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I’ve been playing around with the new Visual Intelligence feature in iOS 18.2, and it’s pretty great.
The other day, I passed a street flyer on a utility pole for an event here in San Francisco.
I grabbed my iPhone and pointed it at the flyer. Not only did it recognize the details of the event, it added them to my calendar. I was mighty impressed.
Later, my mom had some mysterious little grubs crawling around by her kitchen sink. Revolted, she called me over to help deal with them. Again, I grabbed my iPhone and used Visual Intelligence to try and identify them.
These results here were less clear. It suggested several creepy-crawly alternatives with no clear winner. Still, searching the web via an image rather than text is a killer feature, and one I’m sure I’ll use more frequently as I get accustomed to it.
Visual Intelligence is one of the best new Apple Intelligence features so far. Here’s how to use it.
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