Your iPhone 16 may get the first Apple Intelligence features later this month

The iPhone 16, despite the marketing so far, still does not have Apple Intelligence. That will change on October 28 with the release of iOS 18.1 Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman in today Turn on newsletter.

The update will bring AI-powered summaries of notifications, Gurman writes. Although he only mentions that example, the iOS 18.1 beta also includes some Siri improvements (like better understanding you if you stumble over your words), along with writing tools and a new rainbow-colored glowing border when you summon Siri on a phone. or iPad.

Apple Intelligence only runs on the iPhone 15 Pro and later, but is also available in beta for Macs and iPads with Apple silicon chips (M1 and later), so even if you don’t have those iPhones you might still be able to give it a spin to indicate. Looking ahead, there are rumors that it will also be supported on the next iPhone SE.

We’ll still have to wait for some of the key Apple Intelligence features. Siri, which performs tasks for you across multiple apps and uses your information as context, wasn’t part of the beta versions – they might not come until March next year. Other features, including Apple’s Image Playground and Genmoji, could be available in December.