First iOS 18.4 Beta: Comes Apple Intelligence Next Week in Germany? 32 comments
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With iOS 18.4 is Apple Add the Siri voice assistant Access large parts of the iPhone and rewrite many of last year’s promises. A first beta version could appear next week and perhaps also for the first time Apple Make intelligence for the iPhone and iPad in the EU and in German.
Beta to be expected on Tuesday
After the release of iOS 18.3 last week, there have been no new iOS, iPados or macOS versions in the beta channels. According to Marc Gurman at Bloomberg, this will change soon. As the often reliable reporter reports on x Apple Release an early beta for iOS 18.4. New beta versions are usually released on Tuesday evening.
iOS 18.4 is supposed to overhaul Siri
With iOS 18.4 it is expected that Apple will introduce the new Siri presented for WWDC 2024 2024. With the functional update, the Assistant should become much more capable and read the user’s screen and be able to control many apps via app intents. Siri should also be able to search for emails or notes.
In an investor change on the latest quarterly figures a few days ago, Tim Cook also confirmed that the new Siri will be released in the coming months.
And, certainly, one of them is the — is Siri, and that’s coming over the next few months.
Timothy Donald Cook Am 30. January
German language could be supported for the first time
However, iOS 18.4 will also have German language support and availability of Apple Mark Intelligence in the EU. Who has Apple Already promised for the release of iOS 18.1 for April, the same period in which iOS 18.4 is also to be released according to Gurman’s rumors.
As a result, the first beta to iOS 18.4 could not only be new for overseas Apple Enable intelligence functions, but also enable AI functions for the iPad and iPhone for the first time in this country. So far these are only available on the Mac and only in English.
Restrictions are unclear
However, it is not clear whether Apple the full range of functions of Apple Intelligence will also present this country. In the press release, the group talks about the availability of “main functions” and lists numerous functions, which, however, all indicate the function of the iOS 18.2 / 3 received abroad. Open at the end Apple With a “and much more”, however, the door to the new Siri, but obviously did not want to commit in October last year.
In April the Apple Intelligence features for users: inside the iPhone and iPad introduced in the EU. This includes many core functions of Apple Intelligence, including writing tools, Genemoji, a revised Siri with better speech understanding, chat integration and much more.
Apple (October 2024)
So far, AI functions have not yet been available in the EU Apple Count the law on difficult digital markets in this country. The law requires large companies to interpret their platforms for fair competition.
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