After two years of keeping quiet about its AI progress, Apple revealed its latest projects at the annual WWDC developer conference in June. At the event, Apple introduced several new features that will greatly enhance your device experience, but only if you own one of the latest iPhone models.
Apple Accelerates AI Efforts: Discover What the New Models Can Do
The new features will require iOS 18, set to launch in September. To enjoy Apple Intelligence when it arrives, consider upgrading to one of the supported iPhone models listed below. You can also start testing some AI features with the iOS 18.1 developer beta, available on select devices starting today.
New AI Features in iOS 18 While iOS 18 may not initially include Apple Intelligence, later versions will introduce numerous AI features, such as:
- Improved Siri
- Summarization tools for email, Keynotes, and third-party apps
- Writing tools (including rewriting, proofreading, and summarizing text)
- Apple Image Playground
- Genmoji
- Priority notifications
- AI-generated photo memory movies
- Video search
- AI-powered photo editing
- Image Wand in the Notes app
In addition to these AI features, iOS 18 will also offer an improved Control Center, new privacy options like locking or hiding apps, scheduling messages, new Messages via Satellite, and the ability to exchange Apple Cash by tapping phones together.
Supported iPhone Models for New AI Features To use these features, you’ll need an iPhone 15 Pro or a newer model released this year.
Requiring the latest hardware for these features may seem like a tactic to drive sales, and it likely is. However, Apple justifies this by citing the need for advanced processing hardware to support the new AI capabilities, especially for tasks requiring on-device processing.
