Missing new features on my iPhone 11 after iOS 18.2 update

Those are part of Apple Intelligence and not available on an iPhone 11. Click here for the complete list of new features.

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Hello~ This user’s question is about Apple Intelligence being added to an iPhone 11…which is not possible. This link may be helpful…

About the security content of iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 - Apple Support

~Katana-San~

Hello, Douglas1952!

iOS 18.2’s does have some new features other than Apple Intelligence (mostly slight improvements to Photos). On the Apple Intelligence side of things, though, I’m afraid you’re out of luck.

Apple Intelligence needs a lot of performance to run, and also a lot of bandwidth. It needs at least 8 gigs of RAM, 6 CPU cores, and 16 Neural Engine cores. So even if your iPhone 11 was brand new, it would need to match all of those specs to run it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t. You would need one of the compatible devices.

Learn more on the Apple Intelligence website.

I hope this helps!

Hello again, Douglas1952.

…was the update really necessary for this phone?

No update is “necessary” per se, but as I said in my previous comment, this update has other new additions and changes, like some tweaks to the Photos app.

You can go to Settings > General > About > iOS Version > Learn More to see all the features other than the ones that say “iPhone 16 and later” or anything like that.

Hello, Katana-San.

This user’s question is about Apple Intelligence being added to an iPhone 11…which is not possible.

I know. My previous comment clearly stated that the iPhone 11 doesn’t have enough power to run Apple Intelligence. Thanks for the link, though.

We didn’t send anything. This is a user forum. You are not talking to Apple.

Hello again ~ You’re welcome.

~Katana-San~