We now know when Apple Intelligence is coming to Europey.
A few days ago the update to iOS 18.1 was released, which lands on your iPhones with numerous new functions.
However, the AI features announced at WWDC 2024, which are summarized as “Apple Intelligence”, are not on board the iPhone update in this country.
- The background: Apple justified the decision to waive AI with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, as “regulatory uncertainties” still had to be regulated here.
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In the announcement about the in AI features added to iOS 18.1 For the USA and other countries, however, there is for the first time a concrete indication of when Apple Intelligence can be expected in Europey.
Im April 2025 The AI features are to be made available in the European Union. At launch, functions such as “writing tools, Genmoji, a redesigned Siri with improved language understanding and the integration of ChatGPT” will be included.
But it shouldn’t stop at these features, because Apple promises “additional tools” in the same footnote. You can find out what is part of Apple Intelligence in the following overview:
However, the press release does not mention exactly what adjustments the developers made to bring Apple Intelligence into line with the EU. However, it has been announced that support for the Europe language will be added to Apple Intelligence via a software update over the next year.
However, the regional restrictions on AI features do not apply to the Mac: With macOS 15.1, Apple Intelligence is also coming to this country – as long as you change the system language to US English.
Is Apple Intelligence a feature set that you will actively use on your iPhone – or are you already looking for ways to deactivate the AI functions in time for the release? Please leave us your opinion in the comments!
