Is there a workaround Apple Intelligence in EU? Set region and all languages to US. Do I have to change the Apple-ID region, too?
Edit: can confirm what u/dreamdorian said: Set my region & language on MacOS (MacBookPro M1, 14 inch 2021) to US, installed beta 15.1 and could immediately join the wait list (which is still pending, though). iPadOS still not working for me.
Can anyone confirm they bought their Mac in EU and through changing system lang, region and Siri lang to US it worked?
Got a Chinese M1 mac here. Wouldn’t work even after switching the Apple ID to a UK one (outside of EU)
Edit: never mind, Macs have AI in EU, just need to switch language. But not China machines.
Souece: https://x.com/NilsAhrDE/status/1818053240950530076
Device language, Siri language, and Region is set to us but I still get the message, that Apple Intelligence is not available in my country……
Yeah, everything needs to be US
BIG NEWS! — Apple Intelligence working in EU on iPhone
Today I went to Switzerland from EU (Italy), activated in a few seconds Apple Intelligence after I entered the country and came back to Italy and it works perfectly!
What I understood is that all those conditions can’t be replicated without being actually in the unrestricted country.
I’ll keep you updated to see if in the next days it will work subsequently
On MacOS, just region, system language and Siri need to be English (US) or USA.
iCloud account and Appstore Account don’t matter.
for iOS noting found yet.
Anyone got it working on IOS?
Upon departing from Tarifa, Spain, via ferry to Tangier, Morocco, I successfully joined the waitlist. Upon my return to the European Union, Apple’s intelligence was activated, and it remains operational to this day.
Tried vpn, US app store, changing ipad region
and turning off location services, and nothing on the m1 I pad air, so the only thing I can think off is that they are picking the region from the ISP… if not what happens if I’m on vacation buy an EU IPad and take it to the US.
Just travel to Switzerland. Will try this next week and report right here.
I tried a US eSIM (with real US phone number), set everything to US (region, language etc.) on my iPhone 15 Pro Max, didn’t change a thing. Might also work if you book a cruise with Royal Caribbean in the Mediterranean Sea.
To sum it up: Based on evidence currently available the phone has to be physically outside EU or China territory.
Unfortunately after all of the tricks, also tried to put lockdown mode, no sim, airplane, no WiFi, changed time zone, language, region etc it didn’t work. It still figures out the “currentCountry”, “homeCarrier Country” and “market”. Hope there is a bug or a trick to make it work
Found how the systems knows your location for countryd:
Last GPS coordinates received from Location
Services
• Mobile country code (MCC) of cell towers found around the device
• Country identifier of Wi-Fi SSIDs broadcasting around the device
• MCC of SIM cards in the device, and eSIMs enrolled on the device
Ipad, M4, without cellular, EU, 18.1
Turned off location services and find my, turned on airplane mode. Language US, location US
Restart and AI was active. Joined the waitlist and then I realized airplane mode was on 
I turned off auto connect on the wifi connections getting ready to put a vpn (read on another reddit) but I accidentally touched the iphone connection and the ipad grabbed network through it.
I went to look at the AI and lo and behold, it was active, waitlist approved and it got me through those few familiarization steps.
I reactivated everything back and restarted the ipad but it’s still there and working (I checked the text and Siri functions)
edit: not working in 18.1 beta2
Good News!
I just Updated to 18.1 Developer Beta 2 and was able to activate Apple Intelligence on my iPhone 15 Pro and IPad Air 5
Both in Austria (EU) connected to Austrian WLAN and Network.
Settings:
Land/Region: US
iCloud: Media&Purchases set to Region US (no payment Methode required, for Address I just put in the Apple Headquarters Address and a random Phone Number)
Siri: Language: English US, Voice: American Voice
Nothing else required with Beta 2
NO VPN no Location settings…
hi, I managed to activate apple intelligence in Italy (EU)
Let me know if you want to know how I did it.
i only set my region to us and it worked.
im in norway
Nothing run for me even changes done… region, language, FR to US. And still got the message
Switched my region from UK to US and it worked
Edit: before you do anything, switch airplane mode on and leave WiFi on. Then switch your region to US. You may have to reboot your device before doing so. Leaving your cellular on makes your iPhone think it’s in either UK or the country you’re in. So turn Airplane mode on.
Anyone tried spoofing gps via Xcode for instance then retry?
Anyone that has a hunch on when it will be available in the EU? Because nothing seems to work for me (I’m in Sweden)