Unlock the Secret to Your iPhone’s Intelligence: Apple’s Resource-Intensive Update Revealed

Apple Intelligence Now Takes Up Almost Twice as Much Room on Your iPhone as It Used To

You’ve probably heard a lot about Apple Intelligence and how it’s going to revolutionize the way we use our Apple devices. And it seems that this AI tech is also going to take up more internal storage on those devices too.

According to 9to5Mac, the recently launched iOS 18.2 update requires 7GB of free local storage to install Apple Intelligence, which is almost double the 4GB needed for the AI features that started appearing in iOS 18.1.

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, such as the integration of ChatGPT with the Siri smart assistant, Genmoji, and Visual Intelligence.

More to Come

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).

What’s Next?

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.

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