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iOS 18.3 Features: Everything New in iOS 18.3
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it doesn’t matter how many updates they do its not going to get better it’s way more important things that need attention but they focused on wall papers and making cartoon images
The delay for emoji to appear when you type what you want is still there (maybe a bit better), e.g. typing ‘done’ when you want ✅. That’s a daily annoyance. Is this the same for everybody?
Don't care a jot about "AI" or new "features."
Fix the f***ing bugs. Stop chasing the next shiny thing.
It's pretty f***ing simple, Apple.
Fix the f***ing bugs. Stop chasing the next shiny thing.
It's pretty f***ing simple, Apple.
I guess in Apple's view not enough people were turning it on 🤷 A very Apple way of thinking: "If you don't like doing it our way, have fun figuring out how to not do it our way."
This is one of those features in which the user is the product, so they need that userbase.
This is one of those features in which the user is the product, so they need that userbase.
I'll hazard a guess that in this years OS releases there will be no option to even turn it off. They probably just do that now because it's still in Beta testing.
I actually think (hope?) they will keep the option in. They probably don't want to get into another pissing contest with the EU, at least after remembering how the previous ones went for them.
Respectfully, you’re not using the same feature, you’re using ChatGPT’s voice feature which is a lot simpler from the phone’s perspective.
What Apple’s feature is doing is having the phone listen to the request, process on device to determine whether Siri can answer it or not, and if it determines it can’t, anonymously send it out to ChatGPT. Which requires significantly more processing power than ChatGPT’s feature that opens a connection to ChatGPT servers, sends your requests, then does all the processing on their servers.
Again, if Apple was restricting the feature to get people to upgrade they would have either not had it work with the 15 Pros, or would have it it work with all the 15 phones. The fact that it is enabled for the 15 pros that have 8GB of RAM and doesn’t work with the regular 15s, that have 6GB of RAM strongly suggests the issue is the chip in the phone.
Edit: I’ll add you’re also not missing anything. At least at this point, using ChatGPT via a shortcut or the action button is going to be significantly more reliable.
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Be nice, or The Corporation will remove the Calculator just for you. They know where you live. 🤓
Just been chatting to a friend and they said when they updated on their Mac as soon as the Mac rebooted, they went to the AI setting and disabled it right away, before it had a chance to finish downloading the AI stuff. i don;lt know if what it downloaded will stay on the MAc or it will vanish. That will only work if you don't have a superfast broadband service
I had intended to do this with my 2024 M3 Air, but with it still on 15.2, which never had Apple Intelligence enabled because it was all opt-in through 15.2, I found it already had the "Apple Intelligence" steaming pile of 4.79 gigabytes showing up in Settings → General → Storage → click the (i) next to MacOS.
In my opinion, perhaps the best option would be to turn off Wifi (router) while the Mac reboot, disable Apple Intelligence and only then turn the router on again.
Edit: Typo
AI the "Next Shiny Thing"???
Talk to any major company, AI is absolutely huge and a game changer and something they are spending tons of cash on. Not a flash in the pan....
But then yesterday it started to seem that tech companies dropping all that cash on AI wasn't so smart after all.
That seems like overkill. Most of Apple Intelligence is already in the OS and has been for months now. Any additional download after enabling will almost certainly be able to be purged if the OS needs the space.
And, as I’ve said in other threads, AI is coming to your OSes regardless. In a couple of years having an OS without built in AI will sound as crazy as an OS not having a built in web browser.
Not because it wasn’t useful or needed, but because it can (potentially) be developed for orders of magnitude less money and without massive data center buildout.
In fact, yesterday’s news is fantastic for Apple, as it implies they’ll be able to perform a lot of functionality on device.
Same here. Not sure what the article is talking about. After the update, there was a screen to turn it on or "skip for now" so I chose that.
It was disabled before the update and it's still disabled.
Great does it fix all the bluetooth issues with the iphone 16 ?
iOS 18.3 is the third major update to the iOS 18 operating system, and while it isn't as feature rich as iOS 18.1 or iOS 18.2, there are some Apple Intelligence changes worth knowing about, as well as as some other tweaks, bug fixes, and security updates.
This guide covers everything new in iOS 18.3.
Apple Intelligence
After updating to iOS 18.3, Apple Intelligence is an opt-out feature, not an opt-in feature. If you didn't have Apple Intelligence turned on, it's now turned on automatically, and you will need to go to the Apple Intelligence section of the Settings app to turn it off.
Apple Intelligence will also be automatically enabled on devices running iPadOS 18.3 and macOS Sequoia 15.3.
Apple Intelligence is available on the iPhone 15 Pro models, iPhone 16 Pro models, the iPad mini 7, and all Macs and iPads with an M-series chip. On these devices, Apple Intelligence is now turned on automatically when iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, or macOS Sequoia 15.3 is installed. In prior updates, you had to explicitly turn Apple Intelligence on to be able to use the feature set.
Visual Intelligence
For iPhone 16 models, there are new Visual Intelligence features that are accessible with Camera Control.
You can now use Visual Intelligence to add an event to the Calendar app, or to identify plants and animals.
Apple Intelligence Notification Summaries
iOS 18.3 makes several changes to Apple Intelligence Notification summaries to address complaints over notifications that have false news headlines.
Notification summaries for the News and Entertainment category have been temporarily disabled, and Apple is working on improvements. The feature will return in a future software update, but for now, these types of notifications will not be aggregated and summarized.
In the Settings app, when a user activates Notification summaries, Apple has added a warning that this is a beta feature, and that errors are a possibility.
For summaries that are still available through Apple Intelligence, the text is italicized as a way to distinguish them from standard notifications.
Apple also added an option to manage whether notifications are summarized for an app right from the Lock Screen. To turn off summaries from the Lock Screen, swipe to the left on a Notification summary and then tap on options to get to the menu to disable it on a per-app basis.
Calculator
Apple made a change to the Calculator app, returning a feature that was removed with iOS 18. You can once again tap the equals sign twice to repeat the last mathematical operation.
Apple removed repeating operations in iOS 18, but it's back. Some iPhone owners who used the Calculator app for things like calculating compound interest will now be able to do so again.
Black Unity Wallpaper
The update adds a new wallpaper to go along with a new watch face and new Apple Watch band that were announced today.
Bug Fixes
There are fixes for a couple of notable bugs.
Security Updates
- Siri Keyboard - The update addresses a bug that could cause the keyboard to disappear after you typed in a Siri request with the Type to Siri feature.
- Apple Music - iOS 18.3 fixes a bug that could cause audio playback to continue even after the Apple Music app is closed.
iOS 18.3 fixes 25 security vulnerabilities, including one that was actively exploited. A CoreMedia vulnerability could be used to elevate privileges, and Apple is aware of reports that it may have been used on devices running iOS 17.1 or earlier.
A Photos vulnerability could allow an attacker with physical access to an unlocked device to access the Photos app even when the iPhone is locked, and Apple fixed several issues with AirPlay that could allow attackers to execute code or crash apps.
Two kernel vulnerabilities that could let malicious apps gain kernel privileges were addressed, and there are a handful of WebKit fixes for Safari. Given the number of security holes that were patched, it's a good idea to install the software to get the latest fixes.
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