The Phased Rollout of iOS 18: How Apple's Intelligence Upgrade Will Unfold

Apple will be rolling out Apple Intelligence features to qualifying iPhones as quickly as it can, with as many as three updates before year's end. Some major components, including big changes to Siri, may have to wait until early 2025.

The first big update to iOS 18 should coincide with a second expected Apple Event that will feature new and updated Macs. The release of iOS 18.2 will likely come in early December, bringing some marquee features that users can dig into, including lock-screen notification prioritizing, Image Playground, and Genmoji.

After the release of iOS 18.3, there will be a gap of months before the expected arrival of iOS 18.4, which should include all the upgraded Siri abilities and finally begin adding languages other than English.