Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that the Cupertino-based tech giant will soon roll out a localized English version of Apple Intelligence for users in India and several other countries. While Apple Intelligence is already available to iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro users in India, they previously had to manually change their default language to English (US) in the settings. However, with the upcoming iOS 18 update in April, eligible iPhone users will likely be able to access Apple’s AI features without needing to alter their language settings.
During an earnings call on Thursday, Cook announced, “In April, we’ll be expanding Apple Intelligence to more languages, including French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese, along with localized English for Singapore and India.”
During the same earnings call, Cook told analysts, “Markets where we had rolled out Apple Intelligence during the quarter performed better year-over-year compared to markets where we hadn’t. It’s a positive indicator that we were pleased with.”
What is Apple Intelligence?
Apple Intelligence is the tech giant’s first suite of AI features, originally introduced at the WWDC 2024 conference. However, these features didn’t make it into the final iOS 18 release with the iPhone 16. Since then, Cupertino has rolled out several updates to bring many of the promised features to eligible iPhone users.
Apple Intelligence introduces a range of new features, including Genmoji, Image Playground, Visual Intelligence, ChatGPT integration, a revamped Siri, writing tools, and more. While many of these features have been well-received by users, a few have placed the tech giant in a bit of a tricky situation.
The AI-powered notification summaries feature, for instance, has faced criticism after the BBC and others highlighted the inaccurate results it produced. In one instance, the AI-generated summary of a news story incorrectly stated that Luigi Mangione, the person arrested for the murder of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson, had shot himself—a claim that was later corrected by Apple.
In response, the tech giant apologized for the mistake and removed AI summaries for the News and Entertainment apps in the iOS 18.3 update, while adding a disclaimer that the feature is still in beta and may be prone to errors.
