iOS 18.3 will temporarily remove a feature from your iPhone, but for good reason
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iOS 18.3 is only days away from a public launch, bringing new Camera Control features, AI changes, and bug fixes. It will also be the rare update that actually removes a current iPhone featurebut just temporarily.Apple Intelligence first rolled out last October in iOS 18.1, and one of its first features was notification summaries.I quickly found notification summaries one of the most valuable AI additions.At their best, these summaries make notifications more informative and easier to parse.At their worst, however, they can at times contain factual errors. This isnt entirely surprising, since Apple Intelligence is still in beta, but its a problem nonetheless.Thats where iOS 18.3s changes come in. iOS 18.3 disables notification summaries for News & Entertainment appsApple is making several updates to notification summaries, including:italicizing text in AI notifications, so its more clear youre seeing a summarynew ability to disable summaries for an app right from the notification (swipe left, hit Options, then Turn Off Summaries.)plus some additional language stressing that the feature is in beta and may contain errorsApple is also, as of iOS 18.3, temporarily disabling summaries for certain apps altogether.Notification summaries for News & Entertainment apps will no longer be available.If you go to Settings Notifications Summarize Notifications on an iPhone running iOS 18.3, youll see that certain apps say Temporarily Unavailable under them.Apples plan is to re-enable summaries for these app categories in a future software update. Before that happens, though, the company will taking its time to continue refining the feature to ensure accuracy.iOS 18.3 disabled feature: Wrap-upI fully agree with Apples course of action here.Ive written previously about how news app notifications, specifically, are a tricky domain to summarize, since youre summarizing something thats already a summary: the news headline.Making UI changes to better indicate when users are seeing an AI summary is a good thing. But the fundamental issue is the accuracy of the summaries, and hopefully Apple can make the necessary revisions so it can re-enable summaries for News & Entertainment apps soon.What do you think of Apples plan for notification summaries in iOS 18.3? Let us know in the comments.Best iPhone accessoriesAdd 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel
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