Apple Intelligence, revealed at WWDC 2024, represents Apple’s most ambitious AI initiative yet. Marketed as “AI for the rest of us,” it is integrated into the company’s ecosystem to provide smarter writing tools, creative image functions, and a more advanced Siri.

The platform enables text summarization, proofreading, and composition across apps, along with visual creation via Genmoji and Image Playground. Siri benefits from onscreen awareness and cross-app capabilities, while a fully personalized version is targeted for 2026.

Apple Intelligence debuted in October 2024 through iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, initially available in U.S. English. Wider language support is expected in 2025. Hardware compatibility includes iPhone 16, iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max, and M1-based Macs and iPads.

Apple’s hybrid AI architecture uses compact on-device models for privacy and efficiency, with Private Cloud Compute handling advanced tasks on Apple Silicon servers.

Integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT brings conversational AI to Siri and Writing Tools. Apple is also considering future support for Google Gemini. Developers will be able to extend these capabilities using Foundation Models.

A redesigned Siri, set for release in 2026, underscores Apple’s commitment to long-term AI development.