In its press release for the iPad mini 7 today, Apple reiterated that additional Apple Intelligence features will be rolling out "over the next several months."
Below, we outline Apple Intelligence features that are expected to be added as part of iOS 18.2, which is expected to be released to the public in December.
Apple Intelligence in More Languages
During its iPhone 16 event last month, Apple announced that it will be making Apple Intelligence available in localized English in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.K. in December, and that timeframe suggests that support for these additional languages will be added as part of iOS 18.2.
Image Playground and Genmoji
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said two more Apple Intelligence features that were previewed earlier this year will be added in iOS 18.2, including Image Playground for generating images and Genmoji for generating custom emoji.
Here is how Apple describes Image Playground:
Produce fun, original images in seconds with the Image Playground experience right in your apps. Create an entirely new image based on a description, suggested concepts, and even a person from your Photos library. You can easily adjust the style and make changes to match a Messages thread, your Freeform board, or a slide in Keynote.
Here is how Apple describes Genmoji:
Make a brand-new Genmoji right in the keyboard to match any conversation. Provide a description to see a preview, and adjust your description until it's perfect. You can even pick someone from your Photos library and create a Genmoji that looks like them.
Image Wand
If the Image Playground feature is part of iOS 18.2, then the Image Wand likely will be too.
Image Wand will be built into the Apple Pencil tool picker, and it will be able to transform a rough sketch into a proper image in the Notes app. When a user circles an empty space in a note, Apple says Image Wand will create an image using context from the surrounding area.
Visual Intelligence
All four iPhone 16 models are equipped with a new Camera Control button that will enable Visual Intelligence, a new feature that can provide information about items or places in a person's surroundings. For example, Apple says users will be able to click and hold the Camera Control to bring up the hours or ratings for a restaurant they pass by, add an event from a flyer to their calendar, quickly identify a dog by breed, and more.
Apple says Visual Intelligence will be available on iPhone 16 models later this year, so it will likely be included in iOS 18.2.
ChatGPT Integration With Siri
Apple said that ChatGPT will be available through Siri before the end of the year, so this integration will likely go live with iOS 18.2.
With user permission, Siri will be able to show ChatGPT answers directly in response to questions and other prompts. ChatGPT will also be an option for Apple's system-wide Writing Tools feature, allowing users to generate text and images. Apple said ChatGPT will be powered by OpenAI's latest GPT-4o model on its platforms.
iPhone, iPad, and Mac users will be able to use ChatGPT for free, without creating an account, and ChatGPT Plus subscribers will be able to connect their accounts to access paid features on these devices. Apple said OpenAI will not store ChatGPT requests made from its devices, and it said users' IP addresses will be obscured.
