Current:Home > ContactApple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates -Visionary Wealth Guides
Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
View
Date:2025-04-16 01:01:47
Get ready for phase two.
Apple's latest operating system update is available today for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and the iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates will expand the features using Apple Intelligence on supported devices.
The first batch of Apple Intelligence features, introducing Apple-built generative models and other enhancements to existing Apple software, launched in October with the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 updates. Apple Intelligence was first teased at the tech company's Worldwide Developers Conference in June.
Those who did not activate Apple Intelligence in the previous OS update will no longer need to join a waitlist. Be sure to stay connected to Wi-FI and power while the update and AI model download to your device to avoid issues with the update.
Here's what to know about the latest update and some of the top features:
Holiday deals:Shop this season’s top products and sales curated by our editors.
Genmoji
Genmoji, one of the Apple Intelligence features, allows users to create their own emoji. The feature can be accessed via the keyboard.
Once launched, users can describe the Genmoji they'd like to create and then select from the options Apple Intelligence generates. Genmoji can also use photos from a user's library to create Genmoji of friends. The Genmoji can be used in messages, as stickers or as message tapbacks and will appear with other recently used emoji.
Genmoji will be available for iPhone and iPad in the current update, but will be available at a later date for Mac.
Tech news:iPhone 16, new Watch and AirPods are coming: But is Apple thinking differently enough?
Image Playground
Image Playground, another Apple Intelligence feature, allows users to create AI images. Users can type a description, use photos from their library, or choose concepts from categories, such as costumes or themes. Images can also be created in different styles, such as illustration.
While the feature will be accessible in Messages, Image Playground will also have a standalone app on supported iPhone, Mac and iPad devices.
Image Wand, an integrated tool in Notes, allows users to use Image Playground features in the app and turn sketches into images or generate relevant visuals using context from the document.
ChatGPT integration with Siri
Siri, which was redesigned in the previous update, continues to evolve and will now include ChatGPT integration. With a user's permission, Siri can use ChatGPT to aid with certain responses. Users can choose to enable ChatGPT integration and can adjust settings at any time around permissions. A ChatGPT account is not required to use the feature.
Tech news:Apple, Android users on notice from FBI, CISA about texts amid 'massive espionage campaign'
Additional updates and features include:
- For devices in the iPhone 16 lineup, Visual Intelligenceallows users to get information using the phone's camera, such as summarized text or details on an object or place in front of them, using the Camera Control button.
- Users can make custom rewritesand in Writing Tools, describe desired changes for text, such as making a party invite sound more enthusiastic.
- In the Notes app, Composein Writing Tools can use ChatGPT to create text.
Disclaimer: The copyright of this article belongs to the original author. Reposting this article is solely for the purpose of information dissemination and does not constitute any investment advice. If there is any infringement, please contact us immediately. We will make corrections or deletions as necessary. Thank you.
veryGood! (68563)
Related
- All That You Wanted to Know About She’s All That
- Chick-fil-A releases cookbook to combine fan-favorite menu items with household ingredients
- Israeli child with autism found dead with her grandmother
- Garcelle Beauvais teams with Kellogg Foundation for a $90M plan to expand ‘Pockets of Hope’ in Haiti
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- Netflix is increasing prices. Here's how much the price hike is going to cost you.
- Hollywood’s actors strike is nearing its 100th day. Why hasn’t a deal been reached and what’s next?
- Woman whose body was found in a car’s trunk in US had left South Korea to start anew, detective says
- The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
- Canada removes 41 diplomats from India after New Delhi threatens to revoke their immunity
Ranking
- The Daily Money: Spending more on holiday travel?
- Major water main break impacts thousands, prompts state of emergency in a northern New York county
- Dutch court convicts man who projected antisemitic message on Anne Frank museum
- 1,000-lb. Sisters’ Tammy Slaton Proudly Shares Video in Jeans Amid Weight Loss Journey
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Biden to ask Congress in Oval Office address for funding including aid for Israel and Ukraine
- The US Supreme Court notched big conservative wins. It’s a key issue in Pennsylvania’s fall election
- Anne Kirkpatrick, a veteran cop but newcomer to New Orleans, gets city council OK as police chief
Recommendation
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
Black dolls made from 1850s to 1940s now on display in Rochester museum exhibit
Texas releases another audit of elections in Harris County, where GOP still challenging losses
3 endangered sawfish born at SeaWorld – the first successful captive birth of the species in the U.S.
IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
Biden to deliver Oval Office address on Israel and Ukraine on Thursday
China is building up its nuclear weapons arsenal faster than previous projections, a US report says
Popular use of obesity drugs like Ozempic could change consumer habits