With October proper across the nook, Apple is gearing up for the large launch of Apple Intelligence. We already know that it requires a wholesome 8GB of RAM to run, however now we’ve discovered that it additionally wants a little bit of storage as properly.
Based on a help doc, “Introducing Apple Intelligence on iPhone,” any iPhone operating Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1 or later will want 4GB of storage devoted to the characteristic. That successfully lowers entry-level storage from 128GB to 124GB for the iPhone 16, 16 Plus, and 16 Professional, and 256GB to 252GB on the iPhone 16 Professional Max.
A footnote on the web page signifies that “Storage necessities for on-device Apple Intelligence fashions will improve as extra options roll out.” Presumably, meaning unannounced options that will arrive in iOS 19 and later, but it surely might imply that the iOS 18 options coming subsequent yr, together with the next-gen Siri, might require extra.
It’s not clear what the 4GB of area is required for or why an identical doc for the iPad doesn’t checklist the identical requirement. The Mac isn’t talked about both apart from to say an M1 processor and later is required.
Apple Intelligence will roll out in levels starting with iOS 18.1 subsequent month. The primary spherical of options will ship Writing Instruments together with textual content and notification summaries, “a extra succesful and conversational Siri,” and higher Images search. This shall be adopted by picture creation options together with Genmoji and the Picture Playground, in addition to context-aware Siri, and ChatGPT integration.
