iOS 18 update puts iPhone’s Voice Memos app on par with Pixel’s highly regarded Recorder

When you edit the transcript, the audio changes as well making it easy to find a specific part of a recording. You can share full recordings on the web, and segments of recordings on social media. Apple iPhone users have an app that is not quite as ambitious as Recorder called Voice Memos. This app does not give you AI-generated summaries nor will it transcribe your recordings. But in iOS 18, the Voice Memos app might end up looking very much like Pixel’s Recorder app thanks to Apple’s AI initiative that will kick off  for the iPhone with the release of iOS 18.

The iOS 18 update will add AI summarization and transcription to apps like Safari, Siri, Messages, Notes, and Voice Memos. Just like the Pixel’s Recorder app, this will allow users to see the keywords of a meeting so they can quickly grasp what it was all about. Apple’s AI initiative will not only be supported by iOS 18, it will also have iPadOS 18 and macOS 15 support. We will hear much more about Apple’s AI initiative next month during the WWDC 2024 Keynote to take place on June 10th.