Apple Intelligence on iPhone 14 why isn’t it there?

I want the iPhone 14 to have the Apple Intelligence, but it’s just not there. Why won’t Apple put it on iPhone 14? I have to go buy a new iPhone Thanks Apple

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Posted on Oct 30, 2024 01:19 PM

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Posted on Oct 30, 2024 01:23 PM

Your iPhone 14 lacks the processing power and RAM to run Apple Intelligence. If you want that feature, you'll need an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 16 (Pro or non-Pro).



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Nov 20, 2024 06:12 PM in response to elenothar

elenothar wrote:

i would prefer it does not get the glow, if its not really apple intelligence. its purpose is to remind you it just scanned the screen without asking every time someone in the same room as you says "seriously?"

Sorry, but the glow you see is not some sort of engineering marvel that required Apple Intelligence to accomplish. It simply replaced the old circular Siri symbol that would appear on the bottom of the screen. Not sure what you mean by "it just scanned the screen", but sounds like you went down some rabbit hole. Seriously!

Feb 17, 2025 05:35 AM in response to Arsalanarshi

Arsalanarshi wrote:

If this is the last option then I will got to samsung, because samsung AI is far better then so called Apple Intelligence

I'm not sure why you think it matters to me or anyone else here if you go to Samsung. You should use what you think is best for you. But if you think after you buy a Samsung and then a couple years later Samsung introduces a new major feature that the phone you own, which is a couple years old, will get all the new features, think again.

Apr 4, 2025 01:39 AM in response to Seawolf74

Seawolf74 wrote: "Then why does ChatGPT run on the iPhone 14..."

Seawolf74 ~ When you ask ChatGPT a question on your iPhone, the phone itself isn’t doing the actual processing. Instead, it sends your request to OpenAI’s servers, which have powerful hardware designed to handle complex AI models. These servers process your question, generate a response, and send it back to your phone. The reason for this is that ChatGPT is a large and advanced AI model that requires far more computing power than an iPhone (or most personal devices) can provide. Running it directly on a phone would be impractical because of the high processing, memory, and energy requirements.


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May 7, 2025 09:01 AM in response to Seawolf74

Seawolf74 wrote:

Apple Intelligence: If more processing power is needed than what is available locally, Apple uses so-called Private Cloud Compute (PCC) servers ...


OpenAI ChatGPT does not run locally.


Apple Intelligence does run locally, and can optionally connect to Apple Intelligence Private Cloud Compute, which is separate from OpenAI and ChatGPT.


iPhone 14 cannot run Apple Intelligence locally, and cannot connect to Apple Private Cloud Compute, but can (with an add-on app or web service) can connect to OpenAI ChatGPT servers.


As for “AI” in general…


This complex and massively overhyped system of Large Language Models streamlines the ability to generate fluff text, marketing text, management memos, and other “cotton candy” text, while making wrong answers far more readily available to all. LLMs can also be used to summarize the walls of text generated by other large language models generating walls of text, of course. Because our existence buried in fluff text and wrong answers needed more text and more wrong answers.


LLMs are statistical models thst guess at the next word to be generated, with that guess based on large text corpora and immese statistical models.


There is no, zero, nada intelligence involved.


Ye old LLM will present false or incorrect or outdated text just as convincingly as it’ll provide correct info. We’re getting that around here, with folks posting LLM-adjacent answers based on stale info in the LLM corpus.


Recent studies show LLM models can also have a wonderful habit of ingratiating themselves to their users, too.


There are many fine applications for machine learning, but I’d be very cautious with LLMs and their output.

May 26, 2025 04:16 PM in response to peterfromyan yean

peterfromyan yean wrote:

I don’t believe it’s processing power - link Siri to ChatGPT in a handshake does not take RAM and GPU etc etc.


Apple Intelligence runs locally, on the Neural Engine of Apple A17 Pro, Apple A18, and Apple A18 Pro processors, and on Apple M-class processors.


Apple Intelligence can optionally connect to Apple Private Cloud servers for more complex queries, if that is enabled and configured.


ChatGPT uses OpenAI servers, and does not run locally.


Also see my immediately-previous reply here.


Dec 13, 2024 06:03 AM in response to Mac Jim ID

Mac Jim ID wrote:


CrapperoniPizza wrote:
“1. All "Apple Intelligence" requests are processed by OpenAI online.”

Wrong, you have to specifically allow requests to be sent to ChatGPT.

You control when ChatGPT is used and will be asked before any of your information is shared. Anyone can access ChatGPT for free, without creating an account.
Apple Intelligence - Apple

“As far as I understand Apple is paying OpenAI something for this service, but in exchange they refer OpenAI new customers to purchase a full subscription.”
• What information do you have that Apple is paying OpenAI for something? For users that choose to make heavy use of ChatGPT, you can subscribe to the higher tier service they offer to:
Allow access to more advanced models
• Higher limits for photo or file uploads
• Real time conversation with ChatGPT

“It could be a combination of two, who knows. It has nothing to do with RAM/CPU/etc.”
Wrong again. It has everything to do with RAM, Processor Speeds, and the extra GPU cores needed for the on-device processing that is essential for the Apple Intelligence implementation on the iPhone. Any phone can use the ChatGPT app for server side processing of requests, but for privacy/security it is on-device processing that makes Apple Intelligence far superior, but does require more resources.

“The iPhone 14 Pro is more than capable enough.”
• It is not! I have seen Apple Intelligence attempt to run on unsupported devices and it is dreadful. Slow operations across the board with crashes that require the device to be constantly rebooted. If Apple put it on those phones, instead of users whining about not having the feature, you would see these complaints here:
Why did Apple slow my phone down.
• My phone is crashing all the time.
• Apple made my phone unusable so I have to purchase a new one


Well said, Mac Jim ID. Very well said. I wish everyone confused about Apple Intelligence would read this comment.


Thank you for everything that you, lobsterghost11, and other high-ranking members are doing! You guys are awesome and deserve so much more than you get.

Nov 23, 2024 10:56 AM in response to Poman713

For those users that claim to have seen Apple Intelligence on the iPhone 14 on various Youtube channels, take note that what has been found is the exact reason why it is not available. That device only has 3GB of memory and less GPU cores where you see the results as:

  • Slowing your entire phone down
  • Crashing applications
  • Increased battery drain


You should be thanking Apple for not crippling the iPhone 14 with this update. You would then expect those complaints filling these supports sites along with the same ridiculous accusations along the lines of this: "Apple update slowed my phone down and now has poor battery like. They forced this on our iPhone 14 to make us upgrade to a new phone".



Nov 20, 2024 08:09 PM in response to Mac Jim ID

Mac Jim ID wrote:


elenothar wrote:

i would prefer it does not get the glow, if its not really apple intelligence. its purpose is to remind you it just scanned the screen without asking every time someone in the same room as you says "seriously?"
Sorry, but the glow you see is not some sort of engineering marvel that required Apple Intelligence to accomplish. It simply replaced the old circular Siri symbol that would appear on the bottom of the screen. Not sure what you mean by "it just scanned the screen", but sounds like you went down some rabbit hole. Seriously!

So I have confirmed through another forum member whose iPhone doesn't support Apple Intelligence, they don't get the glow on iOS 18.1.1. So the user you were responding too, should be happy to know they won't get the glow on their iPhone without Apple Intelligence.

Apple Intelligence on iPhone 14 why isn’t it there?

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