Apple will allow you to file and transcribe cellphone calls in iOS 18. The corporate introduced the function throughout its Worldwide Builders Convention on Monday and says it is going to routinely inform name members that they’re being recorded.
The picture shared by Apple reveals a brand new recording choice on the Cellphone app, which shows a soundwave, together with how lengthy you’ve been recording. It then transcribes your name within the Notes app, the place you possibly can generate a abstract utilizing the new Apple Intelligence AI system. You’ll have the ability to file and transcribe audio from throughout the Notes app as effectively.
As famous within the footnote on Apple’s iOS 18 preview web page, audio transcription will solely be out there in English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese language, Cantonese, and Portuguese. Bringing audio recording to the Cellphone app ought to at the least make it simpler for journalists and different customers to file and transcribe their calls, all whereas letting the recipient know.
Apple Intelligence took the primary stage throughout WWDC, however there are lots of different neat options coming to iOS 18, together with a customizable homepage, adjustments to Management Heart, enhancements to Tapback responses, and extra.