Developer beta testers are finally able to try out Apple Intelligence on their iPhone and other devices, as part of the first betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.
There is no separate install for Apple’s on-device models. You download the OS, go into settings, and opt into the Apple Intelligence waitlist. When you’re approved, it just works.
That said, Chat GPT and the Image Playground are not part of 18.1.
I’m running it now. If y’all have any questions about the build, what’s in / what’s out, etc, just ask!
Would you mind reporting back (in a few days) how is the battery life? I’m kinda concerned about it.
So far it still feels pretty beta-y. AKA, not great.
But that might also change over the coming days. I don’t know if the local model is doing any background indexing.
Oh, I guess it’ll take some time to them to get it polished. Btw, did you have to download the models or were them included within the update?
There is no separate install for Apple’s on-device models. You download the OS, go into settings, and opt into the Apple Intelligence waitlist. When you’re approved, it just works.
That said, Chat GPT and the Image Playground are not part of 18.1.