December 11, 2024
press release
Apple Intelligence now features Image Playground, Genmoji, writing tool enhancements, seamless support for ChatGPT, and visual intelligence.
Today also marks the launch of Apple Intelligence language expansion with localized English support for Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
Cupertino, California Apple today announced the release of iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2. It introduces a new set of Apple Intelligence features that improve the user experience for iPhone, iPad, and Mac and builds on the first set of features already in place. Introduced. Apple Intelligence is an easy-to-use personal intelligence system that delivers useful, relevant intelligence while making groundbreaking progress toward privacy in AI. Now users can explore creative new ways to express themselves visually with Image Playground, create emojis perfect for any occasion with Genmoji, and make writing more dynamic with new and improved writing tools. . Powered by Apple Intelligence, iPhone 16 or iPhone 16 Pro users can instantly learn more about their surroundings through visual intelligence with camera controls. Now that ChatGPT is integrated into Writing Tools and Siri, users can leverage ChatGPT’s expertise without having to switch between apps, helping them get things done faster and easier than ever before.
Today, Apple Intelligence launches language expansion with localized English support for Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, giving more users around the world powerful new ways to use iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Additional languages ​​will be available throughout the year with the initial set: Chinese, English (India), English (Singapore), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese. A software update will be released in April.
Design fun and creative images using Image Playground.
The Image Playground experience allows users to easily create fun and unique images with concepts such as themes, clothing, accessories, and locations. Users can add their own text descriptions and even use photos from their photo library to create images that resemble family members or friends. Image Playground creates unique styles of images, including animations, which look like modern 3D animations, and illustrations, which feature images with simple shapes, clear lines, and color blocking.
This experience is integrated right into your messages, making it easy to create images for your conversations as well as apps like Freeform and Keynote. Image Playground is also available as a new dedicated app.
Making genmoji suitable for any occasion
With the power of Apple Intelligence, emojis take things to the next level with Genmoji, making conversations with family and friends more fun and playful and opening up a whole new way to communicate.
Simply type your description into the emoji keyboard and a Genmoji will appear with several options to choose from. Using images from your photo library, users can create Genmoji inspired by friends and family to make their Genmoji even more awesome. Personalized genmoji can be customized with accessories such as hats or sunglasses, and can be made to reflect a theme or activity to make them even more personal and unique. Like emojis, Genmoji can be added inline to messages or shared as stickers or reactions in Tapback.1
Take your note taking to the next level with the Image Wand
The Notes app comes with new tools that make note-taking more visual and dynamic. The Image Wand in the Tools palette allows users to quickly create images in their notes using the written or visual context already captured in the note.
The Image Wand simply draws a circle on a rough sketch and turns it into a polished image. Users can also circle blank spaces within a note, and the Image Wand gathers context from the surrounding area (analyzing handwritten or typed text using an on-device generative model) to create related images that complement the note and make it more visual. Create . Users can create images using Image Wand’s animation, illustration, and additional sketch styles.
Description of changes to authoring tools
The writing tool builds on the existing Rewrite, Proofreading, and Outlining options with new features that allow users to specify desired changes using the new Explain Changes option. It gives users more flexibility and control when they want to make their writing more expressive, such as adding more dynamic action words to a resume or rewriting dinner party invitations in poetry format. . Like all features in the writing tool, this new Comment Changes option is available system-wide in Apple and several third-party apps.
Learn more about your surroundings with one click through Visual Intelligence.
The new visual intelligence experience is powered by Apple Intelligence and helps users instantly learn about objects and places thanks to new camera controls in the iPhone 16 lineup. Visual intelligence can summarize and copy text, translate text between languages, detect phone numbers or email addresses with the option to add them to contacts, and more. Camera controls also allow users to search Google to see where they can purchase an item, or utilize ChatGPT’s problem-solving skills to request explanations for complex diagrams, such as class notes. You can control when third-party tools are used and what information is shared with them.
Use ChatGPT with Siri and authoring tools
Apple is enabling ChatGPT access in Siri and the Writing Tools experience within iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, giving users access to expert knowledge, as well as image and document understanding capabilities, without having to jump between applications. ChatGPT integration allows Siri to suggest ChatGPT access to users for specific requests, and Siri can provide responses directly.
Compose allows users to ask ChatGPT to generate content for whatever they are composing in any system-wide composition tool. You can also use ChatGPT’s image creation feature to add images along with your written content.
Users can choose whether or not to enable ChatGPT integration and have full control over when to use it and what information to share with ChatGPT. By default, you don’t need a ChatGPT account to use this integration. When you use ChatGPT without an account, OpenAI doesn’t save your requests and doesn’t use your data to train models. Additionally, your IP address is hidden to prevent sessions from linking together. Those who choose to link their accounts are subject to OpenAI’s Data Use Policy.
More features are coming soon.
Additional Apple Intelligence features will be available in the coming months. Siri will become even more capable with the ability to leverage users’ personal circumstances to provide personalized intelligence. Siri will also get on-screen recognition and be able to perform hundreds of new tasks in Apple and third-party apps. Priority notifications also show you what’s most important. Image Playground also allows users to create images in Sketch style, an academic and highly detailed style that combines a vibrant color palette with technical lines to create realistic drawings.
Groundbreaking advancements in protecting personal information in AI
Designed to protect your privacy at every step, Apple Intelligence uses on-device processing. That means many of the models that power Apple Intelligence run entirely on the device. For requests that require access to larger models, Private Cloud Compute provides more information by extending the privacy and security of iPhone to the cloud. When you use private cloud computing, your data is not stored or shared with Apple. It is only used to fulfill your request. Independent experts can and already do verify this privacy promise on an ongoing basis by examining the code running on Apple silicon servers. This is an incredible step forward for privacy in AI.
effectiveness
- Apple Intelligence is now available as a free software update for iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, and is accessible in most regions around the world when your device and Siri language are set to the localized English. australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, south africa, ukor us
- Mac users in the EU can access Apple Intelligence when using compatible devices with supported settings and languages. This April, Apple Intelligence features will begin rolling out to iPhone and iPad users in the EU. It includes many of the core features of Apple Intelligence, including writing tools, Genmoji, a redesigned Siri with richer language understanding, and ChatGPT integration.
- Apple Intelligence is available on iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, A17 Pro or iPad with M1 or later, and Mac with M1 or later.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the launch of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Apple’s six software platforms (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, VisionOS, and tvOS) deliver seamless experiences across all Apple devices and reach people through groundbreaking services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV+. It’s empowering. Apple’s more than 150,000 employees are dedicated to creating the best products on earth and leaving the world a better place than we found it.
- Genmoji creation is available for iPhone and iPad, and will be available for Mac in the coming months.
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