Uh Oh...Hackers Get Apple Intelligence Working on Older iPhones

Apple claimed it was only possible on new models

A tool called MisakaX is being used to enable Apple Intelligence on devices reported as far back as the iPhone 12.

This is a screenshot of Apple Intelligence working on an iPhone 14, which is not officially supported by Apple. You don’t even need to jailbreak the phone to do it. It’s just a configuration flag.

This is rather scandalous of Apple. They gate kept Apple Intelligence on last year’s premium iPhone 15 Pro line and made it a big reason to upgrade to the iPhone 16, claiming the new hardware was necessary to run the AI. However, that now seems incorrect at best and an outright lie at worst. This wouldn’t be the first time Apple has forced upgrading devices to get new software features, but it would be the first time they have lied about the capability of older devices to run software in order to sell new ones.

Shame on you Apple.

Let’s see if this story picks up steam.