Apple Intelligence. (iOS 18.1) Apple Intelligence combines the power of generative models with an understanding of your personal context to deliver intelligence that’s useful and relevant. Apple Intelligence can prioritize and summarize notifications, mail, and messages, let you interact with Siri in new and more natural ways, search your photo library when you describe what you want to find, draw from information on your iPhone to simplify everyday tasks, and more. (iOS 18.2) Use Image Playground to create entirely new images based on original descriptions, suggested concepts, or even a person from your photo library. Make Genmoji using your iPhone keyboard to enhance a conversation or match a friend in your photo library. In Notes, use the Image Wand to turn words or rough sketches into illustrations. To get started, see
Lock and hide apps. Protect sensitive apps and the information inside them by locking or hiding them. When you lock an app on your Home Screen, you need to use Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode to open it. Hide an app from your Home Screen in a hidden apps folder that’s locked. Information stored in locked or hidden apps won’t appear in other places on your iPhone, such as notifications and search. See Send a text message via satellite on iPhone.
Accessibility. Eye Tracking makes it possible for people to control iPhone with just their eyes. Music Haptics syncs the iPhone Taptic Engine with the rhythm of songs and Vocal Shortcuts helps people with severe atypical speech record sounds that trigger specific actions on iPhone. See
Freeform. Scenes let you organize and present your board section by section. Send a copy of your board to anyone with just a link. An improved diagramming mode makes it easier to form connections on your canvas. See Use reminders in Calendar on iPhone.
Note: New features and apps may vary depending on your iPhone model, region, language, and carrier.