The iPhone 16 was marketed as being made for Apple Intelligence, however that much-hyped characteristic wasn’t accessible when it launched. And it appears disgruntled house owners nonetheless have just a few weeks to attend.
Within the newest version of his Energy On publication, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman claims that iOS 18.1 is at present slated for a public roll-out on Monday, October 28. That may not sound terrifically thrilling, x.1 level updates typically being much less momentous than the x.0 releases that land every September, however this one is vital as a result of it heralds the arrival of Apple Intelligence.
Gurman explains that the rollout is occurring later than initially anticipated as a result of Apple needs to play it protected following a lot of current software program issues: the iPadOS 18 bug, as an example, that bricked some iPad Professionals. “I’m told that Apple is taking its time with the rollout,” he writes, “to ensure that major bugs are eliminated and it can support all the new traffic on its AI cloud servers.”
Comprehensible, however more likely to trigger extra frustration for many who spent large on new iPhones this fall and have been trying ahead to making an attempt out Apple’s belated entry into the AI house. What’s extra, Apple Intelligence is scheduled for a gradual rollout throughout a span of months, with many options not slated to seem for a number of extra months. And that’s earlier than we even get to the tinkering and tweaking that’s more likely to be mandatory earlier than Apple Intelligence reaches the identical degree of reliability and usefulness as rival AI platforms which were available on the market for some time–a course of that would run into years.
Nonetheless, because the previous tech saying goes: higher late than crippled with bugs that can drive customers to rival platforms. Apple Intelligence will probably be right here ultimately, and we hope it’ll be definitely worth the wait.