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All of the Apple Intelligence Features Not Coming in iOS 18.1
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Good, because they borked Siri to the point of being useless. Yes the accuracy is marginally better, but when it takes 10 seconds to respond, it’s useless.
With iOS 18.1, Apple plans to introduce the first Apple Intelligence features, but we're only getting a small sample of the functionality that's going to be rolling out over the next year. Writing Tools, summaries, and smart replies are coming, but more exciting AI options like Image Playground won't be available until later.
This guide includes what's not coming in iOS 18.1, along with current rumors on when we can expect those features. For a feature list of what you can expect to see in iOS 18.1, check out our iOS 18.1 Apple Intelligence guide.
Image Playground
Image Playground will let you generate cartoon-style images using any phrase. It'll be a standalone app, but it will also be integrated into Messages and Notes. In the Notes app, Image Playground can be used to generate an image based on what you've written.
In Messages and in the Image Playground app itself, you can make up whatever you want, even using pictures of your friends and contacts to inspire images. Apple is sticking to non-realistic styles for these, so you won't get anything photorealistic that can be mistaken for real.
Genmoji
Genmoji is similar to Image Playground, but it's a feature that lets you generate any emoji that you want. Right now, you're limited to the emoji characters defined by the Unicode Consortium, but that'll change with Genmoji.
You can design all kinds of things, just like you can with Image Playground. Want a dog eating pancakes? No problem. An alligator skateboarding? The Genmoji feature will be able to create it. As with Image Playground, you can base Genmoji on photos of your friends. Genmoji that you create can be used just like emoji, but people you send them to will need to have iOS 18 for the Genmoji to display properly.
Image Wand
Image Wand is an Image Playground-based feature coming to the Notes app. You can use it to insert images into your Notes based on context. On the iPad, you can draw a crude graphic and have Image Wand whip up something nice to accompany your notes.
Priority Notifications
Priority notifications will show up at the top of your notification stack, so you can get to what's most important first.
In the Mail app, Apple is adding a feature that will sort your incoming messages into categories automatically for better management of things like newsletters and purchase emails.
Siri
Some initial Siri updates are coming in iOS 18.1, such as Siri's new glow that encompasses the edges of the display, but a lot of the more advanced functionality isn't going to be available until later.
Apple is working on onscreen awareness, personal context, and the ability to take more actions in and across apps.
Onscreen awareness will let Siri take actions when you ask something about what's on your display. If you're looking at a photo and want to message it to your friend Eric, you'll be able to tell Siri to "Send this picture to Eric," and Siri will understand and do it.
Personal context will let Siri do more with your personal data like emails and messages. This is an on-device feature, and it will let Siri learn more about you, who you're communicating with, and how you use your device. Personal context will let you do things like ask Siri to find a specific message, or remind you when you took a photo that you're looking for.
The Siri option to take more actions in and across apps will drastically improve what Siri is capable of. You'll be able to move files from one app to another and control app functions with Siri that you never could before. It'll work in third-party apps as well as Apple's own apps.
ChatGPT Integration
Apple is adding a feature that will let Siri hand complex queries off to OpenAI's ChatGPT, but this won't be available in iOS 18.1.
Additional Languages
Apple Intelligence is available in U.S. English only as of now, but support for additional languages will be coming in the future.
When to Expect More Apple Intelligence Features
More Apple Intelligence features will come in iOS 18.2, iOS 18.3, and iOS 18.4.
We'll get iOS 18.2 before the end of 2024, and it is expected to include Image Playground, Genmoji, and ChatGPT Siri integration.
In January or so, we'll get iOS 18.3, which could potentially have some new Siri features.
iOS 18.4, which isn't expected until around March 2025, will have the bulk of the Siri Apple Intelligence features. We're also expecting to see Apple roll out support for additional languages in 2025.
iOS 18.1 Launch Date
iOS 18.1 is expected to see a release on Monday, October 28. Apple plans to release Apple Intelligence in a beta capacity, and the feature set will continue to be refined over time.
Article Link: All of the Apple Intelligence Features Not Coming in iOS 18.1
To take full advantage of Apple AI all new hardware needed. By iPhone 18 my normal replacement cycle will happen. Could work out nicely. Until then, CoPilot will do nicely.
Apple is slowly losing a capability to implement large scale projects such as AI or Apple Car. It also losing its hardware capabilities in terms of design, as witnessed by the slow evolution of iPhone. If it stops innovating, that's very bad. Will take decades but it starts somewhere. Apple Car was a starting piece that sucked resources, engineers, money and life out of the company. After failure of Apple Car, Apple lost its abiltiy to innovate. Let's see if it can regain it.
I expect the emails to be sorted into the following fixed categories:
- those that belong to the Emperor,
- ROT13-encoded ones,
- those based on an email template,
- those with an even number of paragraphs,
- mermails,
- belated ones,
- ones Cc'd by mistake,
- those included in the present classification,
- those with inconsistent font sizes,
- innumerable ones,
- those you thought you had sent but never even drafted,
- others,
- those written while eating an apple,
- those that from a long way off look like bird droppings.
Read the fine print: https://www.apple.com/iphone/#footnote-3
And note how the page specifically says "built for Apple Intelligence", not "featuring Apple Intelligence".
So not interested. Ways to make my phone slower and consume more storage.
Genmiji… really?. Is the best Apple can showcase????
Genmiji… really?. Is the best Apple can showcase????
while it is known that the features set for Apple Intelligence will be released in different phases, what new features of IOS 18 is eligible to the phones which are not AI capable is confusing and unclear.
like, the highlights feature of safari and the auto categorization of mails, in some websites they are said to be not AI powered whereas in some other websites they are part of Apple Intelligence.
would Apple mark clearly in the official, which of the new features are AI powered hence require the compatible phones?
like, the highlights feature of safari and the auto categorization of mails, in some websites they are said to be not AI powered whereas in some other websites they are part of Apple Intelligence.
would Apple mark clearly in the official, which of the new features are AI powered hence require the compatible phones?
You're right, they have not made this clear. I believe it is the Pro versions of the iPhone 15 and later. And then iPads and Macs with M1 or later. Hard to believe a phone you bought last year (iPhone 15 or 15 Plus) won't run an operating system just releasing now. Standard Apple bs move. I'm pretty sure if the four year old M1 can run it, a year old A16 and two year old A15 Bionic can do it too.
I upgraded from a 14 Pro to a 16 Pro Max, and I've gotta say a thing : without Apple Intelligence, it's a very small update IMO. The smallest update I've ever had.
It's such a shame that these features are delayed, and even worse, that they won't be available in other languages than English USA in 2024.
It's such a shame that these features are delayed, and even worse, that they won't be available in other languages than English USA in 2024.
SO all Apple AI features arrive in 18.4 IOS. March of 2025 according to this article.
This also means macOS will not see all Apple AI features until 15.4. Also not arriving until March 2025???
YIKES. just wait for macOS 16 then bata coming in June 2025.
This also means macOS will not see all Apple AI features until 15.4. Also not arriving until March 2025???
YIKES. just wait for macOS 16 then bata coming in June 2025.
And by then, even more features will be announced - coming soon…
However, the image/cartoon things doesn’t really matter if it’s late.
Oh, right. Live in EU, so won’t get the more useful features either
As if we didn’t already know that there is a toggle to enable AI that comes off as default…
So, in fact Apple sells you the new(old) iPhone which was sold as it had something extra in it, but instead it’s just last years iPhone with an extra button, so, no reason why less new(old) iPhones are sold, the audacity.
Server capacity? Or maybe it’s difficult to protect it against abusive generations
"iPhone 6 with apple intelligence"? What are these carriers smoking? Did iPhone 6 ever get any apple intelligence features ie did IOS 12.5 ever get any of those features ? I'm not shire but I doubt it, unless I missed something, it must be running in the cloud at any rate because the iphone6 certainly did not have the chips capable of running running them on device