Apple Intelligence will be enabled by default on iPhone with the upcoming iOS 18.3 update. Apple announced the change with iOS 18.3 Release Candidate (RC), which rolled out to beta users on Tuesday. Until now, users were asked whether or not they would like to enable artificial intelligence (AI) features; However, this will not happen in future. Notably, the company is planning the same for iPad and Mac devices with its next update.
Apple Intelligence will be automatically enabled with iOS 18.3
In its iOS 18.3 RC release notesAnnouncing the new change, the tech giant explained how users won’t get the chance to choose whether to enable Apple Intelligence when updating to iOS 18.3. This will only affect iPhone devices that currently support AI features.
Apple said that during the installation process of the new update, Apple Intelligence will be automatically enabled. This means that when the handset reboots, users will get all the AI ​​features activated. However, this does not mean that these features cannot be disabled. The tech giant said users can navigate here Apple Intelligence and Siri Settings panel and close apple intelligence Toggle to turn off AI features on their device.
The new change is a departure from the iPhone maker’s previous strategy, which gave users the option to use AI tools or not. This was probably being done because the company was working on fixing bugs and glitches and optimizing Apple Intelligence. However, it appears that the tech giant is confident in its in-house AI suite and wants more users to adopt the technology.
However, the company did not say whether Apple Intelligence would also be re-enabled for users who had previously turned it on for a period of time and then manually disabled it.
Notably, the iOS 18.3 update doesn’t bring any major new features. However, it has reportedly added several changes to the AI ​​notification summary feature, which was recently criticized for producing inaccurate summaries of news headlines.