Apple has released iOS 18.2 Developer Beta 2, introducing more features for the expanding Apple Intelligence suite, including a new upgrade option for ChatGPT Plus directly within the Settings app.

Apple Intelligence offered a free version of ChatGPT with the first iOS 18.2 beta release. If a user already had a Plus account, they would use it, but if they had not added an account, the free version was the default. Now users can add the ChatGPT Plus upgrade directly if they do not yet have an account.

This simple integration will allow iPhone and iPad users to easily access advanced ChatGPT features without requiring a separate OpenAI account or subscription outside of the Apple ecosystem. 5]

After updating, go to [. Settings] > [Apple Intelligence & Siri] > [ChatGPT] to find the upgrade option. The new interface will also track usage limits set for ChatGPT free users.

For regular ChatGPT users, the $19.99/month Plus subscription has several key advantages over the free version. Once I subscribed, I never looked back. The upgrade unlocks many more, including.

Enhanced GPT-4o access: ChatGPT Plus subscribers can send up to 5x more messages with GPT-4o and access other sophisticated models like OpenAI's o1-preview and o1-mini.

Increased Usage Limits: ChatGPT Plus eliminates some of the daily usage limits, allowing users to send more messages, upload additional files and images, and browse the web without frequent interruptions.

Enhanced Voice Features: For users who interact hands-free, the Plus version provides smoother, more real-time conversations with ChatGPT's advanced voice features.

This integration brings synergies between Apple and OpenAI: Apple benefits from enhancing Apple Intelligence with powerful language modeling capabilities, while OpenAI gains more visibility from Apple's vast user base.

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Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2 developer beta 2 also includes features like Genmoji, Image Playground, Image Wand, and Visual Intelligence, which allow users to generate images and emoji and creative tools to explore visual AI in innovative ways.

The extension of Apple Intelligence demonstrates Apple's commitment to building a versatile AI ecosystem within iOS that complements ChatGPT's capabilities.

The public release of iOS 18.2 is expected in early December; according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, it will include “major improvements to Apple Intelligence” and these beta features will be widely available in time for the holiday season and suggests that users will have even more ways to explore ChatGPT's enhanced capabilities on their Apple devices.