Apple's next version of iOS -- iOS18 -- is expected to be big on Artificial Intelligence (AI).
IT is speculated to bring several new AI-powered features to iPhones.
Now a report claims that a new Safari browsing assistant is on the way.According to a report in MacRumours, X, formerly Twitter, user Nicolás Álvarez has confirmed to Mac Rumours that Apple is working on something called a “Safari browsing assistant””.The browsing assistant in Safari is expected to be one of the many new generative AI features that are rumoured to be coming to the iPhone with iOS 18 later this year.
Incidentally, this will not be new as there are already several iPhone web browsers with AI tools, such as Microsoft Edge with a GPT-4-powered Copilot and Arc Search, which can summarise web pages to provide concise information.The backend code on Apple servers that Álvarez reportedly discovered also points to a so-called "Encrypted Visual Search" feature, but no specific details are known.
However, the code could also relate to the iPhone's existing Visual Look Up feature that can identify objects in photos and videos.Apple is set to unveil iOS 18 during its developers event Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote in early June.
Apple's next version of iOS -- iOS18 -- is expected to be big on Artificial Intelligence (AI). IT is speculated to bring several new AI-powered features to iPhones. Now a report claims that a new Safari browsing assistant is on the way.According to a report in MacRumours, X, formerly Twitter, user Nicolás Álvarez has confirmed to Mac Rumours that Apple is working on something called a “Safari browsing assistant””.The browsing assistant in Safari is expected to be one of the many new generative AI features that are rumoured to be coming to the iPhone with iOS 18 later this year. Incidentally, this will not be new as there are already several iPhone web browsers with AI tools, such as Microsoft Edge with a GPT-4-powered Copilot and Arc Search, which can summarise web pages to provide concise information.The backend code on Apple servers that Álvarez reportedly discovered also points to a so-called "Encrypted Visual Search" feature, but no specific details are known. MacRumors contributor Steve Moser too is reported to have discovered a new Visual Search feature for Apple's Vision Pro headset in visionOS beta code, which would allow users to copy and paste printed text from the real world into apps and more, but the feature is yet to launch.The report says that it is possible that Apple is planning to debut a more secure version of the feature. However, the code could also relate to the iPhone's existing Visual Look Up feature that can identify objects in photos and videos.Apple is set to unveil iOS 18 during its developers event Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote in early June.
