“Is Your iPhone Doomed? Discover Which Models Will Miss Out on the Game-Changing iOS 18 Update!”
Apple has just dropped its highly-anticipated iOS 18 update, loaded with features that have tech enthusiasts buzzing—because who doesn’t love an upgrade, right? At a recent event, Tim Cook was practically bouncing off the walls as he raved about Apple’s new AI capabilities branded as ‘Apple Intelligence.’ I mean, given the unveiling of the new iPhone 16 lineup alongside some flashy functionalities like ChatGPT integration and the head-scratching Genmoji, it felt like a tech carnival! But here’s the kicker—while we’re all eyes wide open in excitement, we’ll have to twiddle our thumbs for a few months before we can actually dive into these shiny new toys. So, what’s the use of all this hot air if we can’t play with the new gadgets just yet? Buckle up as we navigate through the dizzying epoch of Apple’s latest innovations! LEARN MORE.
Apple has announced their new iOS.18 update with a number of highly anticipated features.
Tim Cook did nothing but hype up the tech giant’s new AI features with ‘Apple Intelligence’ at the September event, whilst displaying their new iPhone 16 range.
Despite showing off some cool stuff – including ChatGPT integration, Image Playground and the rather bizarre Genmoji – Apple told us that we have to wait months to actually use them.
Apple Intelligence has arrived, sort of (Apple)
“With ChatGPT from OpenAI integrated into Siri and Writing Tools, you get even more expertise when it might be helpful for you — no need to jump between tools. Siri can tap into ChatGPT for certain requests, including questions about photos or documents,” Apple said.
“With enhanced language capabilities, you can summarise an entire lecture in seconds, get the short version of a long group thread, and minimise unnecessary distractions with prioritised notifications.”
Finally, on Monday (28 October), they launched the well overdue iOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence, but not without a catch.
Now, if you live in the UK, you won’t have access unless you have two things.
You will need an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max or later to use Apple Intelligence.
Apple Intelligence is only available on certain Apple devices (Apple)
And because, officially, Apple Intelligence is not coming to the UK until December, you can only use it if you switch your device language and Siri language to English (United States).
This is where it gets (even more) confusing.
Every single iPhone with an A12 Bionic chip or later can download iOS 18.1, though only iPhone 15 Pros or later can test out Apple Intelligence.
Apple iOS 18.1-supported iPhones
- iPhone SE, 2nd gen
- iPhone XS, XS Max and XR
- iPhone 11 series
- iPhone 12 series
- iPhone 13 series
- iPhone 14 series
- iPhone 15 series
- iPhone 16 series
iPad and MacBook can use Apple Intelligence if the device is fitted with an Apple silicon chip (Apple)
Apple Intelligence-supported iPhones
(Not officially available in the UK until December)
- iPhone 16 series
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
Apple Intelligence will also be rolled out across all of their ‘M’ powered devices, which use Apple’s own silicon chip.
This includes, all M1 and later powered iPads, MacBooks, iMacs and so on.
With the addition of all these new features, the tech company is promising ‘great privacy’.
“Apple Intelligence is designed to protect your privacy at every step. It’s integrated into the core of your iPhone, iPad and Mac through on-device processing. So it’s aware of your personal information without collecting your personal information. And with groundbreaking Private Cloud Compute, Apple Intelligence can draw on larger server-based models, running on Apple silicon, to handle more complex requests for you while protecting your privacy,” they added.
