WWDC 2024: Unavailable Features in iOS 18 and macOS 15 Beta 1

 

WWDC 2024: Unavailable Features in iOS 18 and macOS 15 Beta 1

Apple today announced major updates to its operating systems during the

 opening keynote of WWDC 2024. Both iOS 18 and macOS 15 come with many new

 features, including iMessage improvements, more continuity features, and Apple

 Intelligence. However, not all of these features are currently available to beta users.

Read on as we detail which features announced at WWDC 2024 are yet to become

 available to beta users.

Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence was one of the main highlights of this year’s WWDC. Apple

 finally introduced its own set of AI-based tools. With Apple Intelligence, users can

 review and summarize texts, generate replies to emails, filter notifications,

 generate images and emojis, edit photos, and much more.

However, those who were excited to try out Apple Intelligence are now

 disappointed. None of these features demonstrated by Apple during today’s event

 are available in iOS 18 beta 1 or macOS 15 beta 1. Apple has announced that Apple

 Intelligence will be released “in beta this fall.” This means we likely won’t see these

 new AI features before the launch of the new iPhones in September. It’s worth

 noting that the AI features require the A17 Pro or later for iPhone, or M1 or later for

 iPad and Mac.

RCS

Apple confirmed last year that it would add support for RCS (Rich Communication

 Services) to the iPhone with a future software update. Now we know that RCS

 support is indeed coming with iOS 18.

With RCS, iPhone users can send rich messages with audio and larger media files to

 Android users. Although RCS messages will still have green bubbles, the Messages

 app will show the label “Text Message – RCS” in the conversation.

However, there’s no sign of RCS support in iOS 18 beta 1.

Redesigned Mail App

After years, Apple is finally redesigning the Mail app. The app will automatically

 filter and categorize emails into categories such as transactions, updates, and

 promotions. There’s also a category for emails considered important. The new

 version of Mail also makes it easier to find and view emails with receipts and

 newsletters from the same sender.

But the new Mail app is not available in iOS 18 beta 1. Apple says the app will be

 introduced “later this year” with a future iOS 18 update.

Safari Highlights

Apple is using machine learning to power a new Safari feature called Highlights,

 which identifies relevant information such as an address or a link to a song on a

 webpage and shows it to you. Safari Reader has also been redesigned to

 summarize articles.

Although the new version of Safari is included with iOS 18 beta 1 and macOS 15 beta

 1, the new AI features are not currently available.

iPhone Mirroring

Both macOS 15 and iOS 18 introduce iPhone Mirroring, a new way of interacting with

 your iPhone from your Mac. The feature lets you see and control your iPhone

 screen from your computer without having to touch your phone. You can also drag

 and drop files between macOS and the mirrored iPhone.

At least in beta 1, this feature is not available.

Wrap Up

There are many other new features to be explored in the betas released today.

 However, we’ll have to wait until some of the most exciting features become

 available.

Are there any specific features announced at today’s event that aren’t available in

 beta 1? Let us know in the comments section below.