Mark Gurman is currently revealing so much inside information from Apple’s developer kitchen that the WWDC keynote is almost redundant.
In a recent newsletter, for example, there’s a fairly detailed list of all the AI features Apple plans to release this year.
According to this, Apple wants to announce all functions in beta first in order to protect against possible errors and public outrage.
Much of the work needed to create AI content will be done by the iPhone’s hardware, with Apple only sending requests to its own servers in exceptional cases.
The demands placed on the processors are therefore high: only the new chips from last year’s iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, as well as those from the upcoming iPhone 16 range, are likely to be compatible.
Therefore, regular iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus might not be compatible because they use older chips.
and the next iPhones will be able to perform all AI functions. Potential consequence: iPhone 15 (Plus) will likely not be able to support the new features, as the devices are equipped with a previous generation processor.
Here are the AI features we expect in iOS 18:
- Transcribe voice messages on the device, as reported by AppleInsider
- Edit your own photos directly on the iPhone from iOS 18. Until now, rudimentary image editing was possible, but for the entire image, not for individual parts of the image
- Apple may want to introduce custom emojis that reproduce written text more accurately than standardized images. One downside is that they will likely only be viewable on iOS 18, not Android. Android has had such a feature for some time; Here the generated emojis are sent as stickers, which increases compatibility. It remains to be seen whether Apple will follow the same path
- The AI behind Chat-GPT, which Apple has licensed from OpenAI, will also make web search faster and more accurate through Spotlight on iPhone.
- Siri is now 13 years old, but still looks like a beta version. Apple now plans to spice up its digital assistant and make conversations more natural
- Apparently the manufacturer is also planning a Siri adaptation for the Apple Watch that can better perform typical tasks on the wrist.
- Using generative AI, the strength of Chat-GPT, the developer wants to allow users to generate automatic responses to emails and messages. This feature is already available through “Notifications”, which is currently just a list of frequently used responses such as “OK”, “On the way”, “Thanks”, etc. Most likely, the new system will offer a little more time and more contextualized answers
- Xcode also gets AI support, as Mark Gurman reported in February. Apparently Xcode can support creating individual code blocks
- Another AI function would be the extension of the Journal application: the operating system would be supposed to create intelligent reminders from missed notifications and emails, including web pages, messages, documents , notes and other forms of media.
None of these are confirmed at this point – it remains to be seen whether they will all make it to iOS 18. You might also be interested in the new hardware we’re expecting at WWDC.
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This article was originally published in our sister publication Macwelt and has been translated and adapted from German.
