Ready or not, Apple Intelligence beta functions will be activated by default

Until now, to use Apple Intelligence functions you had to activate them. With iOS 18.3 and macOS 15.3, they will be enabled by default. A major change while Apple Intelligence is still in beta and all the problems have not been resolved.

Apple is now sure of her move: after a short warm-up, Apple Intelligence is ready and it’s time for all users to jump into the deep end of generative AI! Since their launch last October, these features require prior activation by the user.

Is Apple Intelligence really ready?

This will no longer be the case with the final versions of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3 and macOS 15.3: once the iPhone, iPad or Mac is up to date, Apple Intelligence will be activated by default. Of course, it will be possible to deactivate it in the settings. But this change is significant; on the one hand, because these AI functions take up a lot of storage space, and until proven otherwise, all of this is still in beta.

And some of these functions are clearly not up to par, such as multiple notification summaries which generate “fake news”! Apple has also temporarily deactivated these summaries for news and entertainment applications, and revised the display of AI-generated notifications (the text is now in italics).

Read After some big mistakes, Apple Intelligence notification summaries disabled for some apps

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The other functions are less problematic, even if Apple is only catching up a little in the face of much more active competition: creation of Genmoji (personalized emojis which will also arrive on Mac with macOS 15.3), Image Playground to generate ugly images, Visual Intelligence for iPhone 16, writing assistance tools, access to ChatGPT from Siri, etc.

The final versions of iOS 18.3 and macOS 15.3 will be available in the coming days. However, you should keep in mind that to be able to use Apple Intelligence, a device must be in English; iPhones and iPads are still deprived of these functions in Europe (this is planned for April). On the other hand, European Mac users can already use them, but only in English.

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