Several macOS Monterey features will not come to Intel Macs, like Live Text within photos, FaceTime's Portrait mode, and unlimited, on-device keyboard dictation
Intel Macs left in dust Stephen Hackett / Six Colors : WWDC 2021: macOS Monterey further blurs lines between Mac, Catalyst, and iPad apps Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Some macOS Monterey features will only work with Apple Silicon hardware Abdullah / Gizchina : Some macOS Monterey features will not be available for macs based on Intel processors JC Torres / SlashGear : macOS Monterey on Intel Macs won't be able to use some features Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : Some macOS Monterey Features Won't Be Available For Intel Macs Cal Jeffrey / TechSpot : Some of macOS Monterey's best features won't work with Intel-based Macs Michael Kan / PCMag : Intel-Based Macs Won't Get Every MacOS Monterey Feature Tweets: Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie : It's because Intel Macs don't have the neural engine these features require. M1 is an A14X+. T2 is an A10 (pre-ANE). T1 was an S2 (watch SiP). Previous Intel Macs had nothing. These features all lean on the neural engine. https://t.co/jxqB7LsR2Q Thomas Ricouard / @dimillian : I'll go cry in a corner https://twitter.com/... Abby Fuller / @abbyfuller : Every year Apple fucks compatibility over in some new and exciting way 🙃 Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie : Previously: Apple Lossless won't be coming to inherently lossy BT headsets Currently: Neural Engine-dependent macOS features won't be coming to Macs without neural engines Each time we have a choice whether to serve our audience and educate or exploit them and rage-bait https://twitter.com/... @thelinuxexp : Excluding these features for Intel based Macs makes no sense apart from « we want you to buy a new one » https://twitter.com/... Vijay Shekhar Sharma / @vijayshekhar : Clearly someone is deeply inspired by Alan Kay 😇 “People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.” https://twitter.com/... Mehedi / @mehedih_ : this is unacceptable considering the fact that Apple still sells Intel Macs — but they'll get away with it like with everything else https://twitter.com/... Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith : You didn't think they'd string along Intel Macs for long, did you...? 😅 https://twitter.com/...