iOS 18.2 arriving in December with powerful Apple Intelligence upgrade. Here’s what we know
Apple is progressing with its iOS updates, having released iOS 18.1 and planning for iOS 18.2 in early December. The beta version features AI enhancements like Genmoji and ChatGPT integration. Mark Gurman suggests a potential launch on December 2, barring unexpected delays.
Apple rolled out the first leg of its Apple Intelligence features via the iOS 18.1 update last week. Now, it seems that the Cupertino-based tech giant is slightly ahead of schedule regarding its iOS 18.2 launch and plans to roll out the major update to stable users in early December, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Notably, iOS 18.2 is already available to beta testers and comes with many of the major iOS 18 AI features like Genmoji, Image Playground, visual intelligence, and ChatGPT integration in Siri.
Gurman, in his weekly Power On newsletter, states that iOS 18.2 could release as early as December 2 if there aren't any unexpected delays. He also mentions that the next major update after iOS 18.2 will be the iOS 18.4 rollout in April, which will include a number of improvements, including a Siri upgrade that will let the assistant access users' data and answer questions based on the information on their screens.
Apple usually releases its iOS xx.4 updates in March, which would mean that the iOS 18.4 release date would actually be almost a month later than the usual schedule. However, if the release date for iOS 18.2 holds true, it will actually be a couple of weeks ahead of schedule, with iOS 17.2 releasing on December 11 and iOS 16.2 rolling out on December 13.
Apple Intelligence rollout in India:
Meanwhile, Apple could finally start rolling out Apple Intelligence beyond the American version of English during the iOS 18.2 release in December. Notably, with Apple Intelligence being available only in English (US), Indian users had to switch their language settings from English (India) to English (US) to access Apple Intelligence features.
Apple says it will be adding support for localised versions of English in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the UK. Meanwhile, support for English (India) along with Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and other languages will be available via a software update in April.
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First Published:4 Nov 2024, 09:05 AM IST
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