Apple Intelligence Now Available With iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 Update

Apple has announced that the first set of Apple Intelligence features for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users is now available to consumers with the release of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1. The update comes with a slew of smart features that should make you more productive with most tasks.

Apple Intelligence is available on iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad with A17 Pro or M1 and later, and Mac with M1 and later.

Writing Tools allow users to refine their language by rewriting, proofreading, and summarizing text from anywhere they write, including Mail, Messages, Notes, Pages, and third-party apps.

With Rewrite, users can choose from different versions of what they have written and adjust the tone to three different settings: professional, concise, or friendly. Proofread checks grammar, word choice, and sentence structure while also suggesting edits along with explanations of the edits.

Users can also select text and have it summarized in the form of a digestible paragraph, bulleted key points, a table, or a list.

Siri is now deeply integrated into the system. It features a glowing light that wraps around the edge of the screen when active on iPhone, iPad, or CarPlay. On Mac, users can place Siri anywhere on their desktop to access it easily as they work.

Users can call on Siri at any time on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with the flexibility of switching between text and voice to deliver commands. Thanks to richer language-understanding capabilities, Siri can follow along when users stumble over their words and maintain context from one request to the next.

Siri also has an extensive product knowledge on apple products, so it can answer questions about the features and settings of the company’s devices. Users can learn everything from how to take a screen recording to how to easily share a Wi-Fi password.

The Photos app has natural language search capabilities. Users can search for anything by describing what they are looking for. This works across videos as well so users can search for something that happened in a specific segment of the video.

Clean Up tool gives users a way to remove unwanted elements in the pictures that they have taken without altering the original picture.

The Memories feature now gives users the ability to create movies from the content that’s available by typing a description of what they want. Using language and image understanding, Apple Intelligence will pick out the best photos and videos based on a user’s description, craft a storyline with chapters based on themes identified from the photos and arrange them into a movie with its own narrative arc.

Priority Messages is a new section at the top of the inbox in Mail and shows the most urgent emails, like an invitation to lunch or a boarding pass. Users can see summaries without needing to open a message, and for long threads, they can select Summarize to view pertinent details.

Additionally, Smart Reply provides suggestions for a quick response and will identify questions in an email to ensure everything is answered.

With notification summaries, Apple Intelligence allows users to scan long or stacked notifications with key details right on the Lock Screen, such as when a group chat is particularly active. A new Focus, Reduce Interruptions, surfaces only the notifications that might need immediate attention.

In the Notes and Phone apps, users can now record, transcribe, and summarize audio. When a recording is initiated while on a call in the Phone app, participants are automatically notified, and once the call ends, Apple Intelligence generates a summary to help recall key points.

There are several more Apple Intelligence features that will roll out to compatible devices in the near future.