Apple is now releasing iOS 18.1, which brings Apple Intelligence, Apple’s AI features, along with iPadOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1.
Apple Intelligence brings with it a range of new features, including writing tools that are available almost everywhere you can type, and let you rewrite, proofread, and summarize text, new Siri makeover, where Siri looks smarter and better than before. Being able to take advantage of ChatGPT for certain queries, photo enhancements with the ability to remove distractions with the new Clean Up feature and searching by describing what you’re looking for, notification summaries, a new focus mode called Blocks It’s called Minimizing, which uses AI to filter out only the most important notifications that bother you, as well as improving mail.
In addition to all the AI stuff, iOS 18.1 also brings new camera control improvements, letting you instantly switch to the front camera on all 2024 iPhone models, and spatial photo and video capture in a new Spatial on the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max Can do. camera mode.
The update also brings a new AirPods Hearing Test feature to test your hearing with a hearing aid (functions as a clinical-grade hearing aid) and Hearing Protection mode (reduces exposure to loud environmental noises). Which is compatible with AirPods 2.
The full list of changes in this update is as follows:
- Apple Intelligence (all iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max)
- writing instrument
- Writing tools are available almost everywhere you type, letting you rewrite, proofread, and summarize text right in the app you’re working in.
- Rewrite suggests different versions of your text so you can choose which combination of flow and words suits you best
- Proofread lets you see suggested improvements to what you’re writing, like grammar corrections and language refinements
- Summary allows you to select text wherever you are writing and generate a high quality summary
- Sir, I
- A new look and feel includes a flashing light that wraps around the edge of your screen, animates reactively to the sound of your voice, and lets you scroll or type while talking to Siri.
- When you don’t want to say a request out loud, type Siri by double tapping at the bottom of the screen
- Better language understanding enables Siri to catch up if you stumble over your words or change your mind mid-sentence.
- Conversational context is maintained throughout a session, so you can more naturally refer to something said in a recent request or something Siri mentioned in a recent response
- Product Knowledge helps you get answers to thousands of questions about features and settings on your Apple products
- Voice enhancements make Siri sound more natural, expressive, and clear
- photos
- Photo Search lets you find photos and videos by simply describing what you’re looking for
- Clean Up removes distractions from your photos
- Memory movies can be created by describing the story you want to see
- Notifications
- Notification Summary makes it easy to catch up on your notifications with a concise summary of the most important information
- Reduce Interruptions A new focus that ensures you get the information that matters most while silencing potential distractions
- Smart Reply in Mail and Messages helps you quickly respond to messages with suggested responses
- Priority messages in Mail understand the content of your messages and prioritize the ones that need your attention, displaying them at the top of your inbox.
- Transcription Summary in Notes gives you an intelligently designed summary of the transcript from your audio recording or call recording
- phone
- Call recording and transcription lets you record live calls and transcribe them in the Notes app, with an automatic announcement that the call is being recorded
- camera
- Camera controls can instantly switch to the front TrueDepth camera (iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max)
- Spatial photo capture, along with spatial video capture, is available in a new spatial camera mode (iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max).
- AirPods
- Hearing test feature provides scientifically validated hearing test results from the comfort of home (for users 18 years of age or older)
- The hearing aid feature provides personalized, clinical-grade assistance that automatically applies to the sound in your environment, as well as to music, video, and calls (for users 18 years of age or older with mild to moderate hearing loss )
- Hearing protection feature helps users reduce exposure to loud environmental noise in listening mode (available in the United States and Canada)
- Features require AirPods Pro 2 with firmware version 7B19 or later. Not all features may be available for all countries or regions, for more information visit:
- This update also includes the following improvements and bug fixes:
- Control Center has new options to add connectivity controls individually and reset your configuration
- RCS Business Messaging lets you connect with businesses over RCS (requires carrier support)
- App Store search lets you use natural language to more easily find what you’re looking for
- Game Center friend invites can be sent directly from the Contacts app and friend suggestions, and recipients can see the invitation in their inbox in Settings
- Fixes an issue in Podcasts where unplayed episodes are marked as played
- Fixes an issue where video photos recorded at 4K 60 may experience stuttering when scrubbing video playback when the device heats up.
- Fixes an issue where digital car keys cannot unlock or start the vehicle with passive entry after restoring from a backup or transferring directly from another iPhone
- Fixes an issue where iPhone 16 or iPhone 16 Pro models may restart unexpectedly
iOS 18.1 and other updates are now available for all compatible devices. Apple Intelligence is currently only available in US English and you may need to wait in the virtual queue for a while before being enabled.
