New Apple Intelligence features are available today

Break Down Language Barriers with Live Translation

• The new Apple Intelligence-powered Live Translation feature is shown in the Messages app on iPhone 17 Pro.
• The new Apple Intelligence-powered Live Translation feature is shown in the FaceTime app on iPhone 17 Pro.
• The new Apple Intelligence-powered Live Translation feature is shown in the Phone app on iPhone 17 Pro.

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Create Unique Images with Enhancements to Genmoji and Image Playground

• The new Genmoji creation capabilities is shown on iPhone 17 Pro.
• The new Image Playground experience is shown on iPhone 17 Pro.

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Even More Capabilities Across Apps Users Rely On Every Day

An Extraordinary Step Forward for Privacy in AI

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  September 16, 2025 UPDATE New Apple Intelligence features are available today Apple Intelligence powers a wide range of new experiences integrated across the system, like Live Translation, visual intelligence for onscreen content, intelligent actions in Shortcuts, and more Apple today released new Apple Intelligence features that elevate the user experience across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Deeply integrated across operating systems, today's new features help users seamlessly communicate across languages with Live Translation; use visual intelligence to learn more about the onscreen content across their apps;1 and express themselves with enhancements to Genmoji and Image Playground.2 Additionally, Shortcuts can now tap into Apple Intelligence models directly to accelerate workflows, and developers are starting to take advantage of the on-device foundational model at the core of Apple Intelligence to build intelligent, privacy-protected features into their apps. Users with an Apple Intelligence-enabled device can start experiencing new features today with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26. Additionally, Apple Intelligence features will be coming soon to eight more languages: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (traditional), and Vietnamese. Break Down Language Barriers with Live Translation For those moments when a language barrier gets in the way, Live Translation can help users communicate across select languages when messaging or speaking. The feature is seamlessly integrated into Messages, FaceTime, and Phone, and users can also access it with AirPods Pro 3 to translate in-person conversations, enabled by Apple Intelligence on iPhone.3 With this powerful new feature, users can translate all types of conversations - whether over the phone or while using FaceTime, in person, or asynchronously in Messages - right when they need to. It protects user's privacy with on-device processing, so personal conversations stay personal. In Messages, Live Translation can automatically translate a user's response as they type and deliver it in the recipient's language.4 During FaceTime calls, users can follow along with live translated captions while still hearing their friend or family member's voice. And during a phone call, the translation is spoken out loud in real time.5 Users can access Live Translation on AirPods with an all-new gesture by simultaneously pressing both AirPods stems; by saying "Siri, start Live Translation;" or even from the Action button on iPhone, which will allow them to hear in their preferred language. Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) lowers the volume of the person speaking so it's easier to focus on the translation. And by the end of the year, Live Translation for Phone, FaceTime, and AirPods will expand language support to include Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Mandarin, simplified), and Chinese (Mandarin, traditional). Search and Take Action with Updates to Visual Intelligence Visual intelligence, which builds on Apple Intelligence, now helps users learn and do more with the content on their iPhone screen. It makes it faster than ever for users to search, take action, and answer questions about the content they're viewing across their apps. Users can search for the content on their iPhone screen to find similar images on Google. If there's an object a user is interested in learning about, like a pair of shoes, they can simply press the same buttons used to take a screenshot and highlight it to search for that specific item or similar objects online. And with ChatGPT, users can ask questions about anything they're viewing onscreen. Visual intelligence enables users to summarise and translate text, as well as add an event from a flyer on their iPhone screen to their calendar, with a single tap.6 Users can also take advantage of these capabilities by using visual intelligence with their iPhone camera through Camera Control, the Action button, and in Control Centre. Create Unique Images with Enhancements to Genmoji and Image Playground Users can now mix together emoji and combine them with descriptions to create a brand-new Genmoji. And when making Genmoji or Image Playground images inspired by family and friends, users can change expressions or modify personal attributes like hairstyle to match their contact's latest look. In Image Playground, users can tap into ChatGPT to explore new styles Iike Watercolour and Oil Painting, along with an Any Style option that offers even more creative control. Image Playground sends a user's description or photo to ChatGPT, which creates a unique image. Get Personalised Fitness Insights with Workout Buddy Workout Buddy is a first-of-its-kind fitness experience powered by Apple Intelligence that analyses a user's workout data and fitness history to deliver personalised, spoken motivation throughout their session, based on data like heart rate, pace, distance, Activity rings, personal fitness milestones, and more. To offer meaningful inspiration in real time, Workout Buddy analyses data privately and securely, with Apple Intelligence. A new text-to-speech model then translates insights into a dynamic generative voice built using voice data from Fitness+ trainers, so it has the right energy, style, and tone for a workout. Workout Buddy will be available starting in English across some of the most popular workout types, and is available on Apple Watch with Bluetooth headphones, with an Apple Intelligence-supported iPhone nearby.7 AirPods and iPhone users also have access to Workout Buddy, so their workout data and fitness history can be used to generate personalised, motivational insights during their session.8 Build Intelligent Shortcuts Shortcuts help users accomplish more faster, by combining multiple steps from their favourite apps into powerful, personal automations. And now with Apple Intelligence, users can take advantage of intelligent actions in the Shortcuts app to create automations, like summarising text with Writing Tools or creating images with Image Playground. Users can tap into Apple Intelligence models, either on device or with Private Cloud Compute to generate responses that feed into the rest of their shortcut, maintaining the privacy of information used in the shortcut. For example, users can create powerful Shortcuts like comparing an audio transcription to typed notes, summarising documents by their contents, extracting information from a PDF and adding key details to a spreadsheet, and more. Experience Apple Intelligence Within Third-Party Apps Apple opened up access for any developer to tap into the on-device large language model at the core of Apple Intelligence, and many apps have already introduced new experiences for their users. For example, Streaks now intelligently suggests and automatically categorises tasks in a user's to-do list; CARROT Weather provides free, unlimited conversation around weather insights, all in the app's signature tone; and Detail: AI Video Editor helps creatives by generating teleprompter scripts from outlines or existing text. These experiences are available offline and protect user privacy, using AI inference that is free of cost to developers. The framework is tightly integrated into Swift and leverages capabilities like guided generation to seamlessly incorporate the model's output into a developer's app. Even More Capabilities Across Apps Users Rely On Every Day Additional Apple Intelligence features are available today: The most relevant actions in an email, website, note, or other content can be identified and automatically categorised in Reminders. Apple Wallet can identify and summarise order tracking details from emails sent from merchants or delivery carriers. This works across all of a user's orders, giving them the ability to see their full order details, progress notifications, and more, all in one place. Users can create a poll for anything in Messages, and with Apple Intelligence, Messages can detect when a poll might come in handy and suggest one. In addition, Backgrounds in the Messages app lets a user personalise their chats with stunning designs, and they can create unique backgrounds that fit their conversation with Image Playground. An Extraordinary Step Forward for Privacy in AI Designed to protect users' privacy at every step, many Apple Intelligence models run entirely on device. For more complex requests, Private Cloud Compute extends the privacy and security of iPhone into the cloud to unlock even more intelligence so a user's data is never stored or shared with Apple; it is used only to fulfill their request. Independent experts can inspect the code that runs on Apple silicon servers to continuously verify this privacy promise, and are already doing so. This is a breakthrough for privacy in AI. Availability These features are available now as a free software update with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26. Apple Intelligence is available in beta with support for these languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Chinese (simplified), Japanese, and Korean. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. For feature and language availability and system requirements, see support.apple.com/en-sg/121115. Visual intelligence is available on any Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone. Some capabilities may not be available in all languages and regions. For more details, see support.apple.com/en-sg/121115#visual-intelligence. Genmoji and Image Playground are available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, and Japanese. Live Translation with AirPods works on AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, and AirPods Pro 2 and later, with the latest firmware when paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone running iOS 26 and later. Available in beta with support for these languages: English (UK, U.S.), French (France), German (Germany), Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish (Spain). Later this year, Live Translation on AirPods will add language support for Chinese (Mandarin, simplified), Chinese (Mandarin, traditional), Italian, Japanese, and Korean. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Live Translation with AirPods is not available if users are in the EU and their Apple Account country or region is also in the EU. Live Translation in Messages supports English (U.S., UK), French (France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain), and Chinese (simplified). Live Translation in Phone and FaceTime is available for one-on-one calls in English (UK, U.S.), French (France), German (Germany), Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish (Spain) when Apple Intelligence is enabled, on an compatible iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Later this year, Live Translation in Phone and FaceTime will add language support for Chinese (Mandarin, simplified), Chinese (Mandarin, traditional), Italian, Japanese, and Korean. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. The ability to add an event to Calendar with visual intelligence is available in English on Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone models. Workout Buddy on Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 3 is available across Outdoor Run, Outdoor Cycle, High Intensity Interval Training, Outdoor Walk, Indoor Walk, Indoor Run, Traditional Strength Training, Functional Strength Training, Indoor Cycle, Hiking, Elliptical, and Stair Stepper. Workout Buddy on iPhone is available across Outdoor Walk, Outdoor Run, Hiking, and Outdoor Cycle. Press Contacts Hailey Soo Apple [email protected] (65) 9235 4875 Izzie Saleh Ali Apple [email protected] (65) 8876 5933 Copy text

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1. Visual intelligence is available on any Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone. Some capabilities may not be available in all languages and regions. For more details, see support.apple.com/en-sg/121115#visual-intelligence.
2. Genmoji and Image Playground are available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, and Japanese.
3. Live Translation with AirPods works on AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, and AirPods Pro 2 and later, with the latest firmware when paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone running iOS 26 and later. Available in beta with support for these languages: English (UK, U.S.), French (France), German (Germany), Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish (Spain). Later this year, Live Translation on AirPods will add language support for Chinese (Mandarin, simplified), Chinese (Mandarin, traditional), Italian, Japanese, and Korean. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Live Translation with AirPods is not available if users are in the EU and their Apple Account country or region is also in the EU.
4. Live Translation in Messages supports English (U.S., UK), French (France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain), and Chinese (simplified).
5. Live Translation in Phone and FaceTime is available for one-on-one calls in English (UK, U.S.), French (France), German (Germany), Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish (Spain) when Apple Intelligence is enabled, on an compatible iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Later this year, Live Translation in Phone and FaceTime will add language support for Chinese (Mandarin, simplified), Chinese (Mandarin, traditional), Italian, Japanese, and Korean. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages.
6. The ability to add an event to Calendar with visual intelligence is available in English on Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone models.
7. Workout Buddy on Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 3 is available across Outdoor Run, Outdoor Cycle, High Intensity Interval Training, Outdoor Walk, Indoor Walk, Indoor Run, Traditional Strength Training, Functional Strength Training, Indoor Cycle, Hiking, Elliptical, and Stair Stepper.
8. Workout Buddy on iPhone is available across Outdoor Walk, Outdoor Run, Hiking, and Outdoor Cycle.

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