Many iOS 18 and macOS 15 features are not available in beta 1

Apple at present introduced main updates to its working methods through the opening keynote of WWDC 2024. Each iOS 18 and macOS 15 include many new options, together with iMessage enhancements, extra continuity options, and Apple Intelligence. Nonetheless, not all of those options are at present out there to beta customers.

Learn on as we element which options introduced at WWDC 2024 are but to turn out to be out there to beta customers.

Apple Intelligence

Sure, Apple Intelligence was one of many most important highlights of this yr’s WWDC. Apple lastly launched its personal set of AI-based instruments. With Apple Intelligence, customers can evaluate and summarize texts, generate replies to emails, filter notifications, generate pictures and emoji, edit photographs, and far more.

Nonetheless, those that have been excited to check out Apple Intelligence are actually disillusioned. That’s as a result of none of those options demonstrated by Apple throughout at present’s occasion can be found in iOS 18 beta 1 or macOS 15 beta 1. And it’ll take even longer for Apple to launch its AI options.

The corporate says Apple Intelligence might be launched “in beta this fall.” In different phrases, there’s an enormous probability that we gained’t have the ability to get our palms on the brand new AI options earlier than the launch of the brand new iPhones in September. It’s value noting that the AI options require the A17 Professional or later for iPhone or M1 or later for iPad and Mac.

RCS

Apple confirmed final yr that it will add assist for RCS (Wealthy Communication Providers) to the iPhone with a future software program replace. Now we all know that RCS assist is certainly coming with iOS 18.

With RCS, iPhone customers can ship wealthy messages with audio and bigger media information to Android customers. Though RCS messages will nonetheless have inexperienced bubbles, the Messages app will present the label “Textual content Message – RCS” within the dialog.

However at the least for now, there’s no signal of RCS assist in iOS 18 beta 1.

Redesigned Mail app

After years, Apple is lastly redesigning the Mail app. Now, the app will robotically filter and categorize emails into classes resembling transactions, updates, and promotions. There’s additionally a class for emails thought-about necessary. The brand new model of Mail additionally makes it simpler to search out and consider emails with receipts and newsletters from the identical sender.

However the dangerous information is – you guessed it – the brand new Mail app just isn’t out there in iOS 18 beta 1. Apple says the app might be launched “later this yr” with a future iOS 18 replace.

Safari Highlights

Apple is utilizing machine studying to energy a brand new Safari function known as Highlights, which is ready to determine related data resembling an tackle or a hyperlink to a music on a webpage and present it to you. Safari Reader has additionally been redesigned to summarize articles.

Though the brand new model of Safari is already included with iOS 18 beta 1 and macOS 15 beta 1, the brand new AI options aren’t at present out there.

iPhone Mirroring

Each macOS 15 and iOS 18 introduce iPhone Mirroring, which is a brand new approach of interacting along with your iPhone out of your Mac. The function helps you to see and management your iPhone display screen out of your laptop with out having to the touch your cellphone. You may also drag and drop information between macOS and the mirrored iPhone.

A minimum of in beta 1, this function just isn’t out there.

Panoramic Mac Digital Show

Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional is getting its first main software program replace with visionOS 2, and one of many new options is Panoramic Mac Digital Show – which mainly offers customers the choice of seeing their Mac display screen as an enormous ultrawide show. Apple says it’s the equal of getting two 4K screens aspect by aspect.

Even should you set up visionOS 2 beta in your Imaginative and prescient Professional, Apple says that Panoramic Mac Digital Show gained’t be out there till later this yr with a future replace.

Wrap up

There are numerous different new options to be explored within the betas launched at present. Nonetheless, we’ll have to attend till a number of the most enjoyable options turn out to be out there.

Are there any particular options introduced at at present’s occasion that aren’t out there in beta 1? Tell us within the feedback part beneath.