Siri is still on tvOS 18 on Apple TV , but it wo n’t get Apple Intelligence . At least not at first . Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends

Nobody like sitting through two hours of tech tonic only to find that their favorite gimmick is n’t bewilder that year ’s hot raw feature . It ’ll in all probability happen to you at some dot . No twist go evermore , even one from Apple .

proceed into Apple ’s Worldwide Developer Conference , I figured we ’d likely see whatever newfangled AI push button was coming roll out across the entire Apple ecosystem . While not every segment is the same , there ’s so much crosswalk that you ’d be forgiven for think that Siri on the iPhone is the same as Siri on a Mac , or Siri on Apple TV .

plain not . Apple Intelligence ( “ AI , ” get it ? ) will be available this fall . But only on the newest Apple devices — and not at all on Apple TV or Apple Watch . ( Or on Apple Vision Pro , which actually is a little surprising , and kind of funny . )

Apple Intelligence is defined as “ the personal intelligence system for iPhone , iPad , and Mac that commingle the power of procreative models with personal context to deliver intelligence that ’s incredibly useful and relevant . ” That ’s in reality kind of vague and can ultimately signify whatever it is Apple wants it to intend . It also moderate me to question whether that ’s Apple ’s elbow room of acknowledging that Siri has been underwhelming for year .

In any event , what Apple put out really is n’t unlike what ’s come before it from Google or Amazon . jactitate Meta into the mix , too , if you want . It ’s Apple ’s version , and integrated into Apple products and Service in its own way . ( And I ’d argue Apple did a better job explaining it to non - engineers , or at the very least in a more entertaining way . )

I did n’t of necessity require every single Apple twist to advance entree to Apple Intelligence this pin , but I was actually a small surprised to see Apple telecasting left off the list of confirm gadget afford that Siri is on Apple TV , and in a clean big agency , too . fuse that with searching for things to watch — and how Apple ’s competitors have touted machine encyclopaedism as a cay to the future of that characteristic — Apple TV would sound like select actual the three estates for Apple Intelligence .

There could be any sort of reason for Apple TV being left off the list . First , let ’s calculate at   what will be able to habituate Apple Intelligence , at least ab initio :

There ’s a common thread there . Save for the iPhone , which is still on the ARM - based A series of CPU , everything else is running an Apple - design M1 or young . I have no idea if the A15 Bionic in the latest Apple TV 4 special K is unequal to of running Apple Intelligence . But , fine . You have to draw the line somewhere . And perhaps that would spread the door for new Apple TV hardware in the next class or so .

Or maybe it has more to do with the initial intended purpose cases . That admit write in Apple ’s email app with “ Writing Tools , which help you ascertain just the right words well-nigh everywhere you write . ” You wo n’t be doing much of that on Apple TV . Nor will you be doing much with imagery — “ Apple Intelligence enables delicious young ways to express yourself visually ” with the unexampled ( and horribly named ) “ Genmoji . ”

It ’s the Siri integration that Apple TV 4 K could use . From Apple ’s pressure waiver : “ Powered by Apple Intelligence , Siri becomes more profoundly mix into the system experience . With racy lyric - understanding capabilities , Siri is more natural , more contextually relevant , and more personal , with the ability to simplify and accelerate mundane tasks . ” That ’s exactly the sort of affair you ’d want to see on a gadget that has a dedicated button on the remote control for voice commands .

It ’s early day yet , though . What we ’ll see in the fall is the first iteration of Apple Intelligence , and in beta , at that . It ’ll probably work its fashion across more Apple hardware soon enough . It ’s just a matter of when — and whether we ’ll have to pay up for something raw .