Latest iOS beta makes it far easier to digest your friends’ long rants

Apple Intelligence’s notification summaries now work with all apps, not just Mail and Messages.

Latest iOS beta makes it far easier to digest your friends’ long rants
Apple Intelligence banner on MacBook Air M2
Credit: Mahmoud Itani / Android Authority
  • The third developer betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 expand AI notification summary support to all apps, including third-party ones.
  • This Apple Intelligence feature was previously exclusive to the Apple Mail and Messages apps.
  • As of this beta build, Apple Intelligence no longer requires users to change their device region to the US.

With the iOS and iPadOS 18.1 betas, the iPhone maker started testing Apple Intelligence features with enrolled developers. One of the included perks is support for AI-powered notification summaries. While this handy tool was exclusive to alerts sent by Apple’s Mail and Messages apps in previous builds, the latest iPadOS and iOS 18 betas expand these notification summaries to all applications.

When you first update to iOS or iPadOS 18.1 beta 3, the system will prompt you to opt into AI notification summaries. If you grant permission, Apple Intelligence will summarize the notifications from allow-listed apps.