Finally: this is when Apple Intelligence is coming to the EU

Apple has announced when Apple Intelligence is coming to the EU! This is when you can use Apple Intelligence in the Netherlands and the rest of Europe on your iPhone and iPad.

Apple Intelligence in the EU

It’s finally known when Apple Intelligence is coming to the EU! Apple has released iOS 18.1, rolling out the first features of Apple Intelligence to users in the United States. They get access to features such as Writing Assistant and the improved version of Siri. These are not all AI functions, because Apple is releasing them in phases with interim iOS 18 updates.

In the Netherlands we have to do without Apple Intelligence for the time being, as Apple previously announced at the WWDC. This has to do with European regulations, which means that Apple does not yet want to release the new AI functions here on the iPhone and iPad. That will change next year, because Apple has finally announced when the new technology will also be available here. From April 2025 can we use Apple Intelligence in the EU?

These features are coming

Apple has issued a press release mentioning all the new iOS 18.1 features. Apple also confirms that Apple Intelligence will come to the EU in April 2025. The core functions of Apple’s new technology will become available that month. These are the Writing Assistant, Genmoji, the updated version of Siri and the ChatGPT integration. Some of these features are already available in the United States from iOS 18.1.

Apple Intelligence will finally come to the EU in the spring. With Writing Aid, texts are rewritten, summarized or changed in tone. At Genmoji you create your own emoji using Apple Intelligence, so you can create an infinite amount of pictures. Do you use Siri regularly? Then you will notice big changes from April, because Siri will be much smarter. The voice assistant then has standard access to ChatGPT and conducts conversations in a more natural way.

Release of Apple Intelligence

Unfortunately, iOS 18.1 will not bring any major changes to your iPhone in the Netherlands and Belgium. This is the case in the United States, because the update means the release of Apple Intelligence there. In the EU, Apple Intelligence will probably be available with iOS 18.4 or iOS 18.5. Apple usually does not release a major update in April, but that will be the case in 2025.

If we look at previous years, iOS 16.4 and iOS 17.4 were released in early March. At the end of May we saw iOS 16.5 and iOS 17.5. Apple may release an additional update this year, bringing Apple Intelligence to the EU. It is not yet known whether you can immediately use the new technology in Dutch, but that will probably not take long. So just be patient, because Apple Intelligence is really coming to the Netherlands and Belgium in April 2025.