With the recent release ofiOS 18.1, Apple has brought a number of AI-powered features to the iPhone for the first time. Some of theseApple Intelligencefeatures are already proving useful, such as the newgenerative writing tools, theimage Clean Up tool, and theType to Sirifunction.
One addition, however,has been subject to online ridicule and even downright confusion: the notification summaries feature. Thankfully, Apple has made it relatively painless to disable these AI-generated summaries, which can be done either wholesale or on a per-app basis.
Apple’s AI summaries are hilariously bad sometimes
iOS 18’s new AI notification summaries are an amusing disaster, and I never want to turn the feature off again.
How to turn off AI notification summaries on iOS 18.1
The process involves a quick visit to the Settings app
If you’ve decided that you’ve had just about enough with notification summaries, here’s how to disable the feature outright:
If you want to keep the feature on for certain apps while disabling it for others, simply toggle the switches that are located next to each app’s name and icon. All your installed apps will appear under thisSummarize Notification Previews Fromsection within the Settings app.
It should be noted that you’ll need to be running iOS 18.1 or later in order to have access to the notification summaries feature, and you’ll need to be using an iPhone model that supports Apple Intelligence.
“Apple Intelligence is available in iOS 18.1 on all iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max, with Siri and device language set to U.S. English,” says Apple in itsofficial support documentation.
Apple Intelligence has one feature that’s actually useful
Apple Intelligence has yet to win me over, but iOS 18.1’s new Clean Up tool is doing some serious heavy lifting.
The era of Apple Intelligence has arrived
More AI tools are set to land on the iPhone in the coming weeks
iOS 18.1 only provides us with a small sampling of what’s to come within the broader Apple Intelligence feature set. The next major wave of AI-powered iPhone tools is expected to landin early Decemberin the form ofiOS 18.2. This update will introduce some of the flashier features into the mix, including on-device image and emoji generation, as well as tighterChatGPTintegration.
AGoogle Lens-style feature known asVisual Intelligenceis also slated for release in iOS 18.2, and it’ll be exclusively available on theiPhone 16 series. Visual Intelligence works in tandem with theCamera Control buttonfound on the latest iPhone models – it allows you to point your camera at real-world objects and generate relevant search queries.
It’ll be interesting to see whether Apple tweaks the underlying AI algorithm to improve the accuracy of the feature.
Then there’s the existing notification summaries feature, which continues to receive a fair bit of chastisement. It’ll be interesting to see whether Apple tweaks the underlying AI algorithm to improve the accuracy of the feature, or if the tech giant is content with the (rather chuckle-worthy) status quo.
These 5 iOS 18.2 features make me genuinely excited for Apple Intelligence
iOS 18.2 is expected to land in a few short weeks – here are the features that have me excited to update my iPhone on day one.
