The wait for Apple Intelligence is over. Apple has teased and promised many features since introducing its AI technology earlier this year, and now we get our first taste of Apple’s AI ambitions in iOS 18.1.
And although the first suite of features is modest in scope, you’re sure to find at least some of them to be helpful. After running the iOS betas with access to Apple Intelligence for several weeks, I think these are the three features you’ll actually use on a day-to-day basis.
You need an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16 or iPhone 16 Pro (or their Plus and Max variants) running iOS 18.1 and, crucially, you must request access to Apple Intelligence to take advantage of these new technologies.
Once you’re in, here’s what you can realistically expect. More features will be added as time goes on — and keep in mind that Apple Intelligence is still officially beta software — but…
