Apple claims that the new iOS 18.2 used for iPhone devices is available worldwide and expects the new updates, Apple Intelligence features like Image Playground and Genmoji, and native editing for OpenAI’s ChatGPT. In an official blog, Apple introduced the release of iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, including a brand-new set of Apple Intelligence features.
In addition to the AI updates in the new iOS 18, there are increased security features in the revamped Mail app as well as changes made to the Camera Control. Apple’s iOS 18.2 integrates many features that Apple first introduced in June at the World Wide Developers Conference, WWDC 2024.
Starting with Image Playground, in which you can generate steganographic images with prompts for AI, is now available on iPhones with iOS 18.2. Now users can play with Image Playground to use images from a new perspective to understand themselves, create the best emoji for different situations with Genmoji, and make use of writing tools even cooler than before.
Image Playground
Image Playground enables users to create interesting images without many hassles by using concepts such as how themes, costumes, accessories, and places are easily made. More than just that, users could key in their text annotations; moreover, these pictures could be drawn in resemblance to a friend or a family member by capturing an image from the photo library.
Image Playground has multiple styles of generation, which include a modern 3D animated style known as Animation and images with simple shapes, clear lines, black and white, as well as color blocks known as Illustration.
Genmoji
For even more fun with Genmoji, users can submit a photo from their photo library to make one based on a friend or family member. Personalized Genmoji can be accessorized and focus on the theme or activity of the Genmoji to make it more personal.
ChatGPT Integration
The Notes app receives new tools to enhance note-taking by adding more graphic elements to them. When it comes to using Image Wand in the tool palette, users are in the position to develop images in a note through the written or graphical context obtained in the note.
And now with ChatGPT fully running in Writing Tools and linked with Siri, users can achieve their goals with the help of professional tips from ChatGPT without constantly switching between applications, which makes the process faster and easier than before.
Advanced Writing Tools
Writing Tools was first presented in iOS 18.1, and the set of features in it has been rather restrained. Besides the new additional features of providing suggestions for the inputted texts, the interaction allows users more possibilities to transform their words and constructions.
Visual Search
iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro owners have the Camera Control button located at the right side of the Siri button below; to search for anything using AI, they simply point the camera at it. There is a Camera Control button on the home screen, which users can press and hold to launch Visual Search; it is identical to Google Lens.
New Mail App
The latest version of iOS, featuring 18.2, introduces a new Mail app. The mail has now added the new feature of categorizing your so-received mails for easy finding. For example, it will place receipts and delivery-related emails into the Transactions category without the need to do it yourself. The revamped and new design and the categorization feature, which is assumed to improve the experience of the mail app, are emailing.
Apple Intelligence also starts with language addition by containing localized English for Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa, as well as the United Kingdom, enabling a vast amount of users across the universe to obtain powerful new ways to use iPhones, iPads, as well as Macs.