I don't really understand why Apple Intel is available in Europe if you set your MAC to US English now (missing translation ok) but not on iPhone/iPad? Also iPhone mirroring? What crude part of EU law does the mirror violate? Any ideas?
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Apple Intelligence Rolling Out in the European Union Starting in April 2025
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To be fair to Apple, the EU are just bullies posing abitrary rules based on nonsense. If Apple had the relevant growth hormones then they could and SHOULD tell EU to comply with Apple OR Apple will remove all services from EU.
Stand up to bullies - always.
At least Europe still has physical sims in their phones.
A: the Mac is for the most part already opened.
B: the Mac is absolutely nowhere close to being a digital gatekeeper.
iOS and android are infinitely more of a duopoly than macOS and Windows, where windows just absolutely dominates macOS by around 95%.
After all these years, Siri still can’t speak Polish, so Apple Intelligence will be available in some EU countries only.
I totally understand what you’re saying. For a multi trillion company that wants to sell “premium” it’s a bitter shame. The display is still at 60hz???
I have to wonder how many people have been pushed to learn and use English for computing and internet because of things like this
There are specific metrics about number of users in the law. While there is a "we can declare you a gatekeeper anyway" provision that got applied to the iPad despite it not meeting the number of users, it'd be too far a stretch even for the EU to try to apply it to MacOS.
You can't control your own phone from your own computer in the EU? That makes absolutely no sense. Whilst Brexit was (and remains) a complete sh!tshow, at least iPhone mirroring works here in the UK.
Mac's marketshare in the EU is tiny. Only reason, there aren't nearly enough users to make it a Gatekeeper. Also most requirements of the DMA are already possible on Mac to begin with.
On a personal note, I hope they will also bring iPhone Mirroring to the EU soon.
Nope, per the DMA if Apple offers that feature in the EU, they have to let others have access to the same functionality. Which obviously Apple isn't likely to want to do given security/privacy requirements.
You mean unlike the laws in Russia or China that repress large parts of the population, which Apple implements quickly and precisely? Just to clarify what you mean.
Plenty of things outside the US don’t exist for iPhone users. Apple Intelligence, Apple credit card, Apple cash, AirPods hearing aid, etc
is it available now in the UK ?
Apple plans to roll out Apple Intelligence features to iPhone and iPad users in the European Union starting in April 2025, according to information included in today's M4 iMac announcement in European countries.
Apple's newsroom post confirms that Apple Intelligence features will roll out beginning in April, with users gaining access to Writing Tools, Genmoji, a redesigned version of Siri, and more. As of right now, EU Mac users can access Apple Intelligence features with macOS Sequoia 15.1, as long as the language on the device is set to U.S. English. Apple has restricted the launch of Apple Intelligence capabilities for the iPhone and iPad in order to work out "regulatory uncertainties brought about by the Digital Markets Act."
Apple in June said that it would delay Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and SharePlay Screen Sharing until it was able to determine how to make the features compatible with the European Union's competition rules.
iPhone and iPad users in the European Union who have a U.S. App Store ID are able to use Apple Intelligence with the Language and Region on the device set to U.S. English.
Apple also has not launched Apple Intelligence in China, and it is unclear when the feature set might expand to the country. In China, Apple has to have an AI partner as American companies are not able to launch chatbots powered by large language models without government permission.
It is worth noting that Apple Intelligence support in European countries will likely come in an update to iOS 18, and the timing is right for iOS 18.4. Rumors suggest that iOS 18.4 will be a major update that brings improvements to Siri, including personal context and the ability for the personal assistant to do more in and across apps.
Article Link: Apple Intelligence Rolling Out in the European Union Starting in April 2025
