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In January, Apple was forced to pause Apple Intelligence-powered notification summaries for news apps after the feature was caught spreading fake news. Months later, the feature is finally making a comeback with the fourth iOS 26 developer beta.
As 9to5Mac reports, after installing iOS 26 beta 4, users will be greeted with a new setup flow that includes options to adjust AI summarization settings. Here, you can turn on summaries for News and Entertainment apps, but Apple warns that the results may still occasionally miss the mark.
“Summarization may change the meaning of original headlines. Verify information,” reads a red-colored warning below the News and Entertainment button.
Once enabled, Apple Intelligence will condense the news headlines and present key details. If you have any issues with the notifications sent to you, 9to5Mac says there’s an option to report them directly to Apple. Additionally, to clarify that these notifications are AI-generated and not sent by Apple, each of them will continue to display a “Summarized by Apple Intelligence” label.
AI-powered summaries are becoming increasingly common on websites, apps, and search engines, but they haven’t always been accurate.
In Apple Intelligence’s case, particularly, BBC flagged some glaring errors. A summarized notification for its iOS app suggested that the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter had taken his own life when, in fact, he is alive. There was another notification that falsely claimed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested. Following these incidents, Apple was forced to temporarily pause summarization for news apps.
Apart from the return of the feature, iOS 26 beta 4 brings updates to the call screening feature, a darker background for Notification Center, new wallpapers for CarPlay, and more. You can check out these features by installing the iOS 26 developer beta, but that tends to be buggy. A public beta is expected as early as this week, while the stable iOS 26 software is expected to roll out with the launch of the iPhone 17 this fall.