According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to release iOS 18.1 to the public on October 28th, which will include some of the first Apple Intelligence features.
This goes against previous expectations of a mid October launch, but Gurman says that this is because the company is taking its time to make sure they eliminate any bugs, and also to make sure their private cloud compute servers can handle all of the traffic from millions of public users installing the update.
iOS 18.1 features
With iOS 18.1 potentially releasing on October 28th, that means iPhone 16 users can finally use some of the Apple Intelligence features that were promised, just over a month after the phone launched. Although, some of the features shipping in iOS 18.1 might not be the most appealing.
Upon installing the update, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 users will be able to try out the following features:
- Writing Tools
- New Siri UI (though the truly new experience won’t be out until later)
- Notification Summaries
- Memory Creation in Photos
- Clean Up in Photos
- Intelligent Breakthrough with Notifications
Apple Intelligence rollout
However, some of the more appealing features are still ahead, and will slowly roll out between now and the spring:
- October: iOS 18.1, with the features listed above
- December: iOS 18.2, with ChatGPT support, Genmoji, and Image Playground
- Early 2025: iOS 18.3 or iOS 18.4 with new Siri rollout
So, even though the new features are beginning to roll out, it’ll be a decent while before everything is fully rolled out. Hopefully, by the time the new iPhone SE 4 launches, all of the Apple Intelligence features will be fully rolled out.
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