Apple Intelligence and different key iOS 18 options will not come to the EU this yr

Bloomberg’s newest report has some unhealthy information for Apple clients within the EU: You’ll miss out on among the finest new options of iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia in 2024 (and maybe longer).

Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring to Mac, and SharePlay Display Sharing received’t be accessible within the EU in 2024. Apple blames the DMA and its interoperability necessities. In a press release, Apple mentioned:

We’re involved that the interoperability necessities of the DMA may power us to compromise the integrity of our merchandise in ways in which danger person privateness and knowledge safety.

Apple’s assertion to the Monetary Instances was barely totally different:

Because of the regulatory uncertainties led to by the Digital Markets Act, we don’t consider that we can roll out three of those [new] options — iPhone Mirroring, SharePlay Display Sharing enhancements, and Apple Intelligence — to our EU customers this yr.

That doesn’t imply the EU received’t ever get these options; Apple solely says not this yr as it really works by way of “uncertainties.” It could simply take time for the EU regulatory companies to say if the options run afoul of the DMA of their present type or not, and if not, what Apple must do to make them compliant whereas nonetheless defending person privateness and safety.

Apple Intelligence was solely ever going to help American English this yr anyway, with different languages coming in 2025 and past. That may considerably restrict its effectiveness within the EU to start with, however options like iPhone Mirroring to Mac would have been helpful to everybody no matter language.