Fix Apple Intelligence Stuck Downloading

I believe that if you download it on WiFi it will work that is what I had to do but then I had to as well cut off the VPN as well to the download the Apple intelligence

Mine was stuck on download all night, approx 14 hrs, wasn’t able to disable the download. Restarted the phone just trying to break that cycle and now Apple AI is up & running. Just got the phone itself (16 Pro) on Monday, if that makes any difference.

The posts about switching to UK English worked for me although it took several tries until I got the 100% complete on the download. Left it on the UK too. Changed the voice, deleted the transcript and it worked. Went to Verizon for help -- no help. Came to this support and boom -- the answer appears. Thanks for posting.

I just got 16 pro today. Same problem. I found the fix:

change language to British on phone and Siri. Go back to AI and it should be almost an instant download. Then change back to English (us) or whatever you prefer

All this talk of switching to UK language is nonsense. I have been on US language all the way and fixed the issue by putting on the charger and doing a power cycle. AI came on instantly after that, no language change necessary.

So you have to have WiFi working and VPN off and it will download

Did a reset on the iPhone with a fresh IOS download of 18.2 and everything worked as expected. After a week plus of hoping for a download, this was the only solution that fixed the issue for me.

After my phone had been stuck on download for about4 hours I restarted the phone and Apple intelligence appears to work now. :-)

Ok, similar for me. I had to power cycle or reboot my phone, then I turned cellular data off while connected to Wi-Fi and it finished downloading finally.

Here is how I fix:

1.remove and restore all data on my iphone

2.change region and language to US/UK, turn on apple intelligence in settings->apple intelligence&siri

3.change the language of siri to what you set in 2 , then wait a few second, if there isn't appear the percentage of downloading, do step 2&3 again.

4.wait until downloading compete.

5.if during downloading, the percentage disapear, what you can do is:

i) keep waiting until is appear again

ii) do step 2&3 again

ii) just ignore

iii) hold the power button to check if the download is compete

No need to reset, change language or anything crazy. Simply put IPhone on a charger, power cycle (turn off the IPhone completly), reboot the phone, go to settings and AI option will show. Fixed mine within less than 5 minutes.

had same issue, that randomly fixed when i went to settings, apple intelligence&siri, siri & dictation history and deleted it.

I fixed mine by just changing the región to Japan, language: US English and for Siri US English aswell (I don't know if this helps but I picked voice 4)

Good luck guys 🙋🏻‍♂️

1.Switch to different region in Siri as English US. It’ll show not available for the region.

2.Switch to another WiFi network then go to Siri and select UK as region

It’ll be downloaded in minutes, which worked for me😀16 pro user

Brand new IPad Pro 11”: Apple Intelligence had been showing “downloading” for almost 48 hours. I read your comment and was kinda skeptical. But I rebooted, it was still showing downloading, went to voices, switched and let her finish her sentence, switched back and lo and behold, Intelligence is completed and not stuck anymore. Go figure. Thanks man