Now that we’re officially in October, I can’t help but think a bit about the 18.2 beta coming to iOS later this month. According to the rumors, we’re going to get several new Apple intelligence features including Genmoji, Image Playground, ChatGPT integration, and personal context awareness for Siri. We’re also supposed to get the auto-sorting feature in Apple Mail. These are big features and represent a step up over the Apple Intelligence features we saw with 18.1.

The next six months, in general, will feel like a slow burn toward Apple intelligence. Apple’s put a lot of wood behind the arrow about how important Apple Intelligence is for them but we still need to see the more advanced features work. This feels like a big bet for Apple, and I’m curious to see how it plays out. We’ll get our next big indication with 18.2 later this month.