Gurman: iOS 18.1 beta with Apple Intelligence launching as soon as this week

After some speculation on whether or not Apple Intelligence would launch in iOS 18, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple will indeed be delaying the features until iOS 18.1, which should release to the public in October.

According to Gurman, Apple will officially be delaying Apple Intelligence to iOS 18.1, although a developer beta with some of the features should be launching as soon as this week. Some features like the new Siri are not expected until next Spring, however.

With this new report, we now know that Apple Intelligence features will likely not be available on iPhone 16 models at launch in September, although they should be available a few short weeks later. Apple Intelligence was expected to provide a boost in sales for iPhone 16 models.

This move is a bit unusual, as Apple usually doesn’t release developer betas for upcoming versions before the final release of the prior version. However, this does seem to be the strategy Apple is taking this year.

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This is a developing story, and will be updated later with more details…