Gurman: Apple Intelligence Powered Siri Won’t Arrive Until iOS 18.4
Mark Gurman, in his Power On column for Bloomberg:
For the first time, the digital assistant will have precise
control over actions inside of Apple’s apps. That means you can
ask Siri to, say, edit a photo and then ship it off to a friend.
It also will have the ability to understand what you’re looking at
on your display, helping Siri determine what you want to do based
on the context. But neither of those upgrades will be ready when
Apple Intelligence launches this fall, as I’ve previously
reported.
Instead, I’m told, Siri features are likely to go into beta
testing for developers in January and then debut publicly around
the springtime — part of an iOS 18.4 upgrade that’s already in
the works. Other Siri features, such as a new design and ChatGPT
integration, will be coming later this year.
Recents dates for iOS x.4 updates:
iOS 17.4: 7 March 2024
iOS 16.4: 27 March 2023
iOS 15.4: 14 March 2022
iOS 14.4: 26 January 2021
iOS 13.4: 24 March 2020
If the usual pattern holds, it’s a safe guess that iOS 18.4 will arrive in mid-to-late March. (iOS 14.4 came in January, but 2020 was, needless to say, an unusual year.) This jibes with my take post-WWDC, when I wrote:
If generative AI weren’t seen as essential — both in terms of
consumer marketing and investor confidence — I think much, if
not most, of what Apple unveiled in “Apple Intelligence” wouldn’t
even have been announced until next year’s WWDC, not last week’s
WWDC. Again, none of the features in “Apple Intelligence” are even
available in beta yet, and I think all or most of them will be
available only under a “beta” label until next year.
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Mark Gurman, in his Power On column for Bloomberg:
For the first time, the digital assistant will have precise
control over actions inside of Apple’s apps. That means you can
ask Siri to, say, edit a photo and then ship it off to a friend.
It also will have the ability to understand what you’re looking at
on your display, helping Siri determine what you want to do based
on the context. But neither of those upgrades will be ready when
Apple Intelligence launches this fall, as I’ve previously
reported.
Instead, I’m told, Siri features are likely to go into beta
testing for developers in January and then debut publicly around
the springtime — part of an iOS 18.4 upgrade that’s already in
the works. Other Siri features, such as a new design and ChatGPT
integration, will be coming later this year.
Recents dates for iOS x.4 updates:
iOS 17.4: 7 March 2024
iOS 16.4: 27 March 2023
iOS 15.4: 14 March 2022
iOS 14.4: 26 January 2021
iOS 13.4: 24 March 2020
If the usual pattern holds, it’s a safe guess that iOS 18.4 will arrive in mid-to-late March. (iOS 14.4 came in January, but 2020 was, needless to say, an unusual year.) This jibes with my take post-WWDC, when I wrote:
If generative AI weren’t seen as essential — both in terms of
consumer marketing and investor confidence — I think much, if
not most, of what Apple unveiled in “Apple Intelligence” wouldn’t
even have been announced until next year’s WWDC, not last week’s
WWDC. Again, none of the features in “Apple Intelligence” are even
available in beta yet, and I think all or most of them will be
available only under a “beta” label until next year.