Whatever you think of Apple Intelligence, one thing is pretty clear about the AI features that Apple is introducing to some of its phones this year — they're not going to be part of the initial iOS 18 release when the full version of that software arrives this fall. What's less clear is what that means for the iPhone 16 release date.
When a developer beta containing some of the first Apple Intelligence features arrived at the end of July, it wasn't part of the iOS 18 beta that's already in the hands of both developers or public beta testers. Instead, Apple released those features as part of an iOS 18.1 developer beta. That confirms that Apple Intelligence will be part of a subsequent iOS 18 update coming after the initial iOS 18 release.
