iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will get Visual Intelligence AI features in an update

Apple made the iPhone 16e official yesterday, and the cheapest device in the company's current lineup doesn't have the Camera Control button that was introduced with the rest of the iPhone 16 family. The Camera Control is, on the others, the only way to access Apple's Visual Intelligence AI features, but the iPhone 16e will get these too despite not having the Camera Control.

And so will the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. A new report claims Apple has confirmed that Visual Intelligence will arrive on the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max with a future update - perhaps this will land with iOS 18.4, which is expected to be released in early April. Users of these three Camera Control-less devices will be able to bind the Action Button to Visual Intelligence. And Visual Intelligence will also be available in the Control Center for those who want to use the Action Button for something else.

This will be quite a boon for the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. They are the oldest iPhones that support Apple Intelligence, but so far they've been devoid of the Visual Intelligence features due to their lack of the Camera Control button. Now it turns out that wasn't needed after all. Talk about plot twists.

Apple iPhone 16e

Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

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