Are you looking forward to Apple’s Image Playground and Genmoji update? It seems that you have to wait a little bit longer! Another rumor going around as of recently, is that Apple will be releasing these features to iOS 18.2. If you wanted to send custom Genmojis into your messages or merely explore the imagery of image creation, well, you may have to put the fun on hold for some time.
But do not worry, it is all pretty complex, and here is an article that is going to explain it all for you. So let us dive a little deeper into what is going on in Apple’s latest updates.
What’s the Hold-Up?
Image Playground and Genmoji won’t be out until later this year with iOS 18, as Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman conveys.
Apple appears to have shifted awareness of its attention to other upgrades for now and more on the iPhone as an AI platform. This means that while all of us are excited about toy features, Apple is possibly concentrating on the essentials of the iPhone to make your life better before going for such playthings.
Even some of the advanced elements of Apple’s AI such as some tools linked to Siri will not be ready until 2025. So, if you have been waiting for a smarter and more conversational Siri, you will need to wait the same too.
Image Playground and Genmoji are what?
Alright, let me tell you what really stands behind Image Playground and Genmoji and why it is so popular.
Image Playground is anticipated to be an inventive platform through which you can come up with fun images within a couple of minutes. It will let you select the style you prefer like Animation, Illustration or Sketch.
Image Playground is perfect if you need to create something interesting for a message or if you just want to have some fun with some drawing tools. It will more than likely be integrated within apps such as Messages meaning we won’t have to search through the phone for the feature, it will be available all in one place.
Genmoji, on the other hand, goes way beyond emojis and other text-based forms of communication. Suppose you want to describe a friend to someone, or even use a photograph, and there you have it; your own friendly emoji.
These Genmojis will blend with normal emoji, meaning that instead of a common emoji, you will be able to find somebody’s face that you know. They can be employed in the messages, as well as in the form of stickers, or even the reactions. Imagine emojis but added with an extra context based on a friend—sort of as though emojis have decided to dress up as your friends for a costume party.
What’s Coming Instead?
What is there to look forward to while waiting for these promising features?
Well, iOS 18.1 beta is already indicating other cool additions as well. For instance, there would be means to quickly create a brief of the notifications received meaning you cannot undergo several messages, there will be a summary for you.
You will also be able to erase people and objects from the images which will be very useful in case of that photobomber who interrupts the good photo. Another specific feature I found in the works is the phone call transcriptions, which we can read, instead of listening in the call again.
AI in Apple ’s Future
Considering the future advancements, Apple is eyeing some truly grandiose features for its AI tools, but these are going to be released in 2025 only. Some of the new features will be the writing-related tools as well as the smart reply which will assist you in responding to your messages and emails. As we can see Apple is gradually turning the screw when it comes to making the communication process more fluent and intelligent.
