iOS 18.3 is right here. After over a month in beta, the replace is now obtainable for everybody utilizing an eligible machine on Monday. Amongst different modifications, Apple’s new software program activates Apple Intelligence by default (though you may nonetheless decide out) and makes it clearer when the corporate’s AI generates notification summaries.
Apple mentioned earlier this month that a future replace would extra clearly label Apple Intelligence notification summaries, which arrived in iOS 18.1 in October. That got here after the BBC reported that information summaries had been twisted to falsely state that the accused assassin of medical health insurance CEO Brian Thompson had shot himself. Different bogus summaries claimed a darts participant received a world title earlier than taking part in within the last and that tennis celebrity Rafael Nadal had come out as homosexual.
The next week, Apple took it a step additional and paused notification summaries of all information alerts within the iOS 18.3 beta. It isn’t but clear in the event that they’ll be again in at the moment’s public launch, however they may in some unspecified time in the future.
Earlier than iOS 18.3, the summaries had been solely indicated by a small icon. Within the new software program, all the abstract is italicized, and there’s an all-caps “Summarized by Apple Intelligence” observe beneath every AI-generated recap.
Apple appears to need to enhance the adoption of Apple Intelligence on appropriate units, as iOS 18.3 allows the slew of AI options by default throughout onboarding. You may nonetheless decide out, nevertheless it takes a number of seconds of labor: Head to Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri and switch off the toggle.
Different new options in iOS 18.3 are subtler modifications: Visible intelligence can now add calendar occasions from posters or flyers, and it’s higher at figuring out crops and animals. In fact, there’s loads of little bug fixes, too.
As at all times, you may seize the replace by heading to Settings > Common > Software program Replace.
