Meta Removes Use of Apple Intelligence in Its Apps on iPhone

Meta is removing the option to use Apple Intelligence’s writing tools for four of its apps, CNET confirmed Thursday. These options were originally enabled across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, but seem to have been quietly removed for some users. 

It appears that Meta’s removal of Apple’s AI features may have begun as early as December of 2024, bringing confusion to iPhone owners who may have relied on the feature within its apps. 

CNET senior writer Abrar Al-Heeti dug deeper, and when she attempted to highlight text on Instagram to be rewritten, she saw only a Write with AI option, which instead of Apple Intelligence leads to a Meta AI window. On Threads and WhatsApp, Al-Heeti didn’t see the option to alter her text with AI at all.

Spotted earlier by sorcererhat, AppleInsider did a bit more digging into the Apple Developer documentation to confirm that iOS and iPadOS apps need to manually enable the feature along with the findings from the Apple Support Forums. 

In a moment where artificial intelligence is everywhere and each massive tech company is building up their own solutions from the ground up to compete with each other, Meta’s decision to remove the use of Apple’s writing tools may not be incredibly surprising, and certainly won’t in hindsight if a similar feature arrives within its own apps for iOS. 

Meta didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.