Apple Intelligence is undoubtedly the most important feature of Apple’s post-summer updates, but it won’t be available in Europe, or at least that’s what we knew so far, because There are now hints that it will be available, but only on macOS..
Apple’s artificial intelligence was the main protagonist of the presentation of iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS 15 at the last WWDC 2024 in June. But shortly after learning about it, we were shocked to learn that due to European regulations, Apple had decided to exclude this feature on the old continent until it was clarified how to implement it to comply with our legislation. However, recent discoveries have been found in the release notes of the first betas of the new operating systems could suggest that this limitation could only apply to iOS and iPadOS, the iPhone and iPad operating systems, and that we could enjoy the new features of macOS 15 Sequoia.
With the recent launch of iOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1, the first versions that will bring Apple Intelligence for Apple devices, their release notes are known, and there is a difference in them that gives us Europeans hope. We refer to the section of these notes in which reference is made to its availability:
- iOS 18.1: Apple Intelligence is available on iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. Apple Intelligence It is currently not available in Europe and China.
- macOS 15.1: Apple Intelligence is available on Macs with M1 processors and later. Apple Intelligence It is currently not available in China.
As you can see, while in the iOS version China and Europe are mentioned as exclusion zones, in macOS 15.1 only China is included. Why could this fact be explained? Because the European regulation on digital markets (DMA) only concerns “Gatekeepers”, and in In this section, the European Union has included the iPhone and iPad, but not Macs.. To be considered a Gatekeeper, you must have such a presence in the market that you can be considered “dominant” and therefore more demanding regulations apply to you. So it may be that if Apple and Europe are looking for a solution applicable to iPhones and iPads, at least Macs can use artificial intelligence. He who does not console himself, it is because he does not want to.
