Apple Intelligence is now available to iPhone owners in the European Union (EU), with the initial set of features in US English also hitting the Vision Pro headset.
Apple announced that yesterday’s releases of iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4 and macOS Sequoia 15.4 expanded Apple Intelligence availability with eight new languages, including localized English for Singapore and India.
For the first time since Apple Intelligence rolled out in the United States with iOS 18.1, iPhone and iPad owners in the European Union have access to the same Apple Intelligence features as their US counterparts.
Apple Intelligence hits EU iPhones and Vision Pro
Apple also released the visionOS 2.4 update for its Visio Pro headset yesterday, and the biggest new feature is Apple Intelligence. Apple says that visionOS 2.4 brings an initial set of features to the headset with the device and Siri language set to US English. Support for new Apple Intelligence languages available in iOS 18.4 is not included in visionOS 2.4. The official visionOS 2.4 release notes provide more information in terms of what Apple Intelligence features are included in the update:
● Use Writing Tools to rewrite, proofread, and summarize text right in the app you’re working in, and compose text from scratch using ChatGPT
● Quickly respond to messages with Smart Reply in Mail and Messages with suggested responses
● Create unique images in multiple styles using concepts, descriptions, and people from your photo library with Image Playground
● Create custom emoji right from the keyboard and use your Genmoji across the system in your sticker drawer
● Use Image Wand to turn sketches into images in Notes
● Find photos and videos simply by describing what you’re looking for in Photos
● Create a Memory Movie by describing the story you want to see in Photos
● Use priority messages in Mail which understand the content of your messages and prioritize those that require your attention, displaying them at the top of your inbox
● Catch up on your notifications with Priority Notification to make it easy to see a glanceable summary of the most important information
These features are available on the Vision Pro in US English. Some of the features available on the iPhone and iPad are missing from visionOS 2.4, including the Clean Up tool in Photos, ChatGPT integration in Siri, mail categorization and a few others.
New vision OS 2.4 features
visionOS 2.4 brings other goodies, including a new Spatial Gallery app providing a curated collection of spatial content like 180-degree videos, spatial photos and more, an improved Guest User feature and a new Vision Pro app for iPhone to help headset owners find new content, queue downloads, and more. For more info on the latest visionOS capabilities, visit apple.com/visionos/visionos-2.
New Apple Intelligence languages
On the iPhone, iPad and Mac, the Apple Intelligence features are now available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (simplified), plus in localized English for Singapore and India. Yesterday’s updates also bring new Apple Intelligence features like Priority Notifications (iPhone, iPad, Mac) that surface time-sensitive alerts, the ability to create a memory movie in the Photos app (Mac) with a prompt and a new Sketch style in Image Playground (iPhone, iPad, Mac) that creates “academic and highly detailed sketches.”