Apple within the newest iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 betas now not requires customers to set their gadget area to the US, so now it is simply the US English language requirement that is still.
In earlier betas, customers not solely needed to change Siri’s language to the US to entry Apple Intelligence, however in addition they needed to change each their gadget area and language to the US as nicely in Settings ➝ Normal ➝ Language & Area.
Nonetheless, as per the newest launch notes, the requirement to vary gadget area to US seems to have been dropped, which implies issues like measurement system, temperature, and calendar formatting can stay unchanged with Apple Intelligence enabled.
In different phrases, customers operating the third betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 solely have to make sure that English is their most popular language in Settings ➝ Normal ➝ Language & Area, and that English (United States) is the set Siri language in Settings ➝ Apple Intelligence & Siri.
With these two settings in place, customers exterior of the US can choose to affix the Apple Intelligence waitlist, which generally will get accepted in just some minutes. Notice that Apple Intelligence stays unavailable in China, whereas customers within the EU should nonetheless have a tool signed in with a US App Retailer ID.
Apple Intelligence encompasses a variety of capabilities, together with composing textual content and emails, automating actions throughout varied apps, producing photos, summarizing paperwork and texts, and extra.
These options require quite a lot of on-device computing energy, so earlier than you do something, it is price checking in case your gadget is suitable. iPhone customers want both an iPhone 15 Professional or iPhone 15 Professional Max to run Apple Intelligence, whereas solely iPads and Macs powered by M1 or later Apple silicon processors are suitable.
