Apple Intelligence isn't likely to be ready in time for the public and iPadOS 18 in September, but you might not have to wait too long after that. According to According to Mark Gurman, Apple plans to introduce Apple Intelligence with iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, which the company expects to be available in October. Beta versions of these, with some of the ai features, will be ready for developers to start playing with as early as this week.
Apple Intelligence won't offer its full suite of features at first. Some, like , are expected to arrive later this year. Gurman has reported that these updates could even arrive next year. And when Apple Intelligence does arrive, it won't be compatible with all phones that support iOS 18. Apple said during its announcement that . That rules out all recent iPhone models except the .