Apple releases iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 and iPadOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence

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Apple has released iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 and iPadOS 18.1 updates just a month after the release of iOS 18. Let's take a look at the important features that have been added.

New features in iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 and iPadOS 18.1Call Recording

iOS 18.1 allows you to record phone calls. It's about time. The recording is not done automatically, you will have to tap on the soundwave button in the top left corner of the screen to start recording the call. The app will play a sound that says "This call is being recorded.", to warn participants about the same. That's fair, this is perhaps due to legal requirements in many countries.



A transcript of the call is generated and saved to the Notes app. You can listen to the recorded calls from the Notes app. I tested it, and it works fine, we'll take a closer look at this in the coming days.

Hearing Health features

AirPods Pro 2 users on iOS 18.1 or iPadOS 18.1 or macOS Sequoia can use their earbuds to detect hearing loss. The hearing test can be accessed via the Health app. Here is a list of countries in which Apple's Hearing Health Features are available.

The updates also ship with improvements to the Photos and Camera apps.  macOS Sequoia 15.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 ship with a couple of dozen security fixes for various vulnerabilities. Apple has also released macOS Ventura 13.7.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1 to patch some security issues. None of the vulnerabilities seem to have been exploited in the wild.

Apple Intelligence is now available for iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 and iPadOS 18.1

Apple has been advertising the AI features everywhere since the iPhone 16 series was launched in September. It's finally here, but even this version of the AI is limited to US English, more details below.



I have already discussed the features of Apple Intelligence, but I'll briefly mention them here. Apple's AI-powered features include systemwide writing tools across apps that can proofread text, offer to rewrite or summarize the content in all apps. The Mail app supports summarizing of emails, smart replies for mails, time sensitive alerts, etc. Siri has been redesigned, and is now smarter at understanding what you say, thanks to the richer language-understanding capabilities. The AI can offer assistance to use features that are available on their device, like how to take a screenshot, or share a Wi-Fi password. You can also type to Siri.

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