Apple released the public beta of iOS 18.4 and we get a peek at new features including priority notifications, Image Playground sketch art, ambient music in the control center and a cooking mode in Apple News Plus. But we have to keep waiting for Siri to get an AI-infused makeover.
Read about iOS 18.4 on CNET:
iOS 18.4 Public Beta 1: Your iPhone Could Get a Ton of New Features Soon
0:00 Intro
0:57 iOS 18.4 Release Date
1:40 iOS 18.4 Beta Testing
1:56 Priority Notifications
2:43 Image Playground Updates
2:54 Ambient Music
3:16 Background Sounds
3:37 Apple News+ Food
4:04 But What About Siri?
4:55 Final Thoughts
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@flubb831
February 28, 2025 at 11:24 am
Wheres the guy with the lisp he cracks me up
@kidzombiepdx
February 28, 2025 at 11:27 am
This is really embarrassing for the brand. I love Apple, but damn.
@sagarviswanathan1956
February 28, 2025 at 11:27 am
Looks like Apple is chasing intelligence 😂
@Turtle-ii2zt
February 28, 2025 at 11:34 am
I sold my iPhone 15 to pre-order my iPhone 16 Pro Max I feel like a fool iPhone 17 is about to come out and I fell for it
@mikeb7117
February 28, 2025 at 11:34 am
I like her, she’s got those crazy eyes.
@harrychildress4575
February 28, 2025 at 11:36 am
I wouldn’t recommend “AI” without the ability to shut it down”, temporarily to permanently. Now that AI is working in the background, it consumes battery life, and batteries are not an Apple-brain concern. They already shut charging down when the cellphone detects “heat”.
@os2171
February 28, 2025 at 11:54 am
Agree, Apple must deliver step by step to avoid costly errors. Good things always take time.
@matthijs.tieleman
February 28, 2025 at 12:12 pm
Let’s be honest: the consumer facing products of AI – not just Apple’s – are mostly useless. The image generators look cheap and lame. The shortcuts to certain things it’s supposed to deliver seem rather minor. I can see AI becoming big in medical and business applications … for consumers? Meh.
@joelnehl
February 28, 2025 at 12:30 pm
Siri has got her British accent back!
@cesarordaz139
February 28, 2025 at 1:07 pm
I could care so much less about Apple Intelligence
@jazenka99
February 28, 2025 at 1:46 pm
It’s reliance on a fundamentally flawed LLM is the problem.
@internetfrnd6496
February 28, 2025 at 2:01 pm
I just want a Siri that I can trust with more than just timers tbh.
@DINU_R
February 28, 2025 at 2:50 pm
I think once they change the name from apple Intelligence to artifical intelligence itll be great
@spicecaptain7279
February 28, 2025 at 3:03 pm
4:44 Ivana will definitely recommend you to read The Art of The Deal
@hudsonr6358
February 28, 2025 at 4:12 pm
I got a 16 pro max in November, thinking I wouldn’t have to wait long for all the ai stuff since the phone had already been out for a few months. I am now even more mad, considering Siri is just as useless as it was years ago, and most of the 16 release event focused on the ai stuff.
@xcalibur1011
February 28, 2025 at 4:44 pm
even if apple was to give their so-called voice assistance siri another name it wouldn’t make any difference she’ll still be as DUMB AS EVER! if she only had a brain! go see the OZ WIZARD!
@xcalibur1011
February 28, 2025 at 4:48 pm
I REALLY DON’T SEE HOW AI WILL HELP THE I PHONE EVOLVE AND THEIR # BETA’S ARE SLOW AND TERRIBLE SO WHY BOTHER TO UPGRADE TO ANOTHER $MARTPHONE?
@BobbieGWhiz
February 28, 2025 at 5:59 pm
Apple’s “AI” demo on 9/5/24 was clearly a concept demo. None of it was live. They were forced to come up with it because everyone was correctly saying how far behind Apple was. I’m very much into the Apple ecosystem, but I know a concept demo when I see it.
@rosariodagosto6484
February 28, 2025 at 6:13 pm
Very Old Software
@digitalbanditostudios
February 28, 2025 at 6:25 pm
My eyes just glazed over🙄
@chinito77
February 28, 2025 at 6:44 pm
Was not aware of the hidden background sounds. Thanks for the tip!
@pissbabygrandad
February 28, 2025 at 6:58 pm
I don’t enable Siri ‘cause I don’t want Apple contractors or governments listening to me
@pissbabygrandad
February 28, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Apple just created a new job. Notification engine optimisation. How to outsmart Apple and users to get to the top of the stack
@la3692
February 28, 2025 at 7:53 pm
I’ve been running eighteen point 4 the past week or two, and there’s nothing no at all😢
@mariacheebandidos7183
February 28, 2025 at 8:11 pm
the siri hate always seem cheap, lazy, band wagon-y, …
@CNET
February 28, 2025 at 8:55 pm
Read about iOS 18.4 on CNET.com: iOS 18.4 Public Beta 1: Your iPhone Could Get a Ton of New Features Soon
@somecallmedean
February 28, 2025 at 9:27 pm
Apple intelligence is garbage
@matthewheber
February 28, 2025 at 9:36 pm
beta 2 tuesday or wednesday
@matthewheber
February 28, 2025 at 9:37 pm
dont download betas if you have any problems
@josephdouglas6260
March 1, 2025 at 12:57 am
I was one of those useful idiots who bought the 16 pro (coming from an android) – I feel like I’ve been straight up defrauded by apple.
@minimalist1911
March 1, 2025 at 2:18 am
Bridget the Apple Queen pregnant again?! No offense in asking…😅
@mikecoshan3752
March 1, 2025 at 5:15 am
im very disappointed that Apple Intelligence is so far behind everyone else, i have downloaded Gemini to my iphone 16 pro max to tide me over until apple intelligence delevers the way it was actully adverised
@Karan_Thakkar
March 1, 2025 at 5:53 am
Almost forgot about priority notifications lol I could’ve sworn I used it in an early beta of AI
@ninjanerdstudent6937
March 1, 2025 at 6:32 am
That is a very bold claim to think Siri could become smart. So very naive.
@ninjanerdstudent6937
March 1, 2025 at 6:34 am
Apple does not know how people use AI. Apple wants people to use AI in a particular way—their way.
@KaiPhD
March 1, 2025 at 7:49 am
🤣 Apple is for kids. I have grown up. Time for me to switch.
@johannbereaux2993
March 1, 2025 at 8:12 am
None
@zebonautsmith1541
March 1, 2025 at 12:06 pm
Siri what book did Ivana recommend for me? “You can buy books in the books app”
@UT48D
March 1, 2025 at 1:21 pm
Siri stands for Seriously Inducing Rage and Irritation. 😂
@JSmith-nu4bl
March 1, 2025 at 5:25 pm
DEI ruined Apple