# Apple Intelligence may become mandatory in iOS and macOS 27

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> Published: 2026-06-17 20:23:00+00:00

# Apple Intelligence may become mandatory in iOS and macOS 27

Until now, Apple has kept Apple Intelligence — the suite of artificial intelligence tools baked into its operating systems — entirely optional. If you don’t want it, you can simply skip it during a new device setup or when updating the system.

That show of respect for its customers may change with iOS/macOS 27. [Reports](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/can-someone-verify-can-you-disable-siri-ai-apple-intelligence-in-ios-27.2483562/?post=34625074#post-34625074) suggest that, at least in the first beta, Apple Intelligence is mandatory:

“So what’s the problem?”, you might ask. Apple’s AI takes up several gigabytes of storage and leaves less headroom for RAM. Not a big deal if you’re running a beefy Mac. I suspect it will be for mine, with its modest 256 GB of storage and a mere 8 GB of RAM 🥲

The Register points to [another issue](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/16/the-new-siri-makes-one-of-apples-most-convenient-os-features-a-cumbersome-mess/5256591). With the new Siri AI, Spotlight — the system-wide search feature — changes how it behaves. It now attempts to answer queries that previously returned straightforward, predictable results.

Brandon Vigliarolo, the post’s author, says he’s used to using Spotlight to kick off a Google search. Siri AI now tries to answer the query itself, drawing on Gemini’s “brain”:

Overall, the experience reminds me of Google’s infamous and often wrong AI Overviews, which push actual search results down the page in favor of information force-fed by Google Gemini.

There’s still hope that Apple will reverse course and continue allowing Apple Intelligence to be disabled in the version 27 operating systems.