iOS 18.1 Beta Now Offers Notification Summaries for All Apps

[MacRumors]

With the third beta of iOS 18.1, Apple has introduced new Apple Intelligence features for notifications. The notification summarization option that was previously available for the Mail and Messages apps now works with all of your apps.

After updating to the latest beta, there is an Apple Intelligence setup flow that walks through some of the new features and includes settings for the Summarize Notification Previews section.

During setup, you can opt to summarize all of your notification previews or choose which apps should use the summarization feature. After setup, these preferences can be tweaked in the Summarize Previews of the Settings app under the Notifications heading.

Notification summarization allows Apple Intelligence to glean key details from groups of notifications from an app, making them more succinct so you can see what's important at a glance. From the Settings app:

Summarize content in direct messages and groups of notifications making them more succinct and easier to read. Summary accuracy may vary based on content.

There are individual toggles to enable or disable summarization on a per-app basis, and it can also be entirely disabled for those who do not want to use the feature.

You will see notification summaries on the Lock Screen, and it is a feature that pairs well with the new Reduce Interruptions Focus Mode.

As with other Apple Intelligence features, notification summarization requires a device that can run Apple Intelligence, aka the iPhone 15 Pro models or an iPad or Mac with an M-series chip. The functionality is limited to developers who have installed the third beta of iOS 18.1 at the current time, but Apple Intelligence will see a public release later this year.

Today's beta also adds the Clean Up object removal tool to the Photos app.

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[TechRemarker]

Just noticed the icon in the article preview. I've been seeing that little icon on Apple Messages, and didn't know what it meant and thought had to do with RCS messages something. But now makes sense that its saying the message preview is AI generated. That solves that mystery.

 

[MaxBurn]

Duo Owl from Duolingo has entered the chat and he isn't happy...

 

[DoogH]

I hope they save the Siri UX updates for when they integrate ChatGPT.

 

[Slix]

As someone who reads every notification I get and disable the ones I don't need altogether, I can't imagine this feature will matter to me much at all. I am curious how well it will work though, and what kind of info it'll decide to leave out or keep in.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

As someone who absolutely despises notifications, and doesn't have them enabled for anything other than calls and messages....we'll see.

I'm not disregarding the idea just yet!

 

[Motawa]

Does this help for people spamming messages to me? It’s annoying getting notifications from certain friends like 5 in a row in 10 seconds

 

[wplynx]

Doesn’t seem to be working just yet. So far at least.

 

[macfacts]

This seems like apple has run out of ideas.

 

[svish]

Will have to try it out. Should be useful.

 

[tim_apple]

This seems like apple has run out of ideas.

Really? This seems like it could be really useful.

 

[macfacts]

so instead of "reading" 6 notifications,you have read 2, i wouldn't pay for this "feature".

 

[Motawa]

so instead of "reading" 6 notifications,you have read 2, i wouldn't pay for this "feature".

Nobody asking you to pay for this, what are you talking about.

 

[msackey]

I've lost track, but when Apple Intelligence comes out as part of iOS 18.1, will this feature be available for iPhone 12 Pro?

 

[toobravetosave]

so basically apple couldn’t figure out to show us notifications and instead will use chatgpt

jesus christ i miss my android sometimes

 

[surferfb]

As someone who absolutely despises notifications, and doesn't have them enabled for anything other than calls and messages....we'll see.

I'm not disregarding the idea just yet!

I recently installed the beta on my main device, and was on a three hour drive yesterday where I couldn't check my phone. Apple AI successfully summarized an 11-message group iMessage thread into a short sentence that was a completely accurate summary. I was shocked at how well it worked and how useful it was. Hopefully it works just as well on longer group chat threads, but color me surprisingly impressed.

 

[jarman92]

Working pretty well so far! This one accurately summarizes the previous 3 NYT alerts.

 

[DavidLeblond]

I want Eufy Security to just say "Yeah, I think your wife is watering the front lawn. I'll mute myself for an hour, no need to worry."

 

[yeah]

I've lost track, but when Apple Intelligence comes out as part of iOS 18.1, will this feature be available for iPhone 12 Pro?

It is only supported on devices with at least A17 Pro or M1 processors.

 

[wplynx]

So I figured why it wasn’t working. You have to have notifications show “always” instead of only when unlocked.

 

[wplynx]

Working pretty well so far! This one accurately summarizes the previous 3 NYT alerts.

You have to have notifications show “always” instead of only when unlocked.

 

[surferfb]

Working pretty well so far! This one accurately summarizes the previous 3 NYT alerts.

Well to quibble - I don't think the Supreme Court blocked Student Loan debt, but rather Student Loan debt relief. But still very useful from a "I get entirely too many notifications" standpoint - because I absolutely do.

Now if only it could recommend "you never, ever click on notifications for this app, would you like me to turn them off for you" then we'd be in business!

 

[macfacts]

Nobody asking you to pay for this, what are you talking about.

If you didn't pay for the top of the line iPhone last year, you have to buy new hardware to use apple intelligence.

 

[bluecoast]

I like that Apple is using AI to solve immediate issues - this will be very useful for hundreds of millions of people.

Like them or loathe them, notifications are an important part of an iPhone's experience for most and anything that can make them better, is most welcome.

 

[IceCool]

so basically apple couldn’t figure out to show us notifications and instead will use chatgpt

jesus christ i miss my android sometimes

Apple Intelligence isn't ChatGPT... At all.

The only area ChatGPT and Apple Intelligence connect is in Siri's ChatGPT integration. And in that regard Siri is not being powered by ChatGPT behind the scenes. Siri is only being given the ability - at the end-users discretion - to refer to ChatGPT when it fails to produce a result for the most demanding queries. And honestly, most people probably won't ever need it assuming Apple Intelligence Siri is as smart as most people are anticipating.