The first Apple Intelligence features are now available in the first developer beta of iOS 18.1 released a week ago. Many features shown at WWDC24 are not yet available, but we have seen the impact that the integration of these AI features into iOS can have in recent days. However, some rumors indicated that some Apple Intelligence features would not arrive until 2025. A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal gave hope by assuring that, for example, The Siri enhancement with personal context understanding that we saw at WWDC24 will arrive before 2025.
Siri and Apple Intelligence’s Personal Context, Coming Before 2025
The personal context feature is one of the tools available in the delimit which is Apple Intelligence itself. However, in the first beta version of iOS 18.1 intended for developers, this function is not available. It is neither more nor less give to Siri
In this way and by making Siri intelligent with our daily life, the virtual assistant can solve requests as specific as: sending us the flight code of a family member, what is the plan with a specific person on a specific day, who picks us up and shows us images of a trip we made on a certain day with a certain person, etc. Thanks to the personal context, Siri will know how to solve everyday problems with specific requests.
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All Apple Intelligence Features in iOS 18.1 Beta 1
The latest information suggests that this part of Apple Intelligence will not arrive before 2025. However, the Wall Street Journal published new information a few days ago according to which They predict that Siri’s personal context improvements will arrive before the end of 2024, in a post-iOS 18 update which is possibly iOS 18.1 or iOS 18.2:
Before the New Year’s Eve ball, Siri will integrate with ChatGPT and will have the ability to access your personal context. (Example: “What time should I pick up my mother from the airport?”)
In addition, Apple would take the opportunity to launch another of the bombs announced at WWDC24, it was about integration with iOS and the rest of the operating systems with OpenAI’s AI-based chatbot, ChatGPT.