Apple appears to be taking a cautious approach to the rollout of its new image-creation tools, Image Wand, Genmoji, and Image Playground, in iOS 18.2. In the recently rolled out Developer Beta, the company will be limiting access to these features and notifying developers when they are available for testing. This waitlist approach is similar to how Apple limited access to the initial set of Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.1.
Despite releasing the first beta of iOS 18.2 to developers, access to the new graphics tools will be limited. Apple stated that developers will be notified when the features are ready for testing. The waitlist approach is similar to how the company limited access to the initial set of Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.1.
Upon updating to iOS 18.2, developers and testers will see a new Image Playground app appear on their iPhones. In addition, these testers can express interest in testing certain new graphic features. These include the aforementioned Image Playground app, Image Playground integration with Messages or Freeform, Genmoji integration in the emoji keyboard, and Image Wand within the Apple Pencil tool palette in Notes.