The first public beta versions of iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 are now available with more artificial intelligence

Apple is rumored to release the final versions of iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 in early December. Before that, today the company has released the first public beta versions for both. You can now enroll your iPhone or iPad in Apple’s Beta Program to get the 18.2 beta update if you wish, but keep in mind that bugs are inevitable with such releases.

iOS 18.2 brings with it more Apple Intelligence features, including Image Playground, an app dedicated to generating images from text prompts. This is also built into Messages, Notes, and Freeform.

You also get Genmoji: “gen” for “generative AI” and “moji” for, well, you know. These can also be created based on text prompts and can be based on images of you, your friends, family, etc.

Siri has received ChatGPT integration. If Siri can’t respond to your query, it will ask your permission to transfer the request to ChatGPT. You don’t need a ChatGPT account for this.

For the iPhone 16 family, there is also Visual Intelligence, which gives you information about what is around you: you just need to open the camera and point it at something. Visual Intelligence also reads text aloud, detects phone numbers and addresses to add to Contacts, copies text, and summarizes text.

Apple Intelligence now supports localized English in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Please note that there is a waiting list to access Genmoji, Image Playground, and Image Wand (which transforms a sketch into an image).