Apple on Friday launched its first developer beta for iOS 18.4, which provides a brand new “Precedence Notifications” characteristic, powered by Apple Intelligence. The addition goals to assist customers handle their notifications by prioritizing essential alerts and minimizing distractions from much less essential ones. 

These precedence notifications are displayed in a separate part on the cellphone’s Lock Display. Apple Intelligence will analyze which notifications it believes ought to be proven on this part, however you possibly can nonetheless swipe as much as view your whole notifications. 

Presently, the iPhone will kind notifications chronologically, with the latest alerts displayed on prime. With the brand new characteristic, you’ll see essential notifications first — even if you happen to acquired them some time in the past when in comparison with others.  

In response to 9to5Mac, Precedence Notifications is off by default, however you possibly can allow the characteristic by heading to your Settings app, deciding on the “Notifications” choice, after which opening the “Prioritize Notifications” part. Right here, you possibly can toggle the characteristic on. 

Apple introduced at the moment that Apple Intelligence is heading to the Vision Pro as part of visionOS 2.4. A beta model of the software program is at the moment out there for builders, whereas the general public model is about for an April launch. The tech big additionally revealed Apple News+ Food, an upcoming part that may enable customers to look and save recipes from dozens of current Information+ publishing companions.