PSA: Genmoji and Image Playground rollout in iOS 18.2 beta might take a few weeks

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Apple this week released the first beta of iOS 18.2 to developers, which brings additional Apple Intelligence features – such as integration with ChatGPT, Image Playground and Genmoji. However, when it comes to the features related to image generation, beta users may have to wait a few weeks before trying them out.

Using Genmoji and Image Playground requires joining a long waitlist

In a note to developers, Apple emphasizes that it will be rolling out access to Image Playground, Genmoji, and Image Wand “over the coming weeks.” To access these features, users have to join a waitlist – similar to how Apple rolled out the first set of Apple Intelligence tools in the iOS 18.1 beta.

However, given that the initial rollout of Apple Intelligence was faster, many developers believed something isn’t right with iOS 18.2 beta. But again, Apple is making it clear that users may need to wait a few weeks on the waiting list.

“We will roll out access to Image Playground, Genmoji, and Image Wand over the coming weeks. When the features are ready for you to test, you will be notified. After you receive access, you can tap the thumbs up or thumbs down that appear with each result in Image Playground, Genmoji, and Image Wand in order to provide feedback,” Apple explains.

Apple Intelligence works with both on-device and online language models. There’s also the fact that the language models used for image generation are downloaded after the iOS 18.2 beta update. Most likely, Apple anticipated that many users would be interested in testing the new features and opted for a phased rollout to avoid possible overloads.

For now, iOS 18.2 beta is only available for devices compatible with Apple Intelligence. That means iPhone 15 Pro or later and M1 iPads or later. Of course, the update will eventually be available for other devices too. Apple previously suggested that iOS 18.2 will be released to the public in December.

iOS 18.1 will be released next week with Apple Intelligence Writing Tools and Summarization of notifications and text.