Apple Intelligence Hits Beta With New Beta OS Releases for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and MacOS 15.1 Sequoia
Dan Moren, writing at Six Colors:
Not all features, as I said, will be available to try out in this
release. Among those included are the systemwide Writing Tools
features to help proofread and rewrite text; inbox prioritization,
summaries, and smart reply in Mail; the new Reduce Interruptions
focus mode; natural language search for photos and videos as well
as the ability to create Memories movies on demands; summaries for
transcriptions; and, perhaps most enticingly, improved Siri
functionality, including the ability to move between voice and
typing, more resilient requests for when you stumble over your
words, and answering questions about Apple products.
As for what you won’t find here, don’t expect the contentious
image generation features like Image Playground, the ability to
clean up and remove unwanted details from photos, and integration
with ChatGPT. It’s unclear if those will appear in future builds
of these betas, or as subsequent updates after public release.
Also unclear is whether there will be a public beta of these
versions down the road for non-developers.
I wish I would have predicted that Apple was going to start seeding these .1 OS betas previewing Apple Intelligence features while the .0 versions remain in beta until (presumably) release in September, because in hindsight it seems obvious. Will there be public betas of these Apple Intelligence OS versions soon? Unknown at the moment.
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Dan Moren, writing at Six Colors:
Not all features, as I said, will be available to try out in this
release. Among those included are the systemwide Writing Tools
features to help proofread and rewrite text; inbox prioritization,
summaries, and smart reply in Mail; the new Reduce Interruptions
focus mode; natural language search for photos and videos as well
as the ability to create Memories movies on demands; summaries for
transcriptions; and, perhaps most enticingly, improved Siri
functionality, including the ability to move between voice and
typing, more resilient requests for when you stumble over your
words, and answering questions about Apple products.
As for what you won’t find here, don’t expect the contentious
image generation features like Image Playground, the ability to
clean up and remove unwanted details from photos, and integration
with ChatGPT. It’s unclear if those will appear in future builds
of these betas, or as subsequent updates after public release.
Also unclear is whether there will be a public beta of these
versions down the road for non-developers.
I wish I would have predicted that Apple was going to start seeding these .1 OS betas previewing Apple Intelligence features while the .0 versions remain in beta until (presumably) release in September, because in hindsight it seems obvious. Will there be public betas of these Apple Intelligence OS versions soon? Unknown at the moment.