Apple Intelligence is enabled by default in iOS 18.3 and macOS 15.3

From its introduction in iOS 18.1, Apple Intelligence has been an opt-in function. Customers needed to determine to allow it, with Apple even going as far as to place folks on a ready listing earlier than they may use it.

With iOS 18.3 and macOS 15.3, Apple’s AI options develop into a typical default a part of the expertise for all suitable iPhones (iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max, iPhone 16), iPads, and Macs (all Macs with M1 or later processors). Based on the developer documentation, Apple Intelligence can be enabled by default:

For customers new or upgrading to iOS 18.3, Apple Intelligence can be enabled robotically throughout iPhone onboarding. Customers can have entry to Apple Intelligence options after organising their units. To disable Apple Intelligence, customers might want to navigate to the Apple Intelligence & Siri Settings pane and switch off the Apple Intelligence toggle. It will disable Apple Intelligence options on their machine.

Clearly, this may solely be true within the areas and languages for which Apple Intelligence is obtainable. It makes some sense; These are distinguishing options of those units and, not like some Siri requests and responses, Apple Intelligence options are both processed totally on the machine or through Private Cloud Compute the place all the things is encrypted and by no means saved.

Nonetheless, Apple Intelligence is clearly labeled as “Beta” and it feels untimely to make any beta options opt-out reasonably than opt-in. To disable Apple Intelligence, open Settings, choose Apple Intelligence & Siri, and flip the toggle swap to show it off.