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Meta Walls Off Apple Intelligence from Facebook and WhatsApp [Video]

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Apple hasn’t had a smooth sailing with its AI release. While we continue to see new AI features via iOS updates, Apple Intelligence has been at the receiving end of constant criticism following lengthy delays and underwhelming features, even facing a legal challenge for deceptively marketing its AI features on the iPhone 16. Fortunately, developers have a choice whether to include them on their apps. And, the latest one to make this call is Meta, which has reportedly blocked Apple Intelligence on its iOS apps.

According to Sorcererhat Tech, Meta appears to be blocking certain Apple Intelligence features on its apps on iPhones. One of its standout features – Writing tools that’s intended to work across apps for creating and rephrasing text with Apple Intelligence do not work on Meta apps including Facebook, Threads, and WhatsApp.

The feature, which is accessible upon tapping on a text field inside apps, no longer appears inside Meta’s …

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Meta blocks Apple Intelligence on Facebook and its other iOS apps [Video]

Apple Intelligence was announced with iOS 18 and has been available since last October, when Apple released iOS 18.1 to the public. Although most apps provide support for Apple Intelligence features by default, developers can choose not to have them in their apps and it seems that Meta has decided to do so.