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The September 14 newsroom post covers personal context across messages, email and photos, web access, onscreen awareness, Camera-app actions and "Write with Siri," launching as an English beta with five more languages in October, EU restrictions on iOS/iPadOS/watchOS, and no China availability pending approval (Apple). Separately, a Tell HN reports the single toggle disabling all Apple Intelligence in iOS 26 is gone in iOS 27, leaving per-feature disabling or Screen Time Content Restrictions, which one commenter says also kills CarPlay (HN). Reported on-device footprint is 6-15GB and the space isn't reclaimed when features are disabled.
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