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iOS 18.1 With Apple Intelligence: New Features, Release Date, and More

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iOS 18.1 will be released to the public in the coming weeks, and the software update introduces the first Apple Intelligence features for the iPhone.

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Below, we outline when to expect iOS 18.1 to be released.

iOS 18.1: Apple Intelligence Features

Here are some of the key Apple Intelligence features in the iOS 18.1 beta so far:

  • A few Siri enhancements, including improved understanding for both follow-up requests and when you stumble over your words
  • Writing tools for rewriting, summarizing, and proofreading text
  • Notification summaries
  • Suggested replies in the Messages and Mail apps
  • A new "Clean Up" tool in the Photos app that can remove unwanted people or objects from photos and use generative AI to fill in the background
  • The ability to create a Memories movie in the Photos app by typing a description
  • Transcription summaries for phone call recordings
  • A new Focus mode called Reduce Interruptions that surfaces important notifications only

See our full list of Apple Intelligence features included in the iOS 18.1 beta for even more.

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Apple Intelligence will gain more features and support for additional languages on a gradual basis between iOS 18.2 and iOS 18.4.

iOS 18.1: Release Date

During its iPhone 16 event last month, Apple confirmed that iOS 18.1 will be released in October, but it did not provide a specific day.

According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple plans to release iOS 18.1 on Monday, October 28.

iOS 18.1: Compatible iPhones

iOS 18.1 supports the same iPhone models as iOS 17 does, but Apple Intelligence requires an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or any iPhone 16 model.

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cocky jeremy
21 months ago
Can we just move onto 18.2 now?!
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lordthistle
21 months ago
Please do not be too US-centric and add few lines about the availability in the rest of the world. The updates are no longer "global"...
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robertosh
21 months ago
I'm so happy that my mini does not support AI !!
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Rumoresque
21 months ago
Is anybody excited about anything Apple anymore? These poor Apple hype sites are struggling to come up with anything beyond “Apple iOS 18.1 beta released to developers“ articles
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bobdc6
21 months ago
Hopefully Apple Intelligence will be intelligent enough to fix the many bugs that come with all Apple ios releases.
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gtjacket123
21 months ago

I’ve been using the beta on my 16P and honestly? There’s not much here. Siri has a new border light around the screen which is kinda cool lol. The only helpful thing from this batch of features I’ve used is notification summary. I really enjoy when my 4 DoorDash updates can be condensed automatically into one. “Order picked up, on the way, arriving in 3 mins” love that! Every single other feature so far I either don’t use or haven’t noticed. There is nothing new here.

And not for nothing, I know this is anecdotal, but since the release of this phone, not 1, not 2, but 3 friends have swapped to Pixel who were lifelong Apple users.
Why does “order picked up, on the way…” require AI? You could achieve this with like 4 lines of code designed to just concatenate the text from updates and remove some common filler words so you don’t affect a user’s interpretation of the resulting single line of text. Is that the “Apple Intelligence” I upgraded for?
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