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Apple Intelligence and Siri AI: which devices and languages get each feature, the limits Apple does and does not publish, and how the AI features compare with what was promised.

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Apple Intelligence

5 Oct 20265 min read

RemoveMacAI turns off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and deletes its models, after Apple dropped the single off switch

An open-source tool turns off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27, deletes its models and stops them returning. It frees about 10GB and breaks more than Siri.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Apple Intelligence

5 Oct 20265 min read

Siri AI could stay off EU iPhones for five months or more, Bloomberg's Gurman says

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman calls a wait of about five months the best case for Siri AI on iPhone and iPad in the EU. On the Mac, Europeans already have it.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Apple Intelligence

3 Oct 20263 min read

homeOS: Bloomberg's Gurman says Apple's home hub software is built around Siri AI, with touch as the backup

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says the home hub's software is called homeOS and is designed around Siri AI. Apple has said nothing, and one claim is unconfirmed.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Apple Intelligence

25 Sept 20265 min read

OpenAI tells a court that ChatGPT in Siri dramatically underperformed

A court filing from OpenAI says the ChatGPT integration in Apple Intelligence fell far short of its forecasts, and points to Apple's opt-in design.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Apple Intelligence

24 Sept 20264 min read

Square can now sync business listings to Apple Maps and Siri

Square sellers can now connect their locations to Apple Business from the Square Dashboard, syncing hours and contact details to Apple Maps and Siri.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Apple Intelligence

19 Sept 20264 min read

Apple Intelligence now wants 14GB free on the newest iPhones, and Apple's own pages disagree on which those are

Apple's updated support document says iOS 27 needs up to 14GB of free storage for Apple Intelligence on some iPhones, against 8GB on the rest of the range.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Apple Intelligence

18 Sept 20264 min read

Apple Intelligence has daily limits, and Apple has published almost none of the numbers

Server-backed Apple Intelligence features in iOS 27 have daily caps, and a bigger iCloud+ plan raises them. Apple has published camera counts and little else.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Apple Intelligence

17 Sept 20263 min read

Siri AI in the iOS 27.2 beta adds five languages. Three of their home countries still cannot use it.

The first iOS 27.2 beta runs Siri AI in French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. The EU exclusion still covers France, Spain and Portugal.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Apple Intelligence

16 Sept 20263 min read

Siri AI is live, in English, on half your users' phones

The rebuilt Siri shipped as a beta with a long list of exclusions. Read that list before you promise a client a voice-driven feature this year.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Apple Intelligence

16 Sept 20264 min read

If Siri can act on your app, your app needs to be worth acting on

A more capable Siri reaches into apps through App Intents. That makes intent coverage an architectural question, and it exposes every app whose functionality only exists inside its own UI.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Apple Intelligence

16 Sept 20264 min read

Apple made on-device AI free for small studios. Here is the catch.

Free Private Cloud Compute below two million downloads removes the infrastructure bill from shipping AI features. It does not remove the harder problems - and that threshold has an odd shape.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Apple Intelligence

16 Sept 20263 min read

Unshipped iOS 27 code hints Siri could run on other models

A developer found two disabled frameworks in iOS 27 that would let another model answer as Siri. Here is what to do with a finding like that: mostly nothing.

Pinkesh Gajera

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RemoveMacAI turns off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and deletes its models, after Apple dropped the single off switch

Siri AI could stay off EU iPhones for five months or more, Bloomberg's Gurman says

homeOS: Bloomberg's Gurman says Apple's home hub software is built around Siri AI, with touch as the backup

OpenAI tells a court that ChatGPT in Siri dramatically underperformed

Square can now sync business listings to Apple Maps and Siri

Apple Intelligence now wants 14GB free on the newest iPhones, and Apple's own pages disagree on which those are

Apple Intelligence has daily limits, and Apple has published almost none of the numbers

Siri AI in the iOS 27.2 beta adds five languages. Three of their home countries still cannot use it.

Siri AI is live, in English, on half your users' phones

If Siri can act on your app, your app needs to be worth acting on

Apple made on-device AI free for small studios. Here is the catch.

Unshipped iOS 27 code hints Siri could run on other models

Apple Intelligence