Apple has released the iOS 18.1 Beta to developers, giving them early access to test the new AI-powered features of Apple Intelligence before they are made available in public previews.
Unveiled at Apple’s 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple Intelligence marks a significant step in the company’s AI strategy for future devices.
Apple Intelligence Features:
Following features includes Apple Intelligence shared in their website:
WRITING TOOLS
This new AI feature can proofread your text, offer different rewrites, and summarize it for you.
NEW SIRI
Siri will get additional features, including hundreds of new actions that can be taken on your behalf. Equipped with awareness of your personal context, the ability to act in and across apps, and product knowledge about your devices’ features and settings, Siri will be able to assist you like never before.
Reduce Interruptions
A new Focus feature that only displays notifications that are considered urgent, such as receiving a text about an emergency or other required, but not necessarily, planned activity.
Transcriptions
The ability to record, transcribe, and summarize audio.
NEW PHOTOS
Enhanced search for photos and videos and the ability to create a photo story based on an inputted description.
NEW MAIL
Apple Intelligence can also summarize emails for you and create AI-generated replies that even answer questions in an email.
Apple Intelligence Compatible Devices
Apple Intelligence is compatible with these devices coming in beta this fall while some features, additional languages will be coming over the next year:
| iPhone 15 Pro Max | A17 Pro |
| iPhone 15 Pro | A17 Pro |
| iPad Pro | M1 and Later |
| iPad Air | M1 and Later |
| MacBook Air | M1 and Later |
| MacBook Pro | M1 and Later |
| iMac | M1 and Later |
| Mac Mini | M1 and Later |
| Mac Studio | M1 Max and Later |
| Mac Pro | M2 Ultra |
ChatGPT Integrated
With ChatGPT now integrated with Siri and Writing Tools, you can get help right where you’re working, without switching apps. Siri can use ChatGPT to answer questions about your photos or documents, and Writing Tools’ Compose feature helps you create and illustrate content from scratch.
Discover an even more capable, integrated, personal Siri
- Siri even more deeply integrated into the system experience with a glowing light that wraps around the edge of your screen.
- With a double tap on the bottom of your iPhone or iPad screen, you can type to Siri from anywhere in the system when you don’t want to speak out loud.
- Tap into Siri, you can ask questions when you’re learning how to do something new on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and Siri can give you step-by-step directions in a flash.
- Siri communicating even more natural with better language understanding and voice. Siri knows what you’re talking about.
- Apple Intelligence empowers Siri with onscreen awareness, so it can understand and take action with things on your screen.
To use the iOS 18.1 Beta and Apple Intelligence, you need an active paid developer account and must sign up for the AI feature in your iOS settings.