{"id":44255,"date":"2024-07-29T16:09:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T20:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=44255"},"modified":"2024-08-01T16:12:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T20:12:23","slug":"the-first-apple-intelligence-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/29\/the-first-apple-intelligence-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Apple Intelligence Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Rossignol<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple Intelligence is still not available as of the fourth developer beta of iOS 18 this week, leading some to wonder if the features have been delayed. However, we have confirmed that Apple still plans to add some of the new Apple Intelligence features to an upcoming beta this summer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Matthew Cassinelli<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I still can’t tell if this means App Intents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Hartley Charlton<\/a>:<\/p>\n

According to individuals with knowledge about Apple’s plans, the company now plans to start rolling out Apple Intelligence in software updates by October, arriving several weeks after the launch of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. This means that Apple Intelligence will now effectively be split out of the initial launch of the new software updates. The reason for the delay is said to be concern about the stability of Apple Intelligence features and need for developers to have sufficient testing time.<\/p>

Apple Intelligence will still be made available to software developers for the first time as soon as next week with the first betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, which would be extremely unusual as the company does not normally release previews of follow-up software updates until the first version has been released.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Apple is today providing developers with the first betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, with the new software introducing an early version of the Apple Intelligence features.<\/p>

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Several Apple Intelligence features are available as of today, including Writing Tools, Siri’s revamped design, the option to move between voice commands and typing to Siri, summaries for transcripts and other content, the new Mail categories and smart replies, smart replies in Messages, and more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Dan Moren<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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As for what you won’t find here, don’t expect the contentious image generation features like Image Playground, the ability to clean up and remove unwanted details from photos, and integration with ChatGPT. It’s unclear if those will appear in future builds of these betas, or as subsequent updates after public release. Also unclear is whether there will be a public beta of these versions down the road for non-developers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Ezekiel Elin<\/a>:<\/p>\n

If you’re confused, macOS Sequoia 15.1 is on a different update track than 15.0 (versus iOS that just has one track for all iOS 18)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

However, even after switching to the new track, no updates show up for me in Software Update. Apple’s announcement<\/a> includes a link to the macOS 15.1 release notes<\/a>, but they don’t exist yet.<\/p>\n\n

Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The dual beta track proves irrefutably that Apple’s annual release schedule is irreparably broken and desperately needs to be abolished.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n