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Apple Intelligence runs small models on-device with Private Cloud Compute for heavier requests, and hands off broader questions to a partner chatbot.

Current version

iOS 26 era

Entry cost

Free with supported Apple devices

Changes / 30d

0

Capabilities

  • On-device models
  • Private Cloud Compute
  • Writing Tools
  • Image Playground
  • Foundation Models framework

Pricing

  • Included

    Free

Entry price over time

Not enough pricing history yet — we start charting from the second observation.

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • Apple On-Device (~3B)

    Apple

    disclosed

  • Apple Server Foundation

    Apple

    disclosed

  • Third-party chatbot handoff

    OpenAI

    disclosed

Context window

Device-dependent

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • Apple Silicon
  • Private Cloud Compute
  • Neural Engine

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unknown

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • capability

    Foundation Models framework opened to third-party apps

    —On-device model API

    source