Apple Intelligence Now Takes Up Nearly Twice as Much Storage as It Did at Launch

Apple Intelligence is one of the most compelling features very bad Summaries of texts and notifications are quietly taking up more and more of your unused storage space. as 9to5Mac discoveredApple Intelligence has nearly doubled the amount of space it takes up on a device, going from 4GB of available storage required at launch in September 2024 to 7GB just four months later.

Surge in storage demand appeared first on Introducing iOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2It first became available to the public in early December and expands on the first set of Apple Intelligence features first introduced in iOS 18.1 and Sequoia 15.1. The December update introduced two generative AI features: Image Playground, which creates images based on user prompts, and Genmoji, which allows users to create their own custom emojis.

Part of the reason these features require so much space is that Apple Intelligence uses on-device processing, so models that support these features must be stored on the device. That’s why there are only devices equipped with the company’s own chipsets M1 or A17 or later, can access these features – while other chipsets may be able to handle the processing, Apple wants its AI features to run as smoothly as possible.

While on-device processing provides some additional privacy (although surprisingly, Apple is still scanning your photos and other content to train artificial intelligence), which also means your storage space may shrink each time a new Apple Intelligence feature is released. The company is Plans to transform Siri with artificial intelligence Soon, Apple will likely continue to rely on artificial intelligence for future operating system updates, so expect it to continue filling up your available storage space for the foreseeable future.

To make the Apple intelligence even worse, here’s what’s next No one is actually that keen About using these features. Earlier this year, a survey sales cell The study found that 73% of iPhone users who tried Apple Intelligence said it added “little value” to their phone experience.

Maybe that will change as Apple introduces new features that people actually want to use, but it will be interesting to see if the trade-off is worth it. Users have started to complain Battery exhausted Related to Apple Intelligence operations. At this point, the main functionality of Apple Intelligence seems to be Providing incorrect summaries of news articlesand the price you pay is limited storage space and the need to charge the device more frequently. Not sure this is a good value proposition.