Apple Intelligence now takes up almost twice as much room on your iPhone as
it used to

Date:
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Description:
You now need 7GB free on any Apple device you want to install Apple Intelligence on.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Apple Intelligence needs 7GB now, up from 4GB The increase is due to new features
in iOS 18.2 Expect the requirements to go up even further

Over the last year or so we've heard plenty about Apple Intelligence and how it's going to transform the way we use our Apple devices and it seems the AI tech is also going to take up more internal storage on those devices too.

As spotted by 9to5Mac , the recently launched iOS 18.2 update needs 7GB of free local storage to install Apple Intelligence, according to Apple's
website . When the AI features started appearing in iOS 18.1, the requirement was 4GB.

It's no surprise that the iOS 18.2 update requires so much more space on your device: it includes a wealth of new AI tricks , including the integration of ChatGPT with the Siri smart assistant, Genmoji, and Visual Intelligence .

The first batch of Apple Intelligence features that showed up with iOS 18.1 back in October included Writing Tools and Notification Summaries . These upgrades are going to continue to show up gradually as we make our way
towards iOS 19 next year. More to come Apple Intelligence is an optional
extra (Image credit: Apple)

Apple likes as much of its AI to run locally as possible: not relying on the cloud means faster response times and improved user privacy. As we're now seeing though, there is a cost in terms of storage space.

You can turn off Apple Intelligence if you want to: the setting is under
Apple Intelligence & Siri on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. You can also choose
to not install it in the first place, because it's not enabled by default on these devices.

However, you can't pick and choose the AI features you want: It's all or nothing. If you're running low on storage space on your device, then you may have to think twice about having Apple Intelligence enabled (or buy some more iCloud storage space, of course).

And it's likely that Apple Intelligence will demand even more storage space
as we go through 2025: it's expected that iOS 18.4 will bring with it a host of new AI updates, including smarter features for Siri. You might also like Privacy is more important than AI for the next iPhone This is the year AI had in 2024 How to set up Apple Intelligence on iPhone, iPad, and Mac



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