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iOS 18.2 With Genmoji, ChatGPT, and More Expected to be Released in First Week of December

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Apple is aiming to release iOS 18.2 for iPhones during the first week of December, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said today, in the latest edition of his Power On newsletter. Apple had already confirmed that the update would be released at some point in December, and now we have a slightly more specific timeframe.

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The software update includes additional Apple Intelligence features for iPhone 15 Pro models and all iPhone 16 models, including Genmoji for generating custom emoji, Image Playground for generating custom cartoon-like images, Image Wand for transforming a rough sketch into a full image in the Notes app, ChatGPT integration for Siri, and more. Read our list of all new features included in the iOS 18.2 beta so far.

iOS 18.2 also expands Apple Intelligence to localized English in the U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

iOS 18.2 adds a few features beyond Apple Intelligence, including a new "Default Apps" section in the Settings app, daily Sudoku puzzles for Apple News+ subscribers in the U.S., an iMessage nudity reporting option in Australia, and more.

Gurman expects iOS 18.4 to be released in April with additional Apple Intelligence features for Siri, such as personal context and on-screen awareness.

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McWetty
24 months ago
I feel like I need to preemptively register “www.cursedgenmoji.com” or “www.imageplaygroundfails.com” to get ahead of all the broken stuff these will generate. Think AutoCorrectFails, but AI driven. Tagline: “These dank memes make themselves.”
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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centauratlas
24 months ago
It needs work. For example in playground, typing in anything with “Santa Claus” results in a “language not supported” error. (Yes, reported.). Typing in “Christmas tree” results in it asking to “Continue by choosing an inspiration for the person in your image”. There have been other issues too, but I’m hoping the next beta is much improved. It is beta of course so it is too be expected.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Kissmo1980
24 months ago
Yeah…. Good….
See you in April Apple.


EDIT: The smarty pants who clicked on Disagree.

Come down here for a moment... Come come. Don't be shy.
Listen... Apple Intelligence doesn't work in Europe until April. OK?... I wrote this down for you.
Now you can smoothly levitate back to your altitude....
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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JitteryJimmy
24 months ago
I would never bet my life-long reputation on the bold claim that 18.2 will be released in the very first week of December, particularly considering that history shows that iOS releases generally happen around the 11th day of December, firmly within the 2nd week of the holiest month of the year (due to the recurring appearance of Santa Claus, and annual bonus checks.)

If this is true, then this Gurman fellow is a true prophet and cannot be ignored.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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surfzen21
24 months ago

It needs work. For example in playground, typing in anything with “Santa Claus” results in a “language not supported” error. (Yes, reported.). Typing in “Christmas tree” results in it asking to “Continue by choosing an inspiration for the person in your image”. There have been other issues too, but I’m hoping the next beta is much improved. It is beta of course so it is too be expected.
Well this does not bode well for me wanting to create only the most chaotically sadistic things 👿
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Macaholic868
24 months ago

It needs work. For example in playground, typing in anything with “Santa Claus” results in a “language not supported” error. (Yes, reported.). Typing in “Christmas tree” results in it asking to “Continue by choosing an inspiration for the person in your image”. There have been other issues too, but I’m hoping the next beta is much improved. It is beta of course so it is too be expected.
On my iPhone 15 Pro with the beta installed it doesn’t matter what I type into the text box I get the same error you get if you try it feed it text that Apple has made off limits. I tried a hard restart this morning and now it won’t even get to the point where I can enter text without displaying “Some features aren’t available at this time”.

I’ve reported it of course. I just got approved to use it Friday night but didn’t have time to really try it out until yesterday. Obviously something is up which is to be expected with a beta.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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