iPhone maker Apple is set to delay the launch of its highly-anticipated artificial intelligence features known as Apple Intelligence. According to a recent report by Bloomberg, Apple Intelligence will not be part of the upcoming launch of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, which is scheduled for September.
Bloomberg reports that Apple is giving its engineers more time to fix some of the bugs that have been plaguing Apple Intelligence. The new features will instead begin to roll out in October as part of software updates for Apple products.
In an attempt to make the Apple Intelligence launch as smooth as possible, the tech giant provided software developers access to the Beta version on Monday. Apple usually doesn’t provide early access to its new features ahead of its release but it decided to take a different approach this time due to the importance of the project.
Apple hopes that Apple Intelligence will encourage users to upgrade their older devices, considering the new AI features will only work on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max and newer models.
When it announced Apple Intelligence back in June, Apple promised AI-powered writing tools, a tool for generating AI images, an overhaul of its virtual assistant Siri, as well as integration of OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT.