"Apple Intelligence" tools are a growing part of the iPhone experience. But you can choose to opt out of them if needed.

If you are an iPhone user, you’ve probably heard a lot about the AI-powered “Apple Intelligence” tools.

Available on iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, or macOS Sequoia 15.1 or later versions, the latest updates include ChatGPT integration, the “Image Playground” that creates images from your text descriptions, notification summaries of messages, and “Visual Intelligence” that lets you learn about objects and places by pointing your iPhone’s camera at them.

But if you’re not a fan of Apple Intelligence features, you may be in the majority.

In a recent survey of 1,000 people by tech trade-in site SellCell, 73% of Apple Intelligence users said they found the features to be either “not very valuable” or “add little to no value” to their smartphone experience. (Ouch.)

Unfortunately for the haters, Apple Intelligence is a growing part of the iPhone experience ― and quite literally in the case of storage.

In December, Apple updated its website to note that Apple Intelligence now requires at least 7 gigabytes of storage to maintain the features, as opposed to the 4 gigabytes of storage the tools originally required to work.

And soon, Apple Intelligence will be a default setting. Right now, Apple Intelligence is not turned on automatically. But

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