Apple Intelligence, the name of Apple’s home grown generative AI, takes another step forward with the public beta releases for iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2 and MacOS Sequoia 15.2. This drop includes some of the most exciting Apple Intelligence features like GenMoji, Image Playground and the ChatGPT integration for Siri.
The public beta release of iOS 18.2 follows the latest public release of iOS 18.1, which includes a handful of Apple Intelligence features like AI-suggested writing tools that pop up in documents or emails, photo tools including Clean Up to remove unwanted parts of an image, and a number of Siri changes. The most conspicuous changes to Siri include a new voice designed to sound more natural, the ability to understand the context of conversations, a new glowing border around the display when Siri is running, and a new double-tap gesture on the bottom of the screen to type to Siri.
The iOS 18.2 developer beta has even more features including visual intelligence for the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro, which uses the new Camera Control button to trigger a search of whatever the camera is pointed at — similar to Google Lens.
Hype for Apple’s AI has been on the rise ever since Apple Intelligence stole the show during the WWDC keynote back in June and took a step forward at the It’s Glowtime event earlier in September that introduced the iPhone 16 lineup. While we are definitely in the first few steps of the generative AI marathon, the formal release of Apple Intelligence is proof that Apple is dedicated to the new technology and how it can improve its phones and computers.
Apple Intelligence won’t be limited to just the iPhone and will be added across Apple’s multiple OSes.
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While some of Apple’s AI features sound genuinely useful, the limited rollout to only certain iPhones, iPads and Macs (iPhone 15 Pro models or later, and Macs and iPads with M-series chips) means they won’t be used by everyone. We will, hopefully, begin to understand what those features will actually be capable of doing.
What will Apple Intelligence do?
