of us.’ AI can do some really impressive (and problematic) things. But sometimes it’s the boring, practical improvements that are actually most useful. For example, every day ‘the rest of us’ endure the tedious task of notification management. And in iOS 18.1, Apple has made notifications so much better thanks to AI summaries.

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Apple Intelligence is here: iOS 18.1 includes Writing Tools, a new look for Siri, notification summaries, and more

After a lot of marketing hype and developer testing, Apple Intelligence is finally here, with the public release of iOS 18.1 rolling out now. Apple Intelligence is available on all iPhone 16 models and iPhone 15 Pro, the new iPad mini, or older Macs and iPads powered by the M1 chip or newer.

iOS 18.1 includes the first wave of Apple Intelligence functionality. More features are coming in iOS 18.2, and later in 2025. The headline features available now include Writing Tools, notification summaries, a new visual update for Siri, Photos enhancements, and more. Here’s everything new …

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Genmoji T-Rex Messages

Apple beginning to let more users off of Genmoji waitlist in iOS 18.2 beta

Apple released iOS 18.2 developer beta 1 earlier this week, with ChatGPT support, Image Playground, Image Wand, and Genmoji. However, the latter image generation features required a waitlist, one that many found themselves stuck on. A small number of users gained access quickly, but the vast majority have been waiting, unable to access the new features.

However, a decent wave of users have reported gaining access today.

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Apple didn’t release the iPad 11 this year, and this is probably why

Apple refreshed the iPad mini about a week ago, with an A17 Pro chip and support for Apple Intelligence. However, that was the only announcement. There was no refresh to the base model iPad. This had previously been expected, but it’s still a bit puzzling. The current base iPad is over two years old, why is Apple leaving it outdated?

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PSA: Genmoji and Image Playground rollout in iOS 18.2 beta might take a few weeks

Image Tools Apple Intelligence iOS 18.2

Apple this week released the first beta of iOS 18.2 to developers, which brings additional Apple Intelligence features – such as integration with ChatGPT, Image Playground and Genmoji. However, when it comes to the features related to image generation, beta users may have to wait a few weeks before trying them out.

The rollout strategy is part of Apple’s emphasis on its Responsible AI principles…

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Smartphone buyers meh on AI, care much more about battery life

Smartphone buyers meh on AI | Priority notifications shown on the iPhone 16

Apple may be pitching Apple Intelligence as a key reason to upgrade to the iPhone 16, but it seems that most smartphone buyers are far more interested in the basics – like battery life.

A survey found that only a relatively small minority of consumers are currently using AI features on their smartphones, and it doesn’t yet seem to be a purchase driver …

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iOS 18.2 lets you ask Siri about what’s on your screen

Siri ChatGPT iOS 18.2

Even before releasing iOS 18.1 to the public, Apple has released the first developer beta of iOS 18.2, which includes many new Apple Intelligence features. One of the new features is the long-awaited integration with ChatGPT, and thanks to this, you can now ask Siri for details about what you’re seeing on your device’s screen.

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