The iPhone 16 was marketed as being made for Apple Intelligence, however that much-hyped characteristic wasn’t obtainable when it launched. And it appears disgruntled homeowners nonetheless have a couple of weeks to attend.
Within the newest version of his Energy On publication, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman claims that iOS 18.1 is presently slated for a public roll-out on Monday, October 28. Which may not sound terrifically thrilling, x.1 level updates usually being much less momentous than the x.0 releases that land every September, however this one is necessary as a result of it heralds the arrival of Apple Intelligence.
Gurman explains that the rollout is going on later than initially anticipated as a result of Apple needs to play it secure following plenty of current software program issues: the iPadOS 18 bug, as an illustration, 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 huge on new iPhones this fall and had been trying ahead to attempting out Apple’s belated entry into the AI area. 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 obligatory earlier than Apple Intelligence reaches the identical stage of reliability and usefulness as rival AI platforms which have been available on the market for some time–a course of that would run into years.
Nonetheless, because the outdated tech saying goes: higher late than crippled with bugs that may drive customers to rival platforms. Apple Intelligence might be right here ultimately, and we hope it’ll be definitely worth the wait.