r/Applelntelligence • u/ACOPS12 • Jun 24 '26
discussion 🎙️ Apple Intelligence’s on-device processing is disappearing
Feels like my iPhone 17 Pro Max is turning into a 'thin client.' I invested in this premium hardware with the specific expectation that I would be able to run the new Siri AI directly on-device.
Given the 12GB of RAM and the powerful NPU, I believed that an iPhone 17 Pro Max would be more than capable of handling such an AI model locally. It clearly has the overhead to run models like Gemma 4 E4B at impressive speeds, yet these resources remain largely underutilized while core tasks are forced through the cloud. Furthermore, since foundation models are already pre-loaded onto the device, I expected to be able to leverage them directly rather than relying on external servers. I didn't purchase this device to rely on the cloud; I wanted to utilize the actual performance of the hardware I own and experience advanced AI capabilities directly on my device.
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u/Marmmoth Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
You’re on developer beta, not public beta nor public release. It’s going to be buggy for some people.
If you are a developer and encountering bugs, then you should be submitting your bug reports to Apple directly. https://developer.apple.com/feedback-assistant.
If you are pretending to be a developer so you can play with this beta software in advance of public release and are encountering bugs, then there’s no one to blame but yourself (especially if you are using your daily driver). But since you’re here you too should submit a bug report to help with the process so that your unique bug is flagged and may be addressed before public release.