iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 have been with us since June, the month in which WWDC24 took place where Apple presented all the new operating systems for this coming year. On September 9, during the iPhone 16 presentation keynote, the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 release date: September 16 before the first iPhone 16 arrives to its buyers on September 20. Apple continues to work on iOS 18.1 and its counterpart on iPadOS, when it will arrive Information about Apple. However, looking a little further, December could be the date when Apple will present iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2: what can we expect from this update?
iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2: more Apple Intelligence and Health news
You already know that iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 in their initial version include almost all the new features presented at WWDC24 and that we have been able to see in recent months with the developer betas and public betas. But many people are eagerly awaiting iOS 18.1 since it will be in this update that will release some of the first Apple Intelligence features, the Big Apple’s full suite of AI features. We know this because we’ve been using this beta for a few months now. However, iPadOS 18.2 and iOS 18.2 have also started to be considered within the Apple Park barracks because there is evidence that some devices have been browsing the internet with these versions.
It is very likely that iOS 18.2 Coming in December since this is the month in which Apple’s AI features will expand to other countries including the UK, South Africa and Canada. This would imply not only availability at the software level but an expansion at the function and language level. In addition, we also know that the second versions of the big software first released in September (iOS 16, iOS 17…) were released in December.
Therefore, one of the new features of iOS 18.2 will be the Apple Intelligence expansion to other countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Additionally, Bloomberg has already warned that iOS 18.2 will integrate two other Apple Intelligence features:
- Genmoji: These emojis will increase the personalization in which users express themselves. The user will be able to write a description in the form of fast and your Genmoji will appear with several options to choose from. Additionally, you can choose photos from which iOS will generate these genmojis, as if they were serving as templates. This feature has not yet appeared in iOS 18.1 and it seems that it will be introduced with iOS 18.2 in December.
- Image playground: and it is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated functions of Apple Intelligence. With Image Playground we can choose between a series of concepts grouped into categories, we will write a fast and that’s it! We will have images generated from scratch. In addition, they can also be based on someone’s image, a person or a certain style.
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We are also looking forward to the OpenAI ChatGPT Integration in iOS 18.2 since Apple assured that the integration would arrive at the end of the year. Thanks to this integration, users will be able to obtain Siri’s answers provided by ChatGPT using the GPT-4o model, the latest presented by OpenAI. Finally, iOS 18.2 also awaits include all hearing protection features for AirPods 2 that Apple showed off during its keynote address last Monday. These features included hearing tests or a certified hearing aid feature available in more than 100 countries.
