Apple Intelligence may come to EU after all…but only for Mac | Technology

Apple Intelligence is one of the biggest tentpoles of this fall’s new OS updates. The AI features in iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia will debut only for users with devices set to U.S. English.

However, there’s a big asterisk: users in the EU won’t get Apple Intelligence. No matter their device’s language setting, Apple has said it is blocking AI features in the EU until further notice.

But there’s new evidence that indicates this exclusion won’t apply to all platforms. Instead, Apple Intelligence might be supported in the EU on the Mac only.

Release notes indicate EU Mac users will get Apple Intelligence

This week on the Upgrade podcast, a listener wrote in to point out that recent beta release notes indicate Apple Intelligence may become available for EU users on the Mac, even while being blocked from iOS and iPadOS 18.

I double checked the release notes for developer beta 1 of macOS Sequoia 15.1 and iOS 18.1, and confirmed the…