The compatibility page for Apple Intelligence, Apple’s suite of AI features, was updated to state that an M2 chip or later is required to run the software on a Mac. This update was first spotted by a reader of MacRumors.
Since its announcement, Apple has been clear that Apple Intelligence features would be compatible with all Apple silicon Macs equipped with an M1 chip or later. This new listing suggesting M2 was the new minimum requirement naturally worried owners of M1-based machines, including popular models like the M1 MacBook Air and Mac mini.
This change was almost certainly a simple administrative error. The update was only spotted on the US version of Apple’s website; other sites, such as the one for the UK, remained unchanged and presumably still list the M1 chip as the baseline. This inconsistency strongly suggests a mistake rather than a new policy.
Apple has now rectified the mistake, and the US website’s compatibility page has been reverted. It once again correctly lists the “M1 chip and later” as the official requirement for running Apple Intelligence on the Mac.
The most plausible theory is that the update was a case of “copy-paste” gone wrong. It’s speculated that a web administrator was likely updating the compatibility for Apple Vision Pro to “M2 or later” (following the launch of newer models) and accidentally applied this same text to the Mac listings for Apple Intelligence.
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