Apple Releases iOS 18.3 With Visual Intelligence and Notification Summary Improvements

[jblank]

whats the build number?

22D63

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

So it wouldn't work with, say, a software button in iPhone 15 Pro camera app? It needs a physical button?

Apple says so.
One of those baffling things…
Although given that it just uses Google and GPT as its sources you really aren’t missing out on any functionality…

 

[thefrost]

So it wouldn't work with, say, a software button in iPhone 15 Pro camera app? It needs a physical button?

The way it was intended was with Camera Control. I am not aware of any other way.

 

[Shorty89]

So it wouldn't work with, say, a software button in iPhone 15 Pro camera app? It needs a physical button?

Physical button only

 

[josehoward]

Ugh beautiful... Apple forgot to enable the Hearing test and Hearing device feature for Canada (already approved by Health Canada back in December). Now what, wait until 18.4? WTF!

 

[Realityck]

Released today
iOS 18.3 (22D63)- January 27, 2025
iPadOS 18.3 (22D63) - January 27, 2025
iPadOS 17.7.4 (21H414) - January 27, 2025
macOS 15.3 (24D60) -January 27, 2025
tvOS 18.3 (22K557) - January 27, 2025
visionOS 2.3 (22N896) - January 27, 2025
watchOS 11.3 (22S555) - January 27, 2025

 

[Mescagnus]

Visual intelligence with Camera Control (All iPhone 16 models)
- Add an event to Calendar from a poster or flyer
- Easily identify plants and animals

How did we ever live without this? Seriously, VI has huge theoretical potential, but if these are the leading examples they can think of to sell it, it clearly isn't ready for anything other than tech demo.

Well I for one am interested to learn if my four-legged pet is a cat or a dog, or could it be a meerkat.

 

[Mescagnus]

Physical button only

That's one intelligent physical button then! How did they squeeze visual intelligence into it? It must be one of those things only Apple can do.

 

[bigandtasty]

Is it just iOS 18.3 or is there an ipadOS 18.3 update as well?

 

[diego.caraballo]

Well I for one am interested to learn if my four-legged pet is a cat or a dog, or could it be a meerkat.

Exactly.
What’s the target public for this?
I’m baffled.

 

[It’s always something]

Is it just iOS 18.3 or is there an ipadOS 18.3 update as well?

It’s both.

 

[joseterra]

Released today
iOS 18.3 (22D63)- January 27, 2025
iPadOS 18.3 (22D63) - January 27, 2025
iPadOS 17.7.4 (21H414) - January 27, 2025
macOS 15.3 (24D60) -January 27, 2025
tvOS 18.3 (22K557) - January 27, 2025
visionOS 2.3 (22N896) - January 27, 2025
watchOS 11.3 (22S555) - January 27, 2025

Is it just iOS 18.3 or is there an ipadOS 18.3 update as well?

iPadOS 18.3 (22D63), as reported by Realityck

 

[HenryAH]

Why is visual intelligence iPhone 16 series only? Is the camera on iPhone 15 Pro / Max too inferior?

I agree with you, it is terrible that visual intelligence is not available for 15 Pro/Max

 

[I7guy]

Well I for one am interested to learn if my four-legged pet is a cat or a dog, or could it be a meerkat.

How about if a plant is poison ivy or not?

 

[talkingheads]

Does anybody else have this problem since updating to iOS 18? I have an iPhone 14 Pro and wireless Carplay in my 2024 Jeep Rubicon. Before I updated to iOS 18, everything was great, flawless in fact with CarPlay. But now when using wireless carplay when the next song starts the display is not changing to that song. It still shows the previous song and album. The display is not changing with the songs.

I really hope 18.3 will fix this.

 

[Minato1990]

Bring on 18.4 beta.
I skipped the 18.3 one but I’ll be there given its enticing enough

 

[Mescagnus]

Apple says so.
One of those baffling things…
Although given that it just uses Google and GPT as its sources you really aren’t missing out on any functionality…

I know, I was being sarcastic. Apple has got to try and boost the sales of iPhone 16 somehow. They would propably never expect users to have, for example, Google Lens as a widget on their iPhone. Somehow it manages to use the camera without a physical button AND recognise more than dogs and roses.

 

[bmolands]

So far Apple Intelligence has offered:

• Updating stuff I've already written to sound more professional or friendly
• Notification summaries that have been mostly disabled, because they weren't working
• Emojis that I can invent, but don't add any value.
• I can take pictures of plants or animals and get more information about it.

iOS 18 has been out since September and I have yet to see anything groundbreaking in anything coming out for being the flagship feature of the OS update. Feels like 12 months of development was completely for naught on the OSes.

 

[klasma]

How stable is this compared to 18.2?

18.2 lasted 47 days. 18.3 should last a bit longer.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

That's one intelligent physical button then! How did they squeeze visual intelligence into it? It must be one of those things only Apple can do.

Interestingly as I was typing that, 9to5Mac reported that “ visual intelligence” might become a control center option in a future update, meaning it could come to older phones.

iOS Decoded: Visual Intelligence Control Center shortcut, and more - 9to5Mac

In this episode of iOS Decoded, we uncover a new Visual Intelligence Control Center shortcut, Camera Pose, Music app updates, and more.

9to5mac.com

 

[ort888]

Countdown until an update breaks Tik Tok and all hell breaks loose...

 

[klasma]

So what does it break?

It breaks the record for the largest released iOS version number.

 

[Polinsky]

So it wouldn't work with, say, a software button in iPhone 15 Pro camera app? It needs a physical button?

That is correct.

 

[klasma]

So it wouldn't work with, say, a software button in iPhone 15 Pro camera app? It needs a physical button?

Yes. Read up on “embodied intelligence”.

 

[Mescagnus]

Exactly.
What’s the target public for this?
I’m baffled.

Maybe kids? They are adorably curious. It's a good reason to get a 6-year-old an iPhone 16!