With the arrival of iOS 18.2, Apple’s much-anticipated Intelligence features have finally landed on iPhones, iPads, and Macs. After months of speculation, these new AI-powered tools are now available, but which ones will genuinely make a difference in your day-to-day life?

Apple Intelligence is currently in beta, with more features expected over time, but the ones that are here already are worth exploring. To access these tools, you’ll need an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16, or iPhone 16 Pro (plus their respective variants), all running iOS 18.2, and you’ll need to request access to Apple Intelligence.

Once you're in, these are the features that are already making an impact:

1. Summaries: TL;DR for Everything

In today’s fast-paced world, there’s simply not enough time to sift through endless notifications and emails. Apple Intelligence offers a summary feature that condenses emails, messages, and web pages into bite-sized summaries. Whether it's a long email or a flood of text messages, you can get a quick overview with just a glance.

For example, when a new message arrives, your iPhone generates a concise summary, saving you from needing to open the entire thread. This feature is also available for notifications from third-party apps like news or social media. While summaries aren’t always perfect — and can sometimes be amusingly vague — they are generally more helpful than not. If needed, you can always disable them.

2. Siri: A Smarter, More Personalized Assistant

With iOS 18.1, Siri gets a major upgrade. While the familiar Siri sphere remains for those not yet on Apple Intelligence, the full-screen, multicolored Siri halo has now arrived on compatible devices. Along with the new look, Siri is also smarter, offering more natural interactions. It’s now better at understanding your queries, even if you fumble through them or interrupt yourself mid-sentence. Additionally, Siri can now better follow up with related questions.

An exciting new feature is Siri's integration with ChatGPT. If Siri doesn't have an immediate answer to your query, you can opt to use ChatGPT instead, without needing a ChatGPT account. This new integration opens up even more possibilities for finding answers to your questions.

3. Clean Up: Get Rid of Distractions in Your Photos

For years, iPhone users have struggled with the inability to quickly remove imperfections from photos directly within the Photos app. With iOS 18.1, Apple has introduced the "Clean Up" tool, which uses AI to automatically suggest and remove unwanted elements from images. Whether it’s dust on the lens or a random person in the background, this tool analyzes your photo, highlights the distractions, and offers a way to erase them.

While the results aren’t always flawless, it’s a quick and easy way to clean up your pictures without needing third-party editing apps.

4. Reduce Interruptions: Stay Focused with Smarter Notifications

iPhone’s Focus modes are already a popular feature for minimizing distractions, but Apple Intelligence takes it a step further with a new “Reduce Interruptions” mode. This enhanced Focus mode acts as an intelligent filter for notifications, allowing only the most relevant ones to get through. For example, notifications about weather changes or important financial transactions may still slip through, even if they aren’t part of your predefined rules.

This mode can be activated through the Control Center, offering a more refined way to stay focused without missing important updates.

Conclusion

While Apple Intelligence is still in its beta phase, these four features — Summaries, Siri, Clean Up, and Reduce Interruptions — are already proving to be valuable additions to the iOS experience. As Apple continues to refine its AI capabilities, expect even more functionality and customization options in the future. For now, these features are making everyday tasks a little bit easier and a lot more efficient.