With the arrival of artificial intelligence in the lives of everyone, Apple had to get on the train and enter this market. If the Cupertino company has already accumulated a “significant” delay according to certain specialists, it has not spent its year 2024 idly, and has presented a first solution.
Its name, Apple Intelligence. With this very comprehensive service, Apple wants to integrate artificial intelligence into the daily use of the iPhone. When it was presented last June, many features attracted the general public, but since then, the return to reality has been painful.
iOS 18.2: the long-awaited update
With iOS 18.2, Apple finally had to take the plunge towards AI. The apple brand had several features up its sleeve for this. This is particularly the case of Genmoji which allows the creation of tailor-made artificial intelligence.
Apple also released Image Playground. The idea this time is, like Dall-E at OpenAI, to generate images using artificial intelligence. The only problem for French and European users is that these features are not available in our region. You will have to wait until next April to be entitled to it.
AirPods Pro 2: a health device above all?
But fortunately for us, the release of iOS 18.2 is not limited to Apple Intelligence. The Cupertino company has also worked in recent months on a health feature linked to AirPods Pro 2. Concretely, the brand’s headphones could become hearing aids. With iOS 18.2 it is already possible to take a hearing health test to detect certain weak points.
The end of the message war has come
Another interesting new feature brought by Apple is the integration of RCS. This standard, which should ultimately replace SMS, allows on paper to communicate more securely, with encrypted messages, and to exchange content (photos, videos, audio messages) simply.
The arrival of this feature on the iPhone marks the end of a long battle between Android manufacturers, with Google in the lead, facing the leaders of the Apple brand. We will particularly remember Tim Cook’s sentence criticizing RCS and explaining that people just have to “buy iPhones” to end the problem.
Default apps are no longer in fashion
The arrival of iOS 18.é also marks Apple’s compliance with the DMAs, the new European laws regarding respect for competition. Concretely, users will be able to modify the default applications present on iPhones.
You can therefore replace “Messages” with another similar service on your iPhone. A new feature that should please WhatsApp, the Apple brand’s main competitor in the field of instant messaging.
In addition to these new features, iOS 18.2 is an important security update. We therefore recommend that all compatible users update as soon as possible. To find out if your iPhone supports iOS 18, find the list of eligible devices in this article.
