Four months after unveiling Apple Intelligence, the company’s generative AI offer is finally rolling out in public form. The platform will arrive on an unspecified date next week, as part of the public versions of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1. Most rumors have pegged a Monday debut for those operating system upgrades.
Pieces of Apple Intelligence have been available to those running the developer beta versions of the aforementioned operating systems. These include integrated writing tools, image cleanup, article summaries, and a typing input for the redesigned Siri experience.
Apple on Wednesday began rolling out the developer versions of iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2. These updates will bring an additional list of Apple Intelligence updates, including Genmoji, Image Playground, Visual Intelligence, Image Wand, and ChatGPT integration.
A limited number of devices will be capable of running the generative AI features, a fact that Apple chalks up to hardware limitations. Apple Intelligence requires one of the following: iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, all iPhone 16 models, iPads with an A17 Pro chip (including the new iPad Mini) or M1 and later, or a Mac with an M1 or later.
After downloading the software update, users will have to opt in to using Apple Intelligence either on setup or later in Settings. They will then be placed on a “wait list.” Most requests should go through within a few hours. The purpose of the list is essentially for Apple to get its servers in a row, as certain queries require off-device processing.