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How to Enable Apple Intelligence If You're Outside the US
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Good news: the Siri is still stupid (not released in beta yet) and will be released later in 2025 😁
Does not work for me here in EU, changed to US (had that already) and changed region to US but no option available
Think before you use it. Not only it is always crude approximation when it summarizes text or creates a message for you but it could also replace genuine communication with your close ones some day when it is deeply engrained in society.
It would be wise to use any technology with caution and awareness of the traps that may be hidden. We already sold our privacy despite countless warnings 20 years ago.
It would be wise to use any technology with caution and awareness of the traps that may be hidden. We already sold our privacy despite countless warnings 20 years ago.
I prefer foreign governments to stop screwing with Apple's products for the sake of their own publicity. Notice I didn't say China was not exerting force, I said Europe was worse.
I am really honestly curious so I am asking this because I simply don't see the justification.
So my question is this:
Since the iPhone 16 will be heavily promoted and sold with the coolest new feature the AI driven Apple iPhone, however being it is ONLY available in the US, how will Apple justify the same price for the new iPhone 16s in Europe and the rest of the world if they are not given the same features as those priced the same in the US?
Meaning, will the iPhone 16 pro's be cheaper in Europe? (yeah I'm laughing too) why should anyone buy an iPhone 16 pro over a 15 if the majority of the features won't be available for them?
I'm curious to hear what you guys think Apple will do... I think they'll ignore it and will rather wait 7 months before it hits the EU, then roll it out but never lower the price or do anything to incentivize the rest of the worlds iPhone users to upgrade.
So my question is this:
Since the iPhone 16 will be heavily promoted and sold with the coolest new feature the AI driven Apple iPhone, however being it is ONLY available in the US, how will Apple justify the same price for the new iPhone 16s in Europe and the rest of the world if they are not given the same features as those priced the same in the US?
Meaning, will the iPhone 16 pro's be cheaper in Europe? (yeah I'm laughing too) why should anyone buy an iPhone 16 pro over a 15 if the majority of the features won't be available for them?
I'm curious to hear what you guys think Apple will do... I think they'll ignore it and will rather wait 7 months before it hits the EU, then roll it out but never lower the price or do anything to incentivize the rest of the worlds iPhone users to upgrade.
For those having issues, after you change the settings to US and US English, try restarting your phone. I'm in Canada and changed the settings with it not working, restarted phone and it showed up. Also this changes your Calendar to US holidays and measurements. Although you can change the temperature and measurements to your preferred. Also know the phone gets quite toasty during this time. I ended up taking mine out of the case as it got really toasty
The EU did not forbid Apple Intelligence.I prefer foreign governments to stop screwing with Apple's products for the sake of their own publicity. Notice I didn't say China was not exerting force, I said Europe was worse.
In fact, they’re closely working with the US Government for some much needed AI legislation.
Apple working to enable Apple Intelligence in China and the EU
During the announcement of Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024, Apple said that the technology would be available first for US...
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You are 100% misrepresenting what I said. I said it's understandable that apple is conservative/careful in its roll out of new services in the EU given the demonstrated EU's propensity to tell Apple what to do via the court system. That's just my opinion, but from a business point of view, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. I know a lot of folks celebrate the EU's legal victories (arm twisting), but they do have consequences, often not thought out.
I never said EU forbid Apple Intelligence. But your example does nothing to comment otherwise. You just said the EU is working with the US on regulations. Sure sounds like they want to put up restrictions at some point to me. Will they be harmonized? its really anyone's guess. But in any event says nothing about EU's relationship with Apple.
100% accurate.
The EU itself is power hungry and much of the people in the EU simply hate Apple specifically because it makes too much money.
There is a tremendous amount of bitterness, hate and envy coming out of the EU.
You know the thing about the EU and their stance that Apple violates anti-competition laws, is where were they when the App Store was first opened in July 2008? Same App Store (more or less). Same laws. But it was okay then? But now that Apple has created an industry and grown it to become very successful, they want to take their slice of the pie and profit. They can claim they are doing it for the citizens, but you know they are profiting one way or the other (re election counts). And now, Apple is being more cautious. Its natural.
Like I said, surprised anyone would want to live under that. Hey, they got Fortnite in exchange for AI, so win?
I must have missed the fleet of tugboats pulling the island off of the european continental shelf after the vote.
You think you're making some kind of clever argument here but you are not. When Apple started the app store they had zero market share so of course there was no anti trust issue. This is the essence of anti trust regulations. Things that are ok for small businesses to do get scrutinized when done by a monopoly or duopoly
If you come up with a product and sell it at break even or a loss to get some traction, well good luck to you. If Walmart sees you and comes out with a similar product and undercuts you by half then that's an issue, because Walmart can do this indefinitely until you're bankrupt and then they can go back to business as usual. That may just get govt involved.
This ain't something EU bureaucrats came up with. Americans figured this out back in the 19th century
Apple services have always been unevenly available around the world. For example, we only recently got Siri support for the Apple TV remote enabled for Singapore, yet I don’t think we have ever gotten a price reduction because of that.
Apple is also not saying that AI will never come to Apple devices in the EU, just that it may one day when they finally work out the regulatory hurdles.
Third, if you want to buy an older or cheaper iPhone as a result, well, it’s still an iPhone. So I don’t see this having too much of an impact on sales in the EU.
There can be app specific peculiarities. I've got one that allows modification of units (metric vs non-metric) displayed if set to a region outside of the US, but that option completely disappears from the app only if the region is US... it doesn't make any sense to me, but maybe there's a medical reason for doing it that way.