Apple Intelligence launches on June 10, 2024 during Apple WWDC 2024 in Cupertino, California.
Source: Apple
apple The first version of Apple Intelligence was released on Monday, its suite of artificial intelligence features that will improve Siri, automatically generate emails and images, and sort notifications.
New software called Apple Intelligence is released in the developer beta of iOS 18.1. It also has similar versions for iPad and Mac. Currently only open to registered Apple developers, Apple's developer program costs $99 per year.
Additionally, users who update must sign up for a waitlist in Apple's Settings app to access the service, which involves sending more complex requests to Apple's servers.
It will be released to the public later this year, but the 18.1 version number indicates that Apple Intelligence will not be released with new iPhone hardware, with devices running iOS 18 expected to launch in the fall.
Apple Intelligence is an important initiative of Apple. Investors hope that the tight integration of artificial intelligence into Apple's operating system will spur a wave of upgrades in the coming years, especially since the system is only available on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max and newer models.
“We expect this iPhone cycle to remain strong as the AI feature set (software and possibly hardware) improves in the 2025 iPhone,” Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan said on Monday. a report reads.
What is included and what is not included
Not all content in Apple Intelligence is included in the preview The company demonstrated it at its annual developer conference in June.
Previews released Monday include:
- New Siri look brings brilliance to the edges of your phone
- Other improvements to Siri, such as being able to understand commands when the speaker stutters
- Siri can now answer troubleshooting questions about Apple products
- Better photo search and movie creation
- AI-generated snippets of emails, messages, and voicemail transcripts
- Writing Tools, Apple's text generation service
Although Apple says these features will be available next year, the AI preview version does not yet include these features:
- image generation
- Emoji generation
- Automatic photo cleaning
- Other Siri improvements, including the ability to use your personal information and perform actions within apps
- OpenAI ChatGPT integration
