Apple Intelligence is among the most significant tentpoles of this fall’s brand-new OS updates. The AI functions in iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia will debut just for users with suitable gadgets set to U.S. English.

Nevertheless, there’s a huge asterisk: users in the EU will not get Apple Intelligence No matter their gadget’s language setting, Apple has stated it is obstructing AI functions in the EU till more notification.

However there’s brand-new proof that suggests this exemption will not apply to all platforms. Rather, Apple Intelligence might be supported in the EU on the Mac just.

Release notes suggest EU Mac users will get Apple Intelligence.
Today on the Upgrade podcast, a listener wrote in to explain that current beta release notes suggest Apple Intelligence might appear for EU users on the Mac, even while being obstructed from iOS and iPadOS 18.

I checked the release notes for designer beta 1 of macOS Sequoia 15.1 and iOS 18.1, and verified the essential parts.

Here is a pertinent area of the beta 1 release notes:

iOS 18.1

Apple Intelligence is readily available on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Apple Intelligence is not presently offered in the EU or China.

macOS Sequoia 15.1

Apple Intelligence is readily available on Macs with M1 and later on. Apple Intelligence is not presently offered in China.

The distinction in between the notes is clear: while Apple Intelligence is presently obstructed in China on all platforms, the EU is just omitted from iOS and iPadOS, not the Mac.

Macs exempt to the exact same EU requirements as iPhones and iPads
This makes good sense, too, due to the fact that the factor Apple pointed out for not bringing Apple Intelligence to the EU was the DMA (Digital Markets Act). It was worried that Apple Intelligence might not adhere to the DMA’s requirements. As a result, while the business is actively in conversations with EU regulators about releasing Apple Intelligence there, it is holding back in the meantime.

However the Mac isn’t affected by the very same requirements of the DMA as iPhones and iPads are. So in theory, Apple needs to have no objection to releasing Apple Intelligence in the EU.

These release notes might effectively alter in the future, however currently, it promises that Apple Intelligence might reach EU users when macOS Sequoia 15.1 launches. Offered, obviously, that their Mac is set to utilize U.S. English.

Would you be intrigued in using Apple Intelligence on the Mac just? Let us understand in the remarks.