Apple’s iOS 18 set to launch in September is claimed to be the biggest update from Apple so far. While it has yet to be officially introduced at the WWDC in June 2024, there are already several exciting updates.
With tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Samsung rapidly incorporating AI in their products, Apple is expected to add AI features in iOS 18/iPhone 16.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is “racing to catch up with Google and OpenAI in generative AI” and the iOS update is expected to bring a lot of AI features to various apps.
In this article, we will round up all the rumored AI features for iOS 18 and our speculations based on the ChatGPT features. So, let’s get started and explore all the possibilities!
Ask Questions to the AI Assistant
While Apple already took the leap by launching Siri in 2011, it has yet to catch up with the recent advancements in interactive AI. It is said that Apple is planning to give a whole makeover to Siri using LLMs and turn it into the ultimate AI assistant.
This enhanced AI app may be exclusive only to iPhone 16 and later. Siri’s AI chat feature can help you get answers to all of your queries. For now, we do not know for sure how Apple will plan to use this AI feature in iOS 18/iPhone 16 apps. But here are some great ideas:
● Extract Image Details
ChatGPT lets you upload an image and ask questions relevant to it. So, we can expect an AI integration with the Photos app to extract the key information and important details from the image.
● Enhanced Reading
Al integration with the Books app can help you get instant answers for your critical thoughts. You can explore the idea behind the book, and learn about the author, and justification for the plot.
● Smarter Messaging
It is reported by Mark Gurman that Apple is focusing on deeply integrating Siri with the Messages app. So, it can automatically complete sentences and suggest smarter replies.
● Automated Complex Tasks
According to The Information, Apple is using LLMs to enable Siri to carry out complex tasks through voice commands. Siri’s capabilities will be similar to the Shortcuts app carrying out multi-step tasks with a single command.
Now, let’s move forward to the second AI feature in iOS 18/iPhone 16 to look forward to.
Translate Any Language You Need
Apple has been in talks about working on a ChatGPT-styled AI, reported to be called the Apple GPT. According to Bloomberg’s Gurman, it is based on a large language model named Ajax.
If we take into account ChatGPT’s features, we can expect iOS 18 to have an AI feature to translate to and from diverse languages. While you may be able to interact with a Chat interface, the best bet is on direct interactions with written content.
In document apps like Numbers, Pages, Notes, and Books, you can use this AI feature to read content from various languages. This would be a great feature to go beyond the language barriers and explore literature from different cultures around the world.
Now, let’s talk about the next expected AI feature in iOS 18/iPhone 16.
Write and Rewrite Versatile Content
Similar to ChatGPT, another AI feature for iOS 18/iPhone 16 we can expect is to write or re-write content. ChatGPT heavily relies on text prompts to write or improve existing content. But, Apple’s new iOS update may offer automated features.
Some examples include the following.
● Brainstorm Ideas
AI features in the Pages app can help you brainstorm creative ideas while working on a writing task. You can also generate ideas for managing tasks and creating to-do lists with the Notes app.
● Create Drafts
AI features in iOS 18/iPhone 16 can help you draft cover letters, write professional emails, and essays, and more. This is possible with AI integration in the Pages, Notes, or Journal app.
● Extract Key Points
When reading your favorite novels or books in the Books app you can extract key points and the main idea of the book.
● Correct Grammar Errors
AI can assist in the automated correction of grammar and spelling errors. It can be done while typing out messages, emails, essays, or any other writing task.
Now, let’s talk about another AI feature that can transform content management.
Summarize Diverse Forms of Data
ChatGPT allows its users to upload various types of documents like Word, Excel, PPT, and PDF for analysis. If we get a ChatGPT-style AI feature in iOS 18/iPhone 16, it should support something similar.
You can sum up lengthy documents, extract chat summaries, and list the main points of an email. This feature can greatly save time while giving smarter and more accurate summaries in seconds.、
Here’s how summarization can help your interaction with various iOS apps.
● Understand Lengthy Documents
Apple’s Books app lets you open and read PDFs received via email, messages, or any other source. AI integration in the Books app can help you scan lengthy documents within seconds.
● Analyze Intricate Data
AI can be integrated into the Numbers app. It can generate accurate summaries to facilitate quick analysis of complex forms of data.
● Sum Up Event Details
ChatGPT can help you summarize your meetings and calendar events. AI feature of the Calendar app can assist in recapitulating event details, agenda items, number of attendees, etc.
● Condense Fitness Data
AI features for the Fitness app can help improve workout sessions. It can summarize your fitness data, dietary habits, height, weight, and IBM. This can provide more personalized sessions leading to improved results.
Now, let’s explore another AI feature that can upscale the learning process in iOS 18.
Explain Complex Ideas and Technical Terms
It is said that Apple is planning to add AI features to as many apps as possible. And if there is any truth to the rumors, Apple would try its best to catch up with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. A notable feature of ChatGPT is its ability to deeply explain key terminologies and technical concepts. So that’s another AI feature in iOS 18/iPhone 16 we can look forward to.
Here are some possible ways AI explanations can transform your iOS 18 experience.
● Describe Your Photos
AI features for the Photos app can provide accurate explanations of images. This can help you identify different objects or landmarks in your pictures.
● Learn on a Better Scale
If Apple integrates AI with the Books, Notes, or Pages app, you can interpret your educational and professional documents better with AI-powered explanations.
● Understand Technical Terms
AI features for Apple’s Stocks app can help track market trends with in-depth analysis. You can get explanations of technical jargon and factors causing the change in a company’s value.
Apart from written content management, AI tools like ChatGPT can supercharge digital content creation. On that note, here is the next AI feature you can expect in iOS 18.
Generate Realistic Images
Apart from the text-to-text generation, ChatGPT can generate images with DALL.E. So we can look forward to such AI features in iOS 18/iPhone 16 as well. But instead of a separate AI image generator, these capabilities are likely to be built into the Photos, Camera, Messages, or Notes app.
Here is how this feature for these apps can enhance your user experience.
● Enhance Your Photos
AI image generators in the Photos app can apply AI-powered filters to pictures. This allows you to edit photos with more realistic outputs.
● Convert Sketch to Image
AI features in the Notes app can use your sketches as input to generate high-quality images. This can help visualize your raw designs, infographics, or drawings in a realistic light.
● Custom-create Emojis
AI for the Messages app can deliver a more personalized experience by converting your doodles into customized emojis and stickers.
● Data Visualizations
You can use AI’s image-generation capabilities to create visual depictions of data. This is possible with AI integration with the Numbers app. You can directly select data and ask AI to generate its visual representations.
Now, let’s explore how AI can assist in realistic video generation in iOS 18.
Edit and Generate Creative Videos
OpenAI is gearing up to launch its text-to-video model Sora. Several other AI video generators can also animate images and generate videos from text prompts. We can expect similar AI features in iOS 18/iPhone 16 if Apple is to match the AI advancements currently on the horizon.
Here are some examples of how an AI video generator may work on iPhone 16 or iOS 18.
● Animate 2D Images
Recently, Apple unveiled its GPT 4-based AI animator tool called the Keyframer. This tool can animate 2D images using single text prompts. On this basis, we can safely look forward to similar AI features for iOS 18 and iPhone 16.
● Create Seamless Transitions
The Photos app already allows you to create slideshows using several photos. But with AI, this feature can be enhanced to generate a video with seamless transitions between multiple photos.
● Enhance Captured Videos
The video editing features of iOS can be upscaled. AI can help edit, remove, or replace the environment of a video. For instance, you can change a bright day to a gloomy evening, or sparse trees to a lush green forest.
With an AI video generator tool in iOS 18, the possibilities for productive content creation are endless.
Final Thoughts
Apple is reportedly working on a ChatGPT-styled AI assistant so we can expect similar AI features in iOS 18/iPhone 16. These may include an AI chat, image and video generator, and translating, writing, explaining, and summarizing diverse forms of iPhone content.
While you wait for Apple to make iOS 18 official, you can explore other ChatGPT-powered AI tools. These can help you visualize how Apple plans to integrate AI in the new iOS update.
UPDF AI is one such tool that uses GPT 4’s cutting-edge technology to deliver productive solutions for document management. You can use it to summarize, explain, translate, write, rewrite, and even chat with your documents. Try it and envision all the possible ways to upscale your iOS experience with AI.
