Apple releases iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 with Apple Intelligence

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Today, Apple released iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, and watchOS 11.1. The iPhone, iPad, and Mac updates are focused on bringing the first AI features the company has marketed as “Apple Intelligence” to users.

Once they update, users with supported devices in supported regions can enter a waitlist to begin using the first wave of Apple Intelligence features, including writing tools, notification summaries, and the “reduce interruptions” focus mode.

In terms of features baked into specific apps, Photos has natural language search, the ability to generate memories (those short gallery sequences set to video) from a text prompt, and a tool to remove certain objects from the background in photos. Mail and Messages get summaries and smart reply (auto-generating contextual responses).

Apple says many of the other Apple Intelligence features will become available in an update this December, including Genmoji, Image Playground, ChatGPT integration, visual intelligence, and more. The company says more features will come even later than that, though, like Siri’s onscreen awareness.

Note that all the features under the Apple Intelligence banner require devices that have either an A17 Pro, A18, A18 Pro, or M1 chip or later.

There are also some region limitations. While those in the US can use the new Apple Intelligence features on all supported devices right away, those in the European Union can only do so on macOS in US English. Apple says Apple Intelligence will roll out to EU iPhone and iPad owners in April.

Beyond Apple Intelligence, these software updates also bring some promised new features to AirPods Pro (second generation and later): Hearing Test, Hearing Aid, and Hearing Protection.

watchOS and visionOS don’t’t yet support Apple Intelligence, so they don’t have much to show for this update beyond bug fixes and optimizations. tvOS is mostly similar, though it does add a new “watchlist” view in the TV app that is exclusively populated by items you’ve added, as opposed to the existing continue watching (formerly called “up next”) feed that included both the items you added and items added automatically when you started playing them.

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