When I first saw this tweet I thought “of course” and wasn’t surprised, but that doesn’t seem to the response online, as most people want Apple Intelligence on day one.
It has always been that whatever was presented at WWDC would end up in the software release in September, but that changed a couple of years ago. I always started taking WWDC as “this is what we (Apple) are going to bring you over the course of the next year”. Apple Intelligence was the headlining feature during WWDC and it’s imperative that Apple gets this right. So I rather Apple take their time and get this right. First Impressions matter a lot (even when a feature carries the beta tag), and Apple does not want to screw this up. Remember Apple Maps?
Talking about testing, iOS18.1 beta will go live with Apple Intelligence to developers this week, so if people want to play with AI, they could. And this gives Apple more time to iron issues out. And when this launches in 18.1, don’t expect every demoed feature to launch. It is going to be a slow rollout, and rightfully so.