Apple today introduced the next generation of Apple Intelligence, powered by a bold new architecture that integrates the latest Apple Foundation Models deep into Apple’s platforms and is uniquely designed to protect users’ privacy. This makes the apps and experiences users rely on every day across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods, and Apple Vision Pro more personal and helpful than ever. Apps become smarter and more useful with powerful editing capabilities in Photos, intelligent tools to tailor browsing in Safari, the ability to upgrade security protections with Passwords, an all-new Image Playground that creates photorealistic imagery, and more. Across many of these features, users have the ability to simply describe what they’re looking for, so they can do the things that matter most to them even more easily. These features are available for developer testing starting today, and will be available to users this fall. “At Apple, our mission has always been to turn the potential of advanced technology into helpful and intuitive products for everyone, and that has never been more important than today,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “Truly helpful AI must be centered on our users’ needs, deeply integrated into the products they rely on every day, grounded in personal context, and built with privacy at every step. That is our vision for Apple Intelligence. With useful features for browsing the web, expressing creativity, editing photos, and so much more, today marks a big step forward on our journey to integrate powerful AI into the core of our platforms and make our products even more personal and useful.” The next generation of Apple Intelligence also helps power Siri AI, an entirely new version of Siri. Siri AI is a profoundly more personal, capable, and conversational assistant that also offers a new dedicated app, along with integrated tools for writing and Visual Intelligence across platforms. Siri can help users search for information across their messages, emails, photos, and more; answer questions about virtually any topic; and take action in apps. New Siri AI features are available for developer testing starting today, and will be available as a beta to users later this year. Frame-Worthy Compositions with New Ways to Edit Photos The Photos app taps into more powerful image models so users can make incredible edits, while respecting the original moment as it was captured. Photos adjusted with Apple Intelligence will automatically include a hidden SynthID watermark to identify those that have been edited with AI. With Spatial Reframing, users can improve the composition of a photo after it’s been taken. Spatial Reframing builds on Apple’s deep understanding of spatial models thanks to Apple Vision Pro, so users can touch and drag a photo and preview in real time how the perspective shifts — as if they’d repositioned the camera in the original scene. Using powerful image models, Spatial Reframing will only generate new content where the perspective has been shifted, ensuring the reframed photo stays consistent with the original scene. Users can also expand images with the Extend tool to give their subjects more breathing room. For example, they can straighten a crooked horizon without cropping out anything important, or adjust the aspect ratio, and Extend will fill in the missing pieces. Additionally, the popular Clean Up tool gets a major upgrade, so users can remove distractions with better quality and more realistic infill, even when the scene is complex. Intelligent New Tools to Browse in Safari and Upgrade Passwords With the power of Apple Intelligence, new tools transform how users can browse the web in Safari. The intelligence in Safari is built with privacy in mind, delivering powerful capabilities without exposing personal browsing data to anyone, including Apple. Safari can now simplify multi-tab browsing by automatically organizing a user’s tabs into relevant topics. For example, if a user is planning a weekend trip, Safari can bring together all of their travel-planning tabs into one topic. As users browse, Safari will continue to organize new tabs into existing topics or create new ones. With Notify Me, users can ask Safari to monitor a web page for changes, like product restocks or price drops, so they can stay on top of updates they care about. Users can tell Safari what they’re looking for, and when Safari detects a change on that web page, they’ll get a notification so they can take action. Building on its ability to alert users about weak and compromised passwords, Passwords can now automatically fix these for users with just a tap. Using Apple Intelligence and Safari to agentically take action on a user’s behalf, Passwords securely navigates through websites to sign in and upgrade their accounts to strong passwords. With Describe an Extension, users can create custom Safari extensions simply by describing what they want. Safari will then generate the custom extension right in the toolbar — like adding a button to save and rate recipes a user has tried. Photorealistic Images with an All-New Image Playground Image Playground offers new powerful ways for users to bring their imagination to life. They can create high-quality images in virtually any style, now including photorealistic, thanks to a new generative model that runs on Private Cloud Compute. This is a major transformation for image generation across platforms. And generated images will automatically include a hidden SynthID watermark to identify them as AI-generated. Image Playground makes it easy and intuitive to modify images. Users can describe the changes they want to make — or simply tap, circle, or brush to highlight an object to move or resize it. Users also have new ways to utilize the images they create. In addition to places like Messages, Image Playground can now be used to generate Lock Screen wallpapers and Contact Posters. Users are also able to choose the aspect ratio for what they’re working on, such as a landscape image for a website or a portrait image for a flyer. Powerful Features for Staying on Top of Communication and Scheduling New Apple Intelligence features help users manage their communication, surfacing relevant information when they need it. Now Messages offers one-tap suggestions based on the context of users’ conversations, making it easier than ever to get things done, such as creating a reminder or a note. For example, if someone asks for photos, Messages can also help users find the right ones, recognizing keywords, locations, and people in their library to find the best options. Additionally, suggestions in Mail become even more capable with the ability to take action with third-party apps. And Smart Reply in Mail and Messages can now draw on a user’s personalized writing style. When users call a business, Call Context proactively surfaces relevant information — like a confirmation code or reservation number — directly in the Phone app. For example, if a user calls an airline to change a flight, the Phone app can automatically find their confirmation code in Mail. Call Context looks at who the user is calling, not what they’re saying, to surface helpful information; it runs entirely on device, so nothing is shared with Apple or anyone else. Apple Intelligence also makes it possible to add or modify events in Calendar just by describing the event. As users type, Calendar will identify contacts and locations, and create a title for the event. Easier Ways to Build Powerful Shortcuts Shortcuts help users get things done faster by automating a wide range of tasks, and now with Describe a Shortcut, it’s more approachable than ever. Leveraging the power of Apple Intelligence, Shortcuts can now take a user’s description and assemble the required steps on their behalf. If a user sees something they need to tweak or add, they can simply describe their change, and the Shortcuts app makes adjustments. For example, a user can describe a shortcut to automate things like setting their morning alarm each evening based on their first event in Calendar the next day, automatically opening their favorite productivity apps with a specific window arrangement when they connect their iPad to their Magic Keyboard, or turning on their porch lights at night when they get a notification that their food delivery is arriving. Smart Capabilities in the Home App Apple Intelligence makes it easier to stay on top of things at home, with updates to accessory notifications and new capabilities for HomeKit Secure Video cameras. The Home app draws on Apple Intelligence to understand related notifications as a single activity, so users receive one notification that updates as the activity happens. With generated video descriptions, users can quickly understand what happened across a sequence of video clips, even without watching them. They can also search through camera clips so they can easily find what they’re looking for, like a package delivery. At the top of the Search page, the Home app elevates noteworthy clips that users may want to review, so they can quickly see important moments. Even More Powerful Accessibility Features Apple Intelligence powers accessibility updates that bring new capabilities to the tools many users rely on every day. Voice Control, which lets users navigate iPhone and iPad entirely by voice, becomes more intuitive than ever. Users can simply describe onscreen buttons and controls instead of memorizing exact labels or numbers. And Accessibility Reader, which offers a customized reading experience for users with a wide range of disabilities, now works on more complex source material and can provide on-demand summaries and translation. Additional New Features Apple Intelligence powers even more enhancements across operating systems. With automatic proofreading, users receive improved suggestions for spelling and grammar as they type across the system. They can also now get intelligent suggestions for names of files and folders, based on their contents. Workout Buddy is now available in Spanish, and it can be used on Apple Watch even when users don’t have their iPhone nearby. Workout Buddy also incorporates even more fitness data when delivering motivational insights. Additionally, Genmoji quality is even better and allows users to describe the changes they want to make. A Bold New Architecture, Built Privacy-First These new capabilities are powered by the next generation of Apple Foundation Models, custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models for deeply integrated Apple Intelligence experiences. These latest models run on device and on servers using Private Cloud Compute. Every facet of the new Apple Intelligence architecture is built privacy-first, from the latest Apple Foundation Models to the core operating system technologies that integrate these models deep into Apple’s platforms. Apple Intelligence uses on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute to help protect users’ privacy. Private Cloud Compute gives users access to frontier-level intelligence, while extending the privacy and security of iPhone into the cloud. When Private Cloud Compute is handling users’ requests, their personal data is not stored nor made accessible to Apple or anyone else. Outside experts can continue to verify this privacy promise at any time. Availability • These new features are available for testing starting today through the Apple Developer Program at developer.apple.com, and a public beta will be available through the Apple Beta Software Program next month at beta.apple.com. • Users who enable Apple Intelligence on supported products set to a supported language will have access this fall with iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27. • Apple Intelligence is available with support for these languages: English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Japanese, and Korean. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. For more details, visit apple.com/apple-intelligence. • Apple Intelligence in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 is available on iPhone 16 models or later, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad mini (A17 Pro), iPad models with M1 or later, MacBook Neo (A18 Pro), Mac models with M1 or later, Apple Vision Pro, Apple Watch Series 10 or later, Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later, and Apple Watch SE 3 when paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone nearby. • Some features, including image generation, have daily usage limits because they rely on powerful server models. Increased access is available with most iCloud+ subscription plans, which also include Apple Intelligence support for compatible Home cameras. MacDailyNews Take: Myriad, meaningful improvements and additions throughout the experience! Importantly, especially for Wall Street, Apple has begin to monetize AI by limiting image generation to those not subscribing to iCloud+. 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Due to DMA, Siri AI delayed in EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27
Apple today introduced Siri AI, an entirely new version of Siri, powered by Apple Intelligence. Unfortunately, due to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple will not be able to ship Siri AI in the European Union with the release of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. Over the past several months, EU regulators did not accept any of Apple’s proposed solutions to bring Siri AI to the EU while safely supporting other virtual assistants. “We’re deeply disappointed that our EU users won’t have Siri AI on iPhone or iPad when we share our new software releases later this year,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, in a statement. “Our hope is to eventually bring Siri AI to the EU, and we will continue to engage with EU regulators on a path forward. However, their refusal to engage constructively on solutions that preserve privacy and security means we do not currently have a timeline for Siri AI’s availability on iOS and iPadOS in the EU.” When iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 launch later this year, users in the EU will not have access to Siri AI and its advanced capabilities — including the new dedicated app to revisit conversations, an expanded Visual Intelligence experience, integrated tools for writing, Siri mode in Camera on iOS, and other Siri AI capabilities announced at WWDC26. EU users will be able to access Siri AI on macOS 27, visionOS 27, and watchOS 27. Developers located in the EU will not be able to test or use the new Siri AI features for their apps on iOS and iPadOS. Siri AI is private by design and deeply integrated across Apple’s platforms using on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute, which extends the privacy and security of iPhone into the cloud. However, under EU regulators’ extreme interpretation of the DMA, Apple would have to give any virtual assistant direct access to users’ private data — and the ability to directly control other installed applications — as soon as Siri AI is made available in the EU, without the essential protections necessary to keep users and their data safe. According to EU regulators, the DMA requires Apple to give any AI system nearly unlimited access to a user’s device, as well as the ability to act on that access autonomously without a user’s ongoing visibility and control. That includes the ability to read and send messages, make purchases, access files, and execute actions across any app. Security researchers have already shown that AI systems can be hijacked to steal personal data — like passwords and photos — and to permanently alter files and account settings without a user’s consent. As AI systems gain more capabilities, these risks are quickly increasing in frequency and scope. Given the serious risks to users, Apple designed a solution called Trusted System Agent — an intermediary that would allow virtual assistants to safely access the same features and capabilities as Siri AI for devices in the EU. Apple also shared a plan to launch Siri AI in the EU while gradually rolling out this new solution over an 18-month period. The European Commission said no. In fact, the European Commission did not agree to any of Apple’s proposals. Apple will continue working to bring these features to the European Union as safely as possible. However, given the clear dangers to EU users and the regulators’ failure to acknowledge these risks, there is currently no timeline for Siri AI’s availability in the EU on iOS and iPadOS. MacDailyNews Take: In classic Brussels fashion, the European Commission has once again proven that it would rather kneecap innovation, privacy, and its own citizens’ user experience than admit that its vaunted DMA is a disastrous, overreaching mess. Apple’s announcement today is crystal clear: the deeply personal, privacy-first Siri AI — with its on-device processing, Private Cloud Compute, new dedicated app, expanded Visual Intelligence, writing tools, Camera integration, and more — will launch on iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, but not in the EU. EU users get it on Mac, Vision Pro, and Watch, but their iPhones and iPads? Sorry, not yet. Why? Because under the EU’s extreme interpretation of its overreaching DMA, rolling out Siri AI would require Apple to hand any third-party virtual assistant nearly unlimited, direct access to users’ private data and the ability to autonomously control apps — reading messages, making purchases, altering files, the works — without the safeguards that keep Apple’s own implementation secure. Security researchers have already demonstrated how easily AI systems can be hijacked for data theft and mischief. Apple proposed a sensible “Trusted System Agent” intermediary and an 18-month phased rollout to balance competition with actual user safety. The European Commission’s response? A flat “no” to every proposal. This is exactly what we’ve warned about for years. The DMA isn’t “pro-competition” — it’s a regulatory cudgel designed to punish success and force Apple to compromise the very things that make its products superior: tight integration, ironclad privacy, and security. EU users already suffer from sideloading risks, broken continuity features, delayed rollouts, and a general second-class experience. Now they’re being denied cutting-edge AI because Brussels regulators refuse to acknowledge basic realities about how dangerous unchecked AI access can be. Craig Federighi put it perfectly: “We’re deeply disappointed that our EU users won’t have Siri AI on iPhone or iPad…” Apple wants to bring it. They’re willing to work with regulators. But when the goalposts keep moving and every compromise is rejected in favor of ideological purity, this is the predictable result. EU residents pay the price with inferior products while Apple ships the good stuff to the rest of the world. The EU deserves this self-inflicted wound. They crafted a law that prioritizes punishing big tech over delivering real benefits to consumers. They ignored warnings about privacy and security. They’ve turned Europe into a cautionary tale of what happens when bureaucrats try to design consumer electronics by regulatory fiat. Congratulations, Brussels. Your users get yesterday’s AI while everyone else moves forward. Maybe someday the EU will realize that protecting users means respecting the companies that actually build things worth using — instead of hobbling them at every turn. Until then, enjoy your delayed, degraded iPhone experience. You voted for it. (Or at least, you let your regulators deliver it.) 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