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Missing Apple Intelligence? Here Are 5 Workarounds To Bring AI To Your Older iPhones
5 Apps & Shortcuts That Fill The Void For Basic Apple Intelligence Features On All iOS 18 Supported iPhones
I love how Apple gives its devices the longest software support possible — be it the iPhone 6S with an unprecedented 7 years of software updates back in the day or the 2018 iPhone XR running iOS 18 in 2025. I knew, for a fact, when I upgraded to the iPhone 13 Pro that I wouldn’t have to bother about software updates till the end of this decade, barring a few features in them meant just for newer models.
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But then Apple Intelligence happened. And the only thing worse than its slow and delayed rollout was its compatibility — meant for only iPhone 15 Pro & above. Suddenly all the <8GB RAM iPhones users who spent anywhere from $800 to $1500 in the last few years felt somewhat betrayed by this major feature’s gatekeeping. I felt those pangs of betrayal too after spending $1000 on my 13 Pro and not getting even the basic AI features like Writing Tools and Genmoji.
If you felt those pangs of betrayal too, like me, and have been on the search for some…
