With the release of iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, Apple brought massive updates for iPads and iPhones. The updates come with fixes for numerous bugs and enhancements of the Apple Intelligence features. The new versions allow users to engage with their devices in an intuitive manner, thanks to improvements in visual intelligence capabilities.
One major thing to take note of is that Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.3/iPadOS 18.3 is turned on by default. This means that if this is a feature you want to have control over, make sure to control the settings.
The latest update makes managing notification settings more simple and efficient. This change adds to the user experience of controlling which apps are allowed to send alerts and how they will show them. The update also adds additional security improvements to ensure devices are safe from any possible threats.
iOS 18.3 Unblock Additions With Alterations to Notification Summary Formatting
In order to enhance user understanding of the features, iOS 18.3 introduces modifications to the notification summaries. From now on, these AI-generated summaries will automatically be formatted in italics which will help distinguish standard notifications from AI summaries. The update also adds additional settings, enabling users to change the notification summaries from their lock screen.
Apple has begun implementing macOS 15.3 in conjunction with the release of iOS 18.3. With this update, Genmoji – a new personalized emoji feature – has been integrated, as well as the improvements to notification summaries from the iPhone update.
Apple’s Approach to AI Controversy
Apple is probably the first company to renounce an AI feature after it turned out to create much controversy with its result by disabling AI generated summaries for news, entertainment, and other specific genres. And typical of Apple rather controversially, their AI feature over-indexed, leading to poor and inaccurate results, following a trend on false info. Like Google and Microsoft, Apple has had to dial back some of their self-learning AI features because of the issues they have led to.
A BBC spokesperson expressed, “We’re pleased that Apple has listened to our concerns and is pausing the summarization feature for news,” then adding, “We are relieved over the pause of divisive and controversial summaries.”
Attribution: How can I Download iOS 18.3
iOS 18.3 can be downloaded by following these steps. Click Settings > General > Software Update.
Even with the controversy surrounding Apple’s AI features, this update brings with it important new fixes and changes that tech companies are always working on.