Apple did delay one model awaiting the completion of two new features
Summarize a webpage, in this case, a PhoneArena story, using Apple Intelligence. | Image credit-PhoneArena
Writing Tools gives an email a more professional tone. | Image credit-PhoneArena
Summarizing an email you’ve received allows you to save time by quickly finding out in a few sentences what a specific email is trying to convey to you. It’s a definite time saver and the summarize button can be found in the top right corner of emails you open from the native iOS Mail app. You can also summarize webpages on Safari which is another time-saving tool.
Another impressive AI feature, call recording and transcription, allows you to record a call and use the Notes app to see a written transcription of the conversation. Tap anywhere on the transcription to hear that part of the call. The feature does warn the other party with a spoken notification that you are recording it.
Will iPhone 16 buyers be satisfied with the Apple Intelligence features they receive in October?
But even when iOS 18.1 does arrive, all Siri will receive is a refreshed UI that makes the outer edge of your iPhone glow, and a more conversational tone. AI updates to Siri that will allow you to ask the digital assistant to edit photos, or run through your personal data to find out when your mother is arriving at the airport, won’t be out until 2025 along with many other AI tools such as ChatGPT, and the Genmoji custom emoji creator.
With Apple Intelligence you can see a summary of your email in the native Mail app. | Image credit-PhoneArena
Will iPhone 16 buyers be satisfied by the AI features they receive in iOS 18.1? As I said, there are some useful features that many iPhone users will employ. The problem is that the full Apple Intelligence picture may not be in focus until the middle of 2025. By then, we will be talking about the many expected changes coming to the iPhone 17 line including the new iPhone 17 Slim.
