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Summaries are one of the features ofApple intelligencethat weve been treated to iniOS 18.1.
Mail and summaries
Using summaries in the Mail app is a fantastic timesaver.
Tap this to get the email summary right at the top of the message.
Youll also have preview summaries of each email in your inbox.
These are visible when you look at your inbox and before you even tap on an email.
Safari summaries
One of the best applications of summaries is in theSafariweb surfing app.
All you better do is open an article inSafari.
Youre now in Reader Mode.
Youll see a new gray Summarize button has appeared.
Tap this on, or click it on a Mac to get your summary of the web page.
Writing Tools appears whenever you select a bit of text, in say, Mail or Safari.
With your text selected choose Writing Tools from the pop-up menu.
From here you could tap Summary to get a summary of the highlighted text.
This brings up the same Writing Tools tab.
From here youll see that one of the options is Summary.
Tap this to Get an instant summary of the email youre writing.
Summaries in Notes
Finally, theres Notes.
This has long been the default app for taking notes on all your Apple devices.
Selecting text in Notes will give you access to the same Writing Tools we discussed above.