iOS 18.3.2 enables Apple Intelligence

iOS 18.3.2 enables Apple Intelligence(support.apple.com)

3 points by nde 1 year ago | 6 comments

nde 1 year ago |

Updating to the latest iOS, which included a critical security patch, once again enabled my Apple Intelligence. This happened with the last update, someone reported it on HN so I thought to check. Once again, there it was enabled.

cebert 1 year ago | |

I am assuming that you have objections to Apple Intelligence. Are there concerns with it I should be aware of? Apple Intelligence is limited, but I like some of the feature such as “remove distracting elements” in Safari.

nde 1 year ago | | |

Based on what I know about it, Apple Intelligence is not inherently bad. I just choose not to use it and purposefully disabled it, so to have it re-enabled automagically by an update feels bad.

nde 1 year ago |

Looks like this was previous reported. Only seems to affect some users.

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/11/ios-18-3-2-apple-intell...

gregjor 1 year ago |

Updated iPhone and two iPads yesterday. None of them had Apple Intelligence turned on after the update completed. Maybe it happens to some people but I doubt Apple deliberately re-enabled it in the update.

nde 1 year ago | |

Seems to only affect some users. Also, not claiming it was on purpose or with malicious intent. I’m sure it is an unintentional bug.

But, it also goes to show that Apple can tweak your settings at will, ignoring your prior preferences, which I think we can all agree should not happen.

It is also not the first time this happens:

- iOS 18.3 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/ios-18-3-macos-15-3-...

- iOS 17 https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/ios-17...