Report: Apple Intelligence won’t arrive with iOS 18.1 until October

Apparently Apple will no longer be able to deliver Apple Intelligence in time for the launch of iOS 18, which is expected in September. This is what the usually well-informed Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman writes. According to his report on Sunday, Apple now plans to develop its own generative AI Will be introduced with iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1. These systems are expected to arrive in October. To test the features, Apple may want to release the first betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 this week, which are initially only for developers. This would be unusual because early versions of the successor systems will be made available before iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.

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Step by step towards greater intelligence

Work on iOS 18.0 and iPadOS 18.0 is expected to be completed this month. Then Apple wants to focus its full attention on Apple Intelligence. It still seems unclear how Apple will handle macOS 15 aka Sequoia. The update may appear as version 15.0 in September or by the end of October. Then there will be no change in AI features on Mac. However, Gurman does not provide any information about this in his report.

The full functionality of Apple Intelligence is not expected immediately, however. The rollout is expected to last until the first half of 2025. Work on the AI ​​system for VisionOS will not be completed until next year. Initially, Apple Intelligence will include, among other things, prioritizing important information, summaries of web pages and voice notes, writing tools and ChatGPT integration. There is also a revamped Siri, which is not expected before next year.

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Increase iPhone 16 sales

Apple hopes that Apple Intelligence will boost the iPhone 16 business. All four new devices should be compatible immediately, except for the iPhone 15, 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max. On the iPad, all devices with M processors can handle the software in the same way as the Mac. Accordingly, more products are supported from the start.

Apple may initially not want to make its AI systems available in Europe for fear of colliding with competition rules. Whether this threat remains or actually happens remains to be seen.

(B.Sc.)