Report: These 10 New AI Features Are Coming in iOS 18

[Neepman]

One can only pray that with those coming AI features there is a "turn that sh*t off!" button.

 

[wlossw]

"Suggested replies" are very cringe. People should still write their replies themselves. At least when writing to friends.

i only need one reply: k

 

[TVreporter]

“More natural interactions with Siri”

Apple is not a miracle worker!

 

[citysnaps]

One can only pray that with those coming AI features there is a "turn that sh*t off!" button.

Simply make a decision to not use them.

 

[citysnaps]

One can only pray that with those coming AI features there is a "turn that sh*t off!" button.

Simply decide to not use them.

 

[citysnaps]

So nice to see Apple are about 18 months behind the curve on pretty much anything to do with AI.

Why is that nice (assuming its true)?

 

[Sippincider]

I sure hope that we will get toggles for these “AI features”

Hoping the toggles will be prominent and clear, in a fully-redesigned Settings app.

Expecting the toggles to be scattered across multiple panes that make no sense.

 

[KurtWilde]

The only thing that will matter is if they let Siri work in the background without hijacking the entire screen.

 

[celtics_lucas]

Will AI features be on every iOS 18 supported device?

 

[Macaholic868]

So a bunch of features that you can already get in other apps slapped with the “AI” label since that’s the new buzzword. Meanwhile Siri, a supposedly “smart” assistant that has been behind the competition for nearly a decade, will continue to suck with some kind of enhancements slapped on thanks to a partnership with OpenAI instead of being totally rewritten from the ground up which it’s been clear has needed to happen for 5 plus years now? It took them over a year to deliver this? WTF? Tell me I’m missing something here ….. please …… 😂

 

[cardfan]

I’m in disbelief. They are behind in every possible way on software, they have a gazillion bugs, issues and glitches in every area of macOS (and although a bit less, in iOS) and they are still wasting time on emoji BS???
Are they out of their mind??

You’d be surprised what’s most important to mainstream buyers. Apple knows their market.

However Wall Street is all about AI and can’t get enough of this nonsense. Nvidia only adds to it powering much of it. Apple has no choice knowing their sales are in decline.

Apple says screw it. Here’s your AI emojis. Boxes checked.

 

[andrewxgx]

i mean, the list is pure cringe, but less cringe than MS Copilot cringe

 

[karranz]

Available only on iPhone 16 pro max ultra starting at 2500 euro.

 

[Mr_Ed]

Simply make a decision to not use them.

Depends how they implement them. If they are 100% unobtrusive and require that I take action to invoke them, then yes, I can simply “not use them.” Otherwise, we could have an something like this example:

I’m reading a web page and something shows up on the screen somewhere to let me know Safari “wants to be helpful” and I can tap there to get a “smart recap” of the web page. I can choose to “not use it” at that time, but I would prefer to not see the prompt at all. It’s an unsolicited distraction, and likely using up screen real estate on an already small mobile device screen. In that case I would prefer that these features be “opt in” (off by default), with settings somewhere to enable them.

You may say this is an unlikely example, but if the features are 100% unobtrusive, how many people would actually bother to try them outside of our gadget enthusiast community at MR?

 

[picpicmac]

lots of people use emojis heavily in text conversations rather than typing out unique descriptions.

Some people have suggested the future of humanity is that we abandon all other forms of language and just use emojis:

(PS: it does not end well when we do this.)

 

[ipedro]

If these are supposed to be the AI innovations, then the result is rather disappointing. I would expect at least one solution that would allow me to discuss or talk to Siri in the same way as the interactive audio mode of ChatGPT.

• More natural interactions with Siri.

☝🏼

 

[ipedro]

AI photo search? to find a photo that you can describe and want to show to someone

This already exists.

For several years, you've been able to ask Siri or type in Spotlight a description of what you want and it'll show you both photos on the web and in your own Photos library. I can ask for a specific dog breed or a colour of a car and it'll find it in my library and on the web.

 

[purplerainpurplerain]

So nice to see Apple are about 18 months behind the curve on pretty much anything to do with AI.

Which means they are in the sidelines watching the bubble and all the stupid mistakes and errors and horror stories.

That’s called being mature and responsible.

They have always let their competitors push out garbage product and then come from behind like a ninja with better moves.

 

[purplerainpurplerain]

One can only pray that with those coming AI features there is a "turn that sh*t off!" button.

During the install process you will be given options to enable or disable everything and unlike MS and Google they won’t hide settings under 5 obscure panels and then “accidentally” enable them later without telling you.

 

[scorpio vega]

I'm guessing you're a teen scared of green bubbles.

I’m not because I don’t currently have anyone I associate with who uses android

 

[now i see it]

That’s an excellent list of useless features

 

[scorpio vega]

that’s…the weirdest reasoning I’ve ever heard and doesn’t really answer my question but word 😂

You literally asked me my opinion of why i think it sucks and I give it and somehow are unhappy with that.
Okay then

 

[W£S]

As long as it improving Siri I am all for it.

That’s a very low bar, given how bad Siri is now😅

 

[DELLsFan]

Which means they are in the sidelines watching the bubble and all the stupid mistakes and errors and horror stories.

That’s called being mature and responsible.

They have always let their competitors push out garbage product and then come from behind like a ninja with better moves.

'Google Glass has entered the chat'

"Oh really?"

😂

 

[ipedro]

• More natural interactions with Siri.
• More advanced version of Siri designed for the Apple Watch, optimized for "on-the-go tasks."

As someone who uses my Apple Watch Ultra 2 as my primary personal device, often leaving my iPhone at home and just using my Watch for everything from communication, to organizing my day, to listening to podcasts and music, the biggest advancement will come in asking Siri on my wrist to accomplish tasks for me with multiple requests strung together in plain language.

I'm growing concerned that HomePod isn't being mentioned in any rumours. If this isn't available on HomePod, they might as well pull out of that market because HomePods will seem prehistoric – they already do if you use chatGPT. Both Google and Amazon have natural conversation LLM's coming to the Nest Home and Alexa. Perhaps, local Siri will work with recent devices while anything older than a year will simply push the requests to Siri in the cloud, in which case even the oldest HomePod and AppleTVs will support a natural language Siri.