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of Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is scheduled to take place on June 10, when the company is expected to release its next version iPhone software: iOS 18.
Apple’s iOS 18 could bring the ‘biggest’ software update in iPhone history, according to Mark Gurman’s January Power On newsletter. In November, Gurman wrote that iOS 18 could bring “relatively ground-breaking” updates to the iPhone, along with “major new features and designs.”
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The news comes as flagship smartphones play a major role in generative AI hype cycle. Last fall, Google debuted its flagship Pixel 8 range with improved AI tricks, and in January Samsung launched Galaxy S24 series complete with Galaxy AI. Apple will probably go in the same direction with expected iPhone 16 and iOS 18. CEO Tim Cook teased such a possibility.
“We have some things we’re incredibly excited about that we’ll be talking about later this year,” Cook said revenue call in February in response to a question about generative AI.
To be clear, Apple already has AI features on your iPhone like him duplicate photo detection feature, but we have yet to see how Gen AI will impact iPhone and iOS in a major way. with iOS 17Apple has included numerous AI-powered features, such as the ability to clone your own voice on the iPhone (which is a form of AI generation) and an updated keyboard with better auto-correction. But the company failed to unveil generative AI products along the lines of Google’s Gemini or OpenAI’s Chat GPT. Still, rumors point to significant changes in iOS 18. Here are the most credible.
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Does the Calendar app integrate with the Reminders app?
With iOS 18, the Calendar app on the iPhone will apparently include integration with the Reminders app. According to May AppleInsider report, the updated version of Calendar should let you schedule and organize reminders directly from it without needing to launch the Reminders app. The report says you’ll be able to view reminders in day, week, and month calendar views.
Siri got a slight makeover in iOS 17, including two new features that will change the way you interact with the voice assistant. iOS 18 may bring even more changes.
Smarter Siri
Siri has been around since iOS 5 in 2011, but with iOS 18, Apple’s voice-activated assistant could get a lot smarter. Generative AI technology “should improve the way both Siri and the Messages app can ask questions and autocomplete sentences,” according to Gurman.
Before his newsletter, September reported by the Information said Apple plans to use large language patterns, a crucial part of generative AI to make Siri smarter. An example detailed in this article explains how Siri can respond to simple voice commands for more complex tasks, such as turning a set of photos into GIFs and then sending them to one of your contacts. If this example is accurate, it represents a significant step forward in Siri’s capabilities.
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Improved texting with Android
Google has launched a website dedicated to advocating for Apple to adopt the RCS text messaging standard, complete with links to tweet notes about the company.
Apple said it will provide support for RCS, the cross-platform messaging standard, to the iPhone. According to a report from November on 9to5Macan Apple spokesperson said it will come to the iPhone “later next year” and will work alongside iMessage.
RCS support should improve the current messaging experience between iPhone and Android users by providing iMessage-like features. These upgrades include sending high-quality photos and videos to contacts, a read receipt, input indicators, and, most importantly, end-to-end encryption, something SMS messages lack. In other words, if you have an Android phone and you’re messaging someone with an iPhone, you’ll be able to message each other via RCS instead of SMS. However, it’s important to remember that iMessage will remain exclusive to iPhones and other Apple devices. RCS will not port iMessage to Android phones.
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As we mentioned earlier, details about Apple’s plans are currently scarce, and we still don’t know which iPhones will be compatible with iOS 18. We’ll update this article as and when we get more details, so be sure to check back. Until then, you can speed up iOS 17.
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Device AI
A recent rumor points to how Apple’s generative AI features might work. According to German, Apple’s own LLM is set to anchor the upcoming iPhone’s generative AI features. Key benefits of on-device AI include better privacy and faster response times, as data does not need to be transmitted to the cloud. But this approach could also make Apple’s AI tools less suitable for certain scenarios that require deep knowledge, such as how some chatbots are less helpful than others because they do not have access to an open Internet. But on The iPhone maker can compensate for these limitations by licensing technology from Google and other AI service providers.
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