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Gurman: Apple Intelligence major features will be delayed until iOS 18.1

2024-07-29

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IT Home reported on July 29 that Bloomberg's Mark Gurman revealed today that Apple plans to postpone most of its Apple Intelligence AI features to iOS / iPadOS 18.1.The official version will be released to the public as early as October this year.

Gurman claimed that Apple is currently working on fixing bugs in iOS/iPadOS 18 and enhancing system stability, and it is expected that iOS 18.0 will be stable by the end of July.

In terms of Apple Intelligence, Apple will adopt a "batch push" mechanism.It is expected to launch iOS / iPadOS 18.0 and 18.1 beta versions at the same timeVersion 18.0 will focus on system UI updates and a small number of AI features, while version 18.1 will focus on major AI features such as “Image Playground” and “Genmoji Emoji Pack”. However, the new version of Siri and system-integrated ChatGPT are still missing, and these two features will be postponed until next spring.

Gurman also revealed thatNow Apple's new release strategy means the iPhone 16 series may be launched without Apple Intelligence features, these devices will need to gain the relevant AI capabilities through software updates later this year.

According to previous reports by IT Home, Apple officially announced Apple Intelligence at the 2024 WWDC Global Developers Conference on June 11. Apple said that in iOS 18, users will be able to talk to Siri more naturally. The new Siri can understand the context, so you don't have to repeat the information in subsequent requests.

App Intents allows Siri to work deeply with first-party and third-party applications, sense what you are currently viewing on the screen, and take in-app actions. Apple demonstrated asking the photo app to edit the picture you are viewing, and Siri will perform adjustments on your behalf.

However, the new Siri still has a "hardware threshold".Requires at least an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max, the upcoming iPhone 16 series will also support Apple Intelligence.

On the Mac side, users need a Mac with M1 or later, and for iPad, users need an iPad Pro or iPad Air with an M1 chip or later.