Apple said that Apple intelligence will be available for EU users in April 2025 along with local language support.
Apple previously said that the raison why it didn’t make Apple Intelligence available for EU at first time is the Disagreements between the company (Apple) and EU Tech rules, especially with DMA (DIGITAL MARKETS ACT).
Apple has just released IOS 18.1 along with smart features to recent iPhone, iPad, and Mac models, and also announced that support for more languages was on the way, starting with localized English support for other countries in December 2024. Apple plans to add another dozen languages throughout 2025, including French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Although you may not be able to benefit from AI feature as EU user before april 2025, you can do some tricks to make use of them:
On Mac:
If you have a Mac with an M1 chip or later, you can change the language and enable Apple Intelligence right away. Perhaps that’s because Apple has been designated as a gatekeeper under the DMA in relation to iOS, iPadOS, the App Store, and Safari, but NOT for MacOS
On iPhone:
you have to set your iPhone or Mac to U.S. English. On the iPhone, Bear in mind that Apple also checks if your Apple account is associated with a European address. If that’s the case, you can’t enable Apple Intelligence on your iPhone at all, even if you set your iPhone to U.S. English.
But don’t worry, Apple Intelligence will also be available on iPhone in EU in April 2025, as Apple said “This April, Apple Intelligence features will start to roll out to iPhone and iPad users in the EU. This will include many of the core features of Apple Intelligence, including Writing Tools, Genmoji, a redesigned Siri with richer language understanding, ChatGPT integration, and more”.