This time Apple is cautious. Although it was relatively fast to register for Apple Intelligence’s text generation functions in the developer betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, or macOS 15.1, many interested developers are currently stuck in the queue for the beta image generators added with iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2 Are. And macOS 15.2 It simply says, “We will notify you when your access is ready.” The new features are interesting, even if the layout seems a bit random at first glance. Image creation within Apple Intelligence actually consists of three separate areas: Image Playground, Genermoji (generative emoji) and – for iPad – Image Wand. All three can now be tested in the developer beta of iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 is still missing from the macOS 15.2 beta;
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Image Playground as an Image Center
The Image Playground app is the central point of contact. You can also sign up for the waiting list here. Once you enter you can type a prompt there: “Describe a picture” it says. Words or sentences are enough to trigger the creation of images. You will then be given several recordings to choose from, which may take up to half a minute. Image Playground only offers images such as drawings, sketches, and cartoons, although line drawings are not currently offered. Apple wants to avoid creating deep fakes with photorealistic images. Finally, you can also modify an existing photo using Image Playground.
Apple also offers different themes, including “fantasy”, “adventure”, “disco”, and “summer”. People who can be separated in this way are also allowed here. You can also dress the latter in a cape, turn them into a superhero or give them glasses. Creating text is still problematic – here, unlike other tools like Ideogram, the image playground is usually wrong. Image Playground images can also be created from messaging apps.
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Genmoji are triggered via the emoji keyboard. There’s a new “rainbow” icon to start the editor. You can then indicate this and get a generative emoji, which you can send directly. Interestingly, it ends up even on devices without Apple Intelligence and can be saved there.
After all, the Image Wand is a function that brings the known image generator from Image Playground into the Notes app on the iPhone so that it can then be supplemented with images. There is also a new magic wand in the pen area. iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2 and macOS 15.2 with Image Generator should be released before Christmas. According to Apple, until beta access to Image Wand & Co. several weeks Last. However, the EU will only receive Apple Intelligence from April 2025. However, there are now tricks on how you can activate the service.
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