All of the Apple Intelligence Features Not Included in the iOS 18.1 Beta

[originalmagneto]

Don’t give up over Siri, I’ve had her for years and she still won’t tell me what color clothes she’s wearing.

My biggest issue is that every time I ask Siri something now, I feel bad about the lake I’m draining.😐

The Siri that was demonstrated at the later stage of the presentation, with all the different hooks into the internal datatsystem, is what excites me. I don’t give a fick about the “old Siri” TBH, but I am afraid that the “new Siri” will be a game changer and that I won’t be able to use it in my native language (although I have experience with a lot of LLMs that are somehow language agnostic and understand Slovak language). Apple just treats its customers outside of the US as 3rd rate junk. It’s just a sad story, don’t want to bother anyone with it, but I’d be glad if more creators with a VOICE would bring this issue up with Apple more and create a social push against their discriminatory practices.

 

[RoadWarrior56]

I am so unenthused about "Apple Intelligence" or any other name for it. Few things in this world are dumber than computers trying to think for us. It may be a big deal for some people, but it is just not for me. And maybe beyond my built-in prejudice against AI, is the fact that more and more unwanted "features" and complexity are being shoehorned into what is still a handheld device, in an effort to make me want to continuously update an already-ready mature product. IMO, the iPhone 13 generation reached the pinnacle for my needs, and I am only going to update going forward much less frequently, AI or not.

 

[ifxf]

Is Tim Cook understaffing OS developer team to save money or something? This is unacceptable.

Starting iOS19, they will introduce features and release them with iOS20.

Apple has become so slow paced with Tim. I know that Apple needs to finetune software, but it is executive”s responsibility to push team members to meet the deadline. None of Apple’s executives seem to be good at this.

Pushing teams to make a deadline means that quality will suffer.

 

[ifxf]

They are currently doing beta testing of iOS 18. Betas are rarely without some bugs. That is how they test and find bugs. The public betas are never the most recent code with all of the changes that haven’t been fully integrated.

It’s likely that they will be able to resolve most of the issues in the next two months before the 18.0 release. Most of the AI features will not be released until 18.1 which is usually in October. The more advanced AI features will not be released until later releases of 18 once they are ready.

You’ve got other people posting on hear that it is pathetic that every single feature won’t ship with 18.0. There is no pleasing everyone.

It is one of the few releases in the past few years with features I want to use like the new control panel and the ability to remove the flashlight/camera on the lock screen. I don’t currently care about the AI features so don’t care if they are moved to a dot release.

 

[mdatwood]

> Functionality that includes onscreen awareness, personal context,

The bar is low, but Siri is already much better. It also seems to have some personal context today. From what I've seen, I'm encouraged.

 

[victorvictoria]

It's even funnier when I see posts like yours, people who will do ANYTHING to justify Apples awful direction and decisions lately because you need to make yourself feel better.

No one is a "hater", people pay good hard earned money for this stuff and expect quality, it was always the way until recently Tim chased the headset dream and let the rest turn to ****.

In no reality is this acceptable from Apple, all of this stinks of failure and chasing fads, AI was a last ditch decision after the headset flopped spectacularly. No way did the they intend for the 15 series to ever have AI, hence the lack of RAM on the 15/plus and I believe they probably didn't want it on the 16 series either.

but but but look at the animations!!!!!££%£@@

You should serve some cheese and crackers with that whine! You're under no obligation whatsoever to buy or use Apple products if you don't like them. Windows and Android are SO much better, and cheaper, too! Feel free to leave this forum any time, SmugMaverick!

 

[mattopotamus]

Isn’t this pretty much everything we actually cared about? lol

It's literally just a different animation when you activate Siri now.

 

[ThunderSkunk]

Isn’t this pretty much everything we actually cared about? lol

I was just thinking, Is there anything in there I care about?
And the answer is no.

 

[svish]

Expecting to see a slow rollout of all these features.

 

[Bogstandard]

This stuff looks to be mostly features that would appear as evolutionary developments to a product.
Nothing special to see here.
Calling it "Apple Intelligence" is just like sticking a BMW Roundel on a Honda Civic coupe.

The "Apple Intelligence" coverage seems to have a whiff of appology/disappointment about it.
imo.

A polychromatic flashing at the border of my phone screen? C'mon.

 

[nt5672]

I can already see it...

"All of the Apple Intelligence Features Not Included in the iOS 18.2 Beta"

"The Apple Intelligence Features We Are Still Waiting for, as of the iOS 18.3 Beta"

"The Two Apple Intelligence Features That Will Not Be Available until the iOS 19 Beta"

And last but not least,

"The Apple Intelligence Feature We May Never See"

Remember Apple is no longer about functionality, but just marketing.

As long as the headlines keep heaping praise on Cook, we'll see less and less correctly working functionality. In Cook's mind I think he just sees "$$$$$" certainly not customer satisfaction, and it is cheaper and easer to understand marketing spend, than actually getting the technology right.

 

[nt5672]

Expecting to see a slow rollout of all these features.

That should be "...a slow buggy rollout..."

 

[nt5672]

One of the biggest myths in tech is that pushing teams harder results in hitting deadlines. No, it results in mistakes like the Crowdstrike bug last week. Just like nine women can’t have a baby in a month, building complex software - correctly - takes time.

Now, should they have started a year earlier? Heck yeah. But given the late start, delaying a month or two is better than Apple Maps 1.0. One of the worst things a company can do is release software because of an arbitrary date vs when it’s ready.

While this is certainly 100% true, it is not true that simply changing the date fixes things.

Good development takes a balance of resources (people), time, and quality. If any of these are out of balance then the project will have significant problems either with meeting deadlines or quality.

If you have too many people, then no one can see enough of the project to make it work well as a whole and complexity will delay the project, bugs will infiltrate it.

Too few people, then functionality and quality has to be sacrificed to meet deadlines.

I suspect this is Cook's problem, he does not understand how to set realistic deadlines or how to staff projects. His only concern is how he looks at the Keynote (or in the headlines afterwards) and how much he limits spending.

My guess, that as a Supply Chain guru, he keeps a tight rain on resources and it appears, based on Apple's low performance with software quality lately, that he does not understand how to correctly staff tech development and R&D.

 

[jmadara]

I can already see it...

"All of the Apple Intelligence Features Not Included in the iOS 18.2 Beta"

"The Apple Intelligence Features We Are Still Waiting for, as of the iOS 18.3 Beta"

"The Two Apple Intelligence Features That Will Not Be Available until the iOS 19 Beta"

And last but not least,

"The Apple Intelligence Feature We May Never See"

I hope you're getting paid for these. ;-)

 

[Digital Dude]

Is Tim Cook understaffing OS developer team to save money or something? This is unacceptable.

Starting iOS19, they will introduce features and release them with iOS20.

Apple has become so slow paced with Tim. I know that Apple needs to finetune software, but it is executive”s responsibility to push team members to meet the deadline. None of Apple’s executives seem to be good at this.

Man, do I agree with you on that! iOS 17.5.1 was one of the worst software versions, and for so long, that I stopped buying any new Apple gear. Sure, it’s sorta better than the other guys, but not by much. 🙄

 

[Henk Poley]

🤔 I see people mention on Twitter that some notifications get a badge along the lines of 'maybe important', based on a feature called 'Reduce Interruptions' of Focus mode.

Is that not 'Priority Notifications'?

 

[Rogifan]

• Photos - While the Memory Maker feature is active in Photos, the Clean Up tool that removes unwanted objects from images with a tap is not available.

Release this why is it taken so long jesus

Doesn’t Google already have this?

 

[ProbablyDylan]

🤔 I see people mention on Twitter that some notifications get a badge along the lines of 'maybe important', based on a feature called 'Reduce Interruptions' of Focus mode.

Is that not 'Priority Notifications'?

This is exactly what I'm saying haha. I'm thinking "Priority Notifications" works regardless of focus mode, so that it would surface the notifications you care about and put them above all the random TikTok/X/Meta garbage notifications.

 

[Gix1k]

My type to Siri isn’t working. I get the bar at the bottom but nothing I do brings up the keyboard.

 

[jeremz1ne]

Doesn’t Google already have this?

I believe so, i think google has had it for the past 3 years ( could be wrong ) but i know adobe has had it for a longer then a year and was just introduced into lightroom this last update, so it shouldn't be hard for apple to just figure that out and release it

 

[JimmyHook]

Apple should really push back iOS 18 by 3-6 months and take some time to get these features solid.

Why bother even releasing a half-finished iOS 18, just to keep an arbitrary schedule? Is there anyone actually clamouring for features that aren't related to Apple Intelligence?

Why? iOS 18 has many other improvements. Apple ALWAYS staggers their feature releases, every year. And every year, a tiny minority of people complain online like they are entitled to get everything now, like little children.

 

[Und Eser]

Why? iOS 18 has many other improvements. Apple ALWAYS staggers their feature releases, every year. And every year, a tiny minority of people complain online like they are entitled to get everything now, like little children.

In my experience, the most childish comments seem to come from those complaining about the complainants.

 

[Dog Bone Malone]

I fear Apple will milk the living daylights out of this AI. Stringing us along all the way to the iPhone 96, whilst peasants part with their hard earned money.

I see you, Apple intelligence.

Pixel 9 pro XL it is for me this September😀

(dons tin hat)

 

[SactoGuy18]

I think they want to make sure the basic functionality actually works in the first place. With the feedback from this beta, I expect more functionality will be added in iOS 18.1 Beta 2 in a few weeks.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Isn’t this pretty much everything we actually cared about? lol

This is what we used to call vaporware. Announcements, demos, details. But no actual product in sight. Release date TBD.