With significant design changes and the addition of some ground-breaking features like NameDrop and the Journal App, iOS 17 has been a huge hit for iPhone owners. According to a recent report by Bloomberg, the next iOS18 is expected to be one of the largest software releases ever, since it may support third-party applications, browsers, and payment gateways worldwide.
In compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) of the European Union, the business has begun releasing iOS 17.4 with the aforementioned add-ons to the European Region. Additionally, according to Mark Gurman’s claim, the corporation plans to reveal the new iOS18 at the June WWDC 2024.
Furthermore, it is expected that Apple will introduce a few AI-powered features, perhaps beginning with the iPhone 16 series, such as ChatGPT-like capabilities on iPhones. Additionally, it might offer new features built upon a significant internal language model. It may be supported by the company’s future flagship chipset. It’s also feasible that Apple will use OpenAI’s GPT to create these further features.
Along with this, it may provide additional capabilities like to those of Samsung, such an enhanced generative AI picture editor, playlists created automatically on Apple Music, an AI-powered notes app for quick content creation, and more.
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Expected Ios18 updates in iPhones
1- Next-gen Siri replaces Shortcuts
The most convincing speculations regarding Apple’s possible LLM integration with iOS18 center around the impending redesign of Siri, the company’s speech assistant. In light of how stale Siri has grown, it would be extremely nice and might finally see voice assistants advance beyond the simple ‘oven timer’ sidekicks that the majority of us use them for.
One of Apple’s objectives, according to a recent article from The Information, is to enable iPhone users to “use simple voice commands to automate tasks involving multiple steps.” This may presumably include instructing Siri to turn the past five pictures you took into a gif and send it to a buddy.
2- Searching Power
The iPhone’s search feature, which is still confined to swiping down on the home screen, is still rather annoying. While iOS 17 brought some improvements to message search (such allowing you to combine several search filters), iOS18 integration of on-device AI has the potential to greatly enhance phone search.
Initially, it may facilitate the iPhone’s Search function to encompass additional applications such as Notes, Voice Memos, and Freeform. However, there’s also a lot of room for questioning your on-device data in natural language. Instead of opening many applications, you may inquire, “What will the weather be like during my bike ride on Sunday?”
3- iCloud
According to a recent Power On newsletter from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, In Ios18 Apple is expected to create some standalone cloud-based services in addition to on-device AI for the iPhone. And it may suggest some significant new iCloud features—which Apple is begging us to sign up for—coming soon.
Given Apple’s history, it’s possible that some of its more sophisticated AI functions would need an iCloud membership, or that it will at the very least leverage iCloud features to entice users to subscribe.
4- The camera app become creative
Apple’s emphasis on machine learning on the iPhone is evident in the useful Visual Look Up function in iOS 17, which assists you in identifying flora, animals, and laundry tags in photos. However, that’s obviously only the beginning; iOS18 has the potential to take this idea far further.
Many of Apple’s computer vision capabilities at the moment are utilitarian in nature, such as text recognition (which enables words in photos to show up in search results) and subject-tracking in videos. However, Apple may also use generative AI to enable you to draw inspiration for your creative ideas from the actual world.
5- Apple Music will take to Spotify
Another major target in Ios18 of Apple’s generative AI initiative is Apple Music, according to a different Bloomberg article. A team that is “exploring new features for Apple Music”—including “auto-generated playlists”—is reportedly led by Apple SVP of Services Eddy Cue.
That would just mean that Apple is catching up to Spotify, which is frustrating but not surprising considering how oddly conservative Apple Music is when it comes to new features. However, Apple may leverage on-device AI to enhance the attractiveness of its music streaming service. This might include enhancing its Discovery Station, creating a more potent Apple Music Sing, and improving Spotify’s AI DJ.
