iOS 18.1 is just around the corner, and it’s set to introduce the first wave of Apple Intelligence features. Here’s a complete rundown of the exciting AI capabilities coming to your iPhone, iPad, and Mac with this update and beyond!
First set of Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.1
If you have a supported device, here’s the complete list of features that Apple says you can look forward to with iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.
- Writing Tools: Use systemwide tools to proofread, rewrite, or reformat your text.
- Clean Up in Photos: Remove unwanted objects from your photos with ease.
- Create a Memory movie in Photos: Type a description, and AI will create a new Memory movie on demand.
- Natural language search in Photos: Find just the right photos and videos with search that actually works.
- Notification summaries: Receive more actionable and helpful notifications thanks to AI summaries.
- Siri enhancements: Enjoy the first version of Apple’s new and improved Siri, with new product knowledge, more resilient request handling, new look and feel, more natural voice, the ability to type to Siri, and more.
- Priority messages in Mail: AI will put the most important email front and center.
- Smart Reply in Mail and Messages: Use suggested replies that are better than ever.
- Summaries in Mail and Messages: Get thread summaries that are more informative than a simple excerpt.
- Reduce Interruptions Focus: Stay undistracted, except when something’s actually important.
- Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing in Focus: Get the benefit of your existing Focus modes, but with AI that only allows important alerts through.
Requirements for accessing Apple Intelligence
In order to use iOS 18.1’s Apple Intelligence features, you’ll need to meet several requirements, the chief of which include:
- You need a compatible device like an iPhone 16
- Your device needs to be set to US English and be outside the EU or China
- You’ll need to join a waitlist before receiving feature access
iOS 18.1 feature wrap-up
iOS 18.1 is just the beginning for Apple Intelligence. With new features rolling out every few months, get ready for AI to change how your devices operate.
What are you most excited about in the first batch of Apple Intelligence features? If you’re using the iOS 18.1 beta, which features have you enjoyed the most? Share your thoughts in the comments!
