appleThe company has pushed iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 to iPhone and iPad usersDevelopersThe most important new features of the preview beta update areApple Intelligence(Apple Intelligence), which means that Apple Intelligence will be available to users using iOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1. However, some features such as more advanced Siri are not available yet.
Only Macs and iPads equipped with M1 chips or later, or iPhone15Pro and iPhone15Pro Max will receive beta push notifications. Users can enable Apple Intelligence in settings, but developers need to join the waiting list and wait for permission to be granted.
Apple Intelligence includes multiple features, such as Writing Tools, which can proofread text, rewrite content, and summarize text; improved Siri functions, including new activation effects, the ability to communicate with Siri through text input, and maintaining conversation context; Mail application has added summary functions and smart replies; Messages application supports smart replies; Focus Modes provides the function of filtering notifications; Photos application supports memory function and natural language search; and the long-awaited call recording function, which supports multiple languages and notifies all participants during the call. After the call, the audio and text records will be saved to the Notes application.
In addition, the Safari browser allows Apple Intelligence to summarize articles, and users can also access the Apple Intelligence Report in the settings and export relevant data. However, some features such as Image Playground, Genmoji, priority notifications, and removing portraits from images have not yet been opened.