Apple’s on-device AI features in iOS 18 will require an iPhone 15 Pro or later, so I might not install the beta on my older iPhone.
I’ve been running iOS betas on my iPhone ever since Apple started the program, with one exception. iOS 17 wasn’t exciting enough to warrant installing it on my iPhone 14 Pro last year. With the iOS 18 beta coming this week, I can’t wait to get it going on my iPhone. That’s because I can’t wait to try Apple’s AI features.
On Monday, the company will unveil a new “Apple Intelligence” suite of AI tools built into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15, and all its other operating systems at WWDC 2024. If reports are accurate, we’re in for a few exciting developments. I expect some of these features to come to the iPhone as soon as the first iOS 18 beta is out.
However, some of the AI features Apple built into iOS 18 will require newer hardware than my iPhone 14 Pro. Therefore, there’s a chance I won’t install the iOS 18 beta this summer. Instead, I might not experience iOS 18 until after I’ve upgraded to the upcoming iPhone 16 this fall.
A last-minute iOS 18 leak said Apple fans will need an iPhone 15 Pro or newer to get the most out of Apple’s new AI features. The report came from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. He made similar claims a few days earlier. The reporter said that many of the on-device AI features coming to iOS 18 will require an iPhone 15 Pro or later to work.
I explained at the time that it was great news.
