Apple Intelligence was originally expected to show up in the settings for iOS 18 Beta 3. | Image credit-9to5Mac
Apple removed this version of the virtual QWERTY with a button to create a custom Emoji from iOS 18 Developer Beta 3. | Image credit-9to5Mac
Apple seemingly was gearing up to release some Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18 Developer Beta 3. In the XCode simulator for iOS 18 Beta 3, a new section titled Apple Intelligence & Siri was discovered in the Settings app. It was removed from the actual Beta release before it was dropped by Apple. Additionally, some iPhone users running iOS 18 Developer Beta 3 spotted a new option on the virtual QWERTY keyboard that said “Create New Emoji” when they opened the Emoji picker. This was removed in the revision to that iOS 18 Beta build.
With Apple Intelligence users will be able to create their own Emoji by writing out exactly what they want the Emoji to look like. An example suggested by Apple includes “T-Rex wearing a tutu on a surfboard.”