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Since iOS 18.2 is the release which brings the biggest dollop yet of the headline Apple Intelligence feature, this has clearly been a highly anticipated update.
For some people, those in countries outside the U.S. which speak English, this is the motherlode of Apple Intelligence. Here’s why: users in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom will see Apple Intelligence for the first time, and that means everything U.S. iPhone users saw with iOS 18.1 plus everything new.
Users of iPhone 16 handsets will see Visual Intelligence. Using the iPhone 16 Camera Control, you can point the iPhone camera at something nearby, such as an art gallery, to see the opening hours. You can get ChatGPT to help with information as well.
New for everyone in iOS 18.2 is Image Playground, a new app which creates pictures based on the prompts you give it. It can come up with images that resemble friends or family. There’s also Image Wand which does similar pic-making tricks in the Notes app and Genmoji, the custom emoji characters which are also based on prompts from you. They can be based on the People album in Photos, for instance. Note that these features may require a waiting list before you can try them.
Writing tools that arrived in iOS 18.1 are being enhanced to allow more changes and specify tone or content alterations you want to see.
There are other changes, such as the arrival of the Hearing Test for AirPods Pro 2 in more countries. Mail will have a big upgrade, Voice Memos will let you add layers to recordings on some iPhone models and there’ll be Sudoku for News+ subscribers.
Although it could be later, I believe it will be in the coming days. Apple likes a Monday or Tuesday release. This is a very big release so I think Monday, Dec. 9 may be too early. Tuesday, Dec. 10 or Wednesday, Dec. 11 seem the hot favorites to me. Wednesday is my best guess.
