Rollout of Apple’s AI Features Facing Delays, Some Arriving in 2025: All You Need to Know

Highlights

• Some AI features for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia delayed to 2025
• Siri enhancements like contextual awareness and natural language responses arriving late
• Staggered rollout plan for AI features with previews for select users
• Email categorization in Mail app and Swift Assist in Xcode to launch in late 2024

Apple went big on AI features for its operating systems during its Worldwide Developers Conference last week.

However, a new report says that not all of those AI capabilities will be ready when iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia are launched later this year.

Some AI features, especially pertaining to virtual assistant Siri, may only come in 2025.

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple prefers stuffing the first-ever developer beta with the maximum number of new features.

That allows developers time to integrate the new experiences into their apps.

A Staggered Rollout Approach

Instead of a simultaneous launch, it is reportedly said that Apple has considered a staggered roll-out plan.

Additionally, these delayed AI features will arrive in preview form and will be available only to a few users before they are launched more widely.

This will also deliver a host of other advantages to Apple.

It enables good resource management, prevents over-stressing the staffers, and delivers quality in features.

Time investment is also needed to a great extent in training AI across multiple languages and building out cloud infrastructure

This additional development time may also have made sure the machines did not spit out weird AI hallucinations, wherechatbots respond with nonsensical answers.

Third-party AI chatbot developers, such as Google’s Gemini AI, Anthropic’s Claude, and Chinese firms like Baidu and Alibaba, continue to be in Apple’s sought-after feature plans.

What’s Coming When?

Some AI capabilities will not materialize until late 2024, which includes some developed for Apple’s Mail app, which will offer email users email categorization into tabs representing such things as newsletters and shopping, among others.

The Swift Assist cloud-based AI programming companion to Xcode will arrive late in 2024.

Most of the upgrades to Siri, however, are unlikely to reach users until 2025.

The list includes improved contextual awareness, natural language responses, semantic understanding of on-device content and personal data, native integration into apps, and lastly, computer vision for reading open screens.

Despite the delays, several Apple Intelligence features will still make it into the initial releases ofiOS 18,iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia later this year. 

FAQs

Why are some of Apple’s AI features delayed until 2025?

Apple is taking additional time to ensure quality, resource management, and to avoid AI hallucinations, leading to a staggered rollout of some AI capabilities.

Which AI features are expected to arrive late in 2024?

AI features for Apple’s Mail app, including email categorization, and Swift Assist for Xcode are expected to be available in late 2024.

What AI upgrades to Siri are being delayed until 2025?

Delayed Siri upgrades include improved contextual awareness, natural language responses, semantic understanding, app integration, and computer vision for reading screens.

How will Apple roll out the delayed AI features?

Apple plans a staggered rollout with previews available to select users before a wider release, ensuring better resource management and feature quality.

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