Apple Intelligence is not available on my iPhone even after updating to iOS 18.1

I just bought a 16 pro max yesterday have 18.1 and apple intelligence doesn’t even show in my settings to sign up for the waitlist

I have a iPhone 15 Pro and I updated to iOS 18.1. I cannot find ANY apple AI features at all. No revamped Siri, no photo smart eraser, no text summaries, nothing. This seems like 18.0 exactly to me. It said it successfully installed 18.1... but I get nothing. Help???

Bro i can’t see waitlist option in my iPhone 15 promax although i have installed ios 18.1 with size of 1.3gb if update … just apple siri is not working

iOS 18.1 is available to all iPhone models that run iOS 18. Apple Intelligence features, however, are only available on a subset of those phones. Here’s the full list:

• iPhone 15 Pro
• iPhone 15 Pro Max
• iPhone 16
• iPhone 16 Plus
• iPhone 16 Pro
• iPhone 16 Pro Max

I just got my 16 pro max yesterday. Apple intelligence & siri doesn’t even exist. I have just Siri still in my settings

Did you sign into the waitlist? Have you been an accepted?

Settings>Apple Intelligence & Siri>Apple Intelligence.

MikezMac wrote:

That was it. Thank you.

Glad it helped. I hope you don't have to wait too long.

Marytimo wrote:

How can I get Apple intelligence on my iPhone 12pro

Not possible. Apple Intelligence requires an iPhone with at least 8GB of RAM, which iPhone 12 Pro doesn't have. You have to own iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max or any iPhone 16 model to get Apple Intelligence.

See this link and make sure you precisely follow all the directions --> How to get Apple Intelligence - Apple Support (CA)

A couple key points. Your language on your phone must be set to US English and so does Siri.

it only currently works on phones that regions are set to United States

change your region by going to

settings-general-region/languages

change to United States and then you’ll see the option to join the waiting list 👍

Did you open this link to make sure you live in a supported location and you have done everything required to get Apple Intelligence --> How to get Apple Intelligence - Apple Support (CA)

Also, if your iPhone model number ends in CH/A it was made for China and Apple Intelligence won't work on a China market phone until it is approved for use in China.

Europe and the British Isles will follow the waitlisted rollout later. 4/2025

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/28/apple-intelligence-eu-april-2025/

MajorBeerNest wrote:

it only currently works on phones that regions are set to United States

change your region by going to

settings-general-region/languages

change to United States and then you’ll see the option to join the waiting list 👍

It was my understanding you also had to be in the U.S. and have an Apple ID with a U.S. region. Are you seeing something different?