Today, the first official release version of the brand new iOS 18 will arrive to our iPhones. Its main distinguishing feature is the presence of the fresh artificial intelligence Apple Intelligence, which Tim Cook and company have been buzzing about for a long time, how cool will it be.
However, as an iOS 18 beta user, I want to reach those who are eagerly awaiting the update for the ability to create their own emoji and read. squeeze from emails using AI: Apple is in no hurry to give us Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.0.. Only with the update to iOS 18.1 will it be possible to test the first functions of “apple intellectual“.
I’ll say more – judging by the data from analysts, the words of Apple itself and rumors, all the announced Apple’s artificial intelligence capabilities became available to iPhone users only in March 2025. That is, the iPhone 16 will be on sale,The first iPhone created for Apple Intelligence“, is accepted in a few days, but the AI itself will be brought into it a few months before the presentation of the next, 17th iPhone.
How so, you ask. Well, look how everything will change:
iOS 18.1 (October 2024)
The first major update to iOS 18 brings the following Apple Intelligence features:
● Siri learns to understand explanatory instructions and will respond even if you stumble over your words.
● Tools for correction, rewriting and creating a “squeeze” from texts on the iPhone will become available.
● The smartphone will suggest replies in the Messages and Mail applications.
● Photos will now feature a tool for removing photos from surfaces of people and objects.
● It will be possible to create a “Memories” from a video of photographs using a text description.
● Call recordings and their text transcripts will become available.
● They will introduce a new thought mode, which displays only important notifications, according to AI.
● A simplified application feature will appear from applications on your iPhone.
● Safari is getting a new feature that allows you to display article summaries in Reading Mode.
Yes, the new Siri call animation will also be available only starting with iOS 18.1. That is, today in iOS 18.0 there will be no Apple Intelligence features at all. But there will be other innovations, and there are quite a lot of them.
42 new features of iOS 18. All innovations and changes.
Okay, we waited until October, but where is ChatGPT built in? It will be available only in December.
iOS 18.2 (December 2024)
Why the next update will be in December – Apple itself said this at its presentation. It is this month that Apple Intelligence will become available in new English-speaking countries, such as:
▸ Australia
▸ Canada
▸ New Zealand
▸ South Africa
▸ UK
Along with the expansion of geography in iOS 18.2, three new Apple Intelligence features will be available:
● Image platform – creating images based on text description.
● Genmoji – create any emoji.
● ChatGPT integration with Siri.
Apple has said that ChatGPT will be available in conjunction with Siri by the end of the year, so this integration will likely arrive in iOS 18.2.
With the user’s permission, Siri can display information from ChatGPT in response to questions. ChatGPT is also integrated into Apple’s Write Tools feature, which allows you to include text and images. The integrated AI will be based on OpenAI’s latest GPT-4o model.
iPhone, iPad, and Mac users can use ChatGPT for free without creating accounts, while ChatGPT Plus subscribers can connect accounts to access premium features.
That’s all for now. The next batch of Apple AI capabilities will be delivered to us after the New Year holidays.
iOS 18.3 (January 2024)
After the New Year’s Courage, Apple will release a minor update with fixes for minor bugs and other things.systemic improvements“You can’t expect any new Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.3.
So, we’re at the finish line. The next update will be the final addition to this chain of Apple Intelligence work.
iOS 18.4 (March 2024)
It’s spring 2025, there are just over five months left until the presentation of the new iPhone 17, and we are getting the fourth update iOS 18, which will seriously upgrade Siri capabilities.
The virtual assistant learns to understand personal contextual voice queries, gets the function of screen information and more careful control over each application selected on our iPhones.
This was reported by the famous analyst Mark Gurman from Bloomberg. It was according to him that These features can’t wait until iOS 18.4.the release of which was supervised in March.
Also in this update, Apple will implement support for Apple Intelligence in new countries for Chinese, French, Japanese and Spanish. Russian is not expected in the foreseeable future, but we are not proud people. We will cope with the English laws of Apple AI.
And now everything, all previously announced Apple Intelligence functions will finally reach our iPhones. Everyone will be happy and will forget about the six months of waiting.
At this point I take off my mantle of visionary. It is a pity that Apple has elevated itself to some kind of absolute by introducing new functions and capabilities to its devices “later this year”, when it is no longer even “later this year”, but simply “next year”.
But never mind, let’s wait. Maybe it will be worth it.
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Source: Iphones RU
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