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iOS 18.1 Available in October With Apple Intelligence on iPhone 15 Pro and Newer

Apple today announced that iOS 18.1 will be released to the public at some point in October. The software update will add the first Apple Intelligence features to the iPhone 15 Pro models and all four new iPhone 16 models.

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iOS 18.1 is already available in beta for developers, and it includes Apple Intelligence features such as writing tools for proofreading text, notification summaries, suggested replies in the Messages app, the ability to record and transcribe phone calls, and a new "Clean Up" tool in the Photos app that can quickly remove objects from a photo.

Apple Intelligence will initially be available with device and Siri language set to English only, and the features will have a "beta" label even on the publicly released version of iOS 18.1 that is coming out next month. Apple said support for additional languages, including Chinese, French, Japanese, and Spanish, will be added next year.

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Top Rated Comments

BelgianChoklit Avatar
23 months ago
Stable bug free release: june 2025
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
23 months ago
This is easily the most underwhelming iPhone event they've ever held.

AirPods > Airpods Max
AW > AWU

What's next, I gotta order a baseline MacBook to get better tech than the MBP??

Tim Apple has gone off crazy into the orchard.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
23 months ago
Ok. But what about 18.0?
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jdavid_rp Avatar
23 months ago

Should we even bother to buy a new iPhone in the EU?
Why not? Look at that neat fully new capture button that we all wished for years! If that’s not innovative enough for you…
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
23 months ago

Europe: Starting from next year
Did they say Europe anywhere? Their additional languages portion suggests this is anywhere but the EU (all languages are also spoken outside EU, like french in Canada or Spanish in south america).
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
23 months ago
What about 18.0?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)