iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15 Sequoia, and tvOS 18 aren’t the only new features coming to Apple after the World Developers Conference: a new personal intelligence system is coming to all Apple devices to change the way you use them – are you ready for Apple Intelligence?
The arrival of iOS 18 and all its new features (which you can now try by installing the beta ) was not the only good news from the developer conference: with it comes Apple Intelligence, a new personal intelligence system that will change many of the tasks we do with our devices.
Let’s see what Apple Intelligence is about and what its main features are.
What is Apple Intelligence?
Apple Intelligence is the artificial intelligence service that will be integrated into Apple devices, starting with the iPhone , iPad , and Mac . Unlike other AI engines, Apple Intelligence will be able to run on-device for most tasks, eliminating the need for large, power-hungry data centers to process our data.
The direct benefit is greater efficiency and much more privacy, since everything stays within your iPhone. And for those tasks that require more power, a specialized data center with Apple Silicon chips will take care of all the necessary operations in a completely anonymous way thanks to Private Cloud Compute.
Here are all the major new features we’ll see thanks to Apple Intelligence:
Abilities to understand and create text
Mail, Notes, Pages and other text apps will integrate with Apple Intelligence to summarize text, reinterpret it in a different tone or create it based on our needs. It will also be able to correct spelling and grammar, helping to find the most appropriate words for the situation.
Notifications and priority emails
Apple Intelligence is able to analyze the language and content of our emails and notifications to show us those that are more important than others: delivery reminders, dinner dates… your iPhone will magically know what you need to attend to first!
Audio recording and transcription
Want to remember or record what happened on a call? Apple Intelligence lets you record and transcribe any audio message from the Notes app or phone call to text.
And if the call or audio message is very long, no problem: the AI will take care of giving you a summary so you don’t have to waste so much time reading the entire transcript.
Image Playground: Generate the images you want
There’s nothing like being able to create an image from your imagination right from your iPhone! Thanks to Apple Intelligence, you can do this in the Messages app or in the dedicated Image Playground app. You can choose from three styles: sketch, illustration or animation.
The Notes app can also generate images from the sketches we make in the app, just by drawing a circle with our finger or the Apple Pencil as a “magic wand.”
Genmoji: generate infinite emojis
If you’re chatting with your friend on iMessage and can’t find the perfect emoji to illustrate the situation, don’t worry: Apple Intelligence will be able to generate that emoji just by describing it . A DJ squirrel? A Tyrannosaurus Rex in a tutu doing ballet? Anything is possible!
Delete whatever you want from your photos
Your camera roll can also benefit from Apple Intelligence. Photos you take that have unwanted elements can be corrected: you can remove that person you don’t know from a landscape photo and organize your photos into memories without any effort.
New Siri with more context and naturalness
Siri will be one of the main improvements that Apple Intelligence will bring. Its language model will make the assistant respond more naturally , and understand more of what you say even if you make a mistake in the middle of a sentence.
Plus, Siri will be able to give you step-by-step guidance on any questions or concerns you may have about using your iPhone: do you want to know how to make a photo black and white? Or maybe you want to find a setting you can’t find? Siri will show you step by step.
Apple Intelligence Compatibility
Apple Intelligence will be supported on the following devices:
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- All iPads with M1, M2, M3 or M4 chip
- All Macs with M1 or later (Apple Silicon) chips
When will Apple Intelligence be available?
Apple Intelligence will be available as a preview release with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia on all compatible devices that use the US English language. In the Spanish language we will have to wait a little longer until the year it is released, but little by little we will see all the new features land on our devices.
While you wait, don’t forget to check out all the new features in iOS 18 that you’ll see on your iPhone once the summer is over: There are quite a few, and there are some important changes!