Apple is currently maintaining beta tests of iOS 18.4, which contains many new features. However, according to the technology analyst Mark Gurman, the company will bring the major changes in iOS 18.5. With this update, the great artificial intelligence innovations expected for Siri will be presented to users and the Apple Intelligence support will be opened to the Chinese market.
Apple introduced a large artificial intelligence update for Siri at the WWDC 2024 event last year. However, these innovations have not yet been presented to users. With iOS 18.5, Siri will have these promised capabilities and become much more powerful.
With this update, Siri will support hundreds of in -apps and inter -apps. Users will now be able to perform many operations that need to be performed on applications manually with only voice commands. This will significantly improve the daily use of Siri.
In addition, Siri will gain screen awareness. This feature will enable the assistant to understand the content on the screen and to perform appropriate actions. For example, when displaying a message, it will be possible to ask Siri to take a action on this message.
In addition, Siri will now understand the personal context better. Users will be able to ask Siri about past meetings, messages, visited places, and other personal data, and the assistant will be able to give smarter answers based on this information. This development aims to turn Siri from being a voice assistant, and to turn it into a more personal assistant.
Apple made gradual improvements on Siri in recent iOS updates. However, iOS 18.5 can finally complete Siri’s long -awaited artificial intelligence -supported transformation.
Another important issue that Apple will deal with iOS 18.5 will be the introduction of the Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence system in China. This innovation means a big change for iPhone users in China.
China is in a critical position for Apple in the smartphone market. In recent years, however, competing with strong artificial intelligence -supported devices of local brands has become difficult. Manufacturers such as Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo rapidly improve their own artificial intelligence systems, while Apple’s lack in this area negatively affected China’s sales.
Apple CEO Tim Cook accepted that his iPhone sales in China have weakened in his latest talks with investors, but emphasized that Apple Intelligence could reverse this situation. The company says that iPhone sales perform better in the markets where artificial intelligence -supported features are offered to users. Therefore, Apple Intelligence’s opening to the Chinese market will be a critical step to increase the competitiveness of the company.
When will iOS 18.5 be published?
According to Mark Gurman, Apple plans to launch iOS 18.5 in May 2025. However, since iOS 18.4 is expected to be released in April, the release date of iOS 18.5 may also hang on June.
The most important point for Apple is to deliver iOS 18.5 to users before the WWDC 2025 event. Because in WWDC, the company is expected to introduce iOS 19 and the current iOS version needs to be completed before this event.