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

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???

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

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

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

Settings>Apple Intelligence & Siri>Apple Intelligence.

Doggyworld wrote:

I bought this 15 s 2 months ago and it’s in English. But no apple intelligence after I updated to 18. How do I get AI?

15 s? Is your iPhone a 15 Pro or 15 Pro Max? The ONLY iPhone 15 models which are capable of running Apple Intelligence are the PRO models. You can't be in the EU. Your phone can't be a model manufactured for the China market, which you can check by going to Settings > General > About > Model and if it ends in CH/A, it's made for China.

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.

Hi, Yalskey.

1. Only iPhone 15 Pro and newer models support Apple Intelligence.
2. You need to set your language and region to English and the United States.
3. Apple Intelligence must be enabled, so ensure you have turned it on in the settings.

For more help, you can try contacting Apple Support or check this article; it has some tips about how to turn on 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.

Tinsam wrote:

Same i just brought my iphone 16 pro max last week and I updated it to 18.3 already but still i dont have those apple intelligence i change also the region but still its nothing to sad that the reason I brought this latest phone it’s because the apple intelligence but i ended up i dont have it

You don't have to change the region. You DO have to change the language AND Siri language to a supported language. And you can't be in the EU, nor the China market, nor can your phone have been manufactured for the China Market. Did you follow everything in this link to make sure you meet every qualification --> How to get Apple Intelligence - Apple Support (CA)

Doggyworld wrote:

I went to my settings and all I have is Siri and nothing for ai. And I updated my phone to 18. So how do I get the ai.?

Without more information, we can't answer that.

• Which model iPhone do you have?
• Where was it purchased?
• Is your language set to English (US)?
• Have you updated to iOS 18.1.1?

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 👍