Facing accusations of trivial upgrades, Apple is out to prove that smartphone innovation isn’t dead with a new artificial intelligence system for its latest iPhones. Its big sell is that it can rewrite your emails and messages, create zany emojis on the fly and turn Siri into a ChatGPT-style chatterbox.

You can expect the first sight of Apple Intelligence, other than for beta testers that is, to come with iOS 18.1's official launch sometime in mid-October. "We should be looking for the software upgrade by the middle of October," Gurman said in his PowerOn newsletter .

Apple's first Apple Intelligence services will arrive soon with iOS 18.1. Here's what tools and services you can expect — and when.

Apple announced its new iPhone 16 series smartphones last month. The devices have been on sale for a while now, but they come with one of their main selling points, AI. Apple Intelligence is coming this month,

AI-generated Notification Summaries feel like they were made for a wrist-based screen. And they'll be available to the Apple Watch as part of the iOS 18.1 update for watches paired with Apple Intelligence-compatible iPhones.