How to turn off notification summaries on an iPhone

You can easily disable notification summaries entirely or customise which apps use this feature on their iPhone

Tech Desk - Dec 08, 2024

An undated image of a notification displayed on an iPhone. — iStock

In iOS 18.1.1, Apple has unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered notification summarisation across all apps, which results in your iPhone automatically condensing your alerts to show the key details.

The new summarisation feature powered by Apple Intelligence is set to work by analysing notification content and creating more concise versions that highlight the most important information.

Whether you've been tickled or confused by summaries, or they just don't appeal to your workflow, fortunately, you can disable the feature entirely or customise which apps use the feature.

Gadinsider has compiled a way of how can you disable notification summaries on your iPhone.

How to disable notification summaries

Open Settings on your iPhone.
Scroll down and tap Notifications.
Tap Summarise Previews.
Toggle off the switch at the top to completely disable Summarise Previews.

Notably, turning off summarisation doesn't impact other notification settings like grouping or Focus modes on an iPhone. The feature only works on devices that support Apple Intelligence: iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 models, M-series iPads, iPad mini 7, and Macs with Apple silicon.