IOS 18.1 New Features

(coming the week of October 28)

You’ll need aniPhone 16 or at least a 15 Pro or 15 Pro Max for the AI (Apple Intelligence) features 

  • Writing tools – clean up hastily written messages into something more polished.
  • Adjust the tone of your Slack message that is more friendly or more professional   
  • Proofread your review on Goodreads before you release it
  • Create great new emojis by typing a description
  • Find an old photos that you can remember when or where it was taken by describing it.
  • Even find a frame in a video that you describe
  • Create a video by telling it what you have in mind and Apple Intelligence will find what you need in your photos and videos and create a storyline.
  • In Mail you’ll see summaries of the most useful information 
  • Priority Notifications will show up at the top of your stack
  • While moving about, iPhone 16’s new camera control will enable you to check out a new restaurant by pointing at the restaurant name/sign so you can see the hours and other information like making a reservation.
  • See a flyer for an event, take a picture and your phone will bring up information about the event and allow you to add it to your calendar.
  • See a bike (of something else) that you like, take a picture and find where you can buy one or something similar
  • Stuck on something you are trying to understand? Use Cameral Control to ask ChatGPT for guidance 
  • Richer language understanding for Siri even if you stumble on your words. 
  • You can type your request to Siri to be more discreet.
  • Siri will give you step by step guidance on how to do something on your iPhone
  • Apple Intelligence can use Private Cloud Compute. It maintains privacy and security. Your data is not stored by Apple but only used for your request

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