Apple Insider, a technology media outlet, reported today that Apple’s U.S. website recently displayed an obvious error, with its introduction page modified to state that Macs with the M1 chip do not support Apple Intelligence.

For reference, Apple Intelligence is an AI software suite introduced by Apple and is supported on all Macs with Apple Silicon chips—including the M-series chips already released. Although Apple may eventually phase out early models like the M1, this modification still gave the impression that support had been abruptly terminated at the earliest possible time.

Checking Apple’s U.S. site revealed that on the Apple Intelligence support page, the supported models for MacBook Air/Pro, iMac, and Mac mini were all updated to “M2 or later,” and the Mac Studio entry was changed to “M2 Max or later.”

Notably, the iPad Pro and iPad Air pages were unaffected, still listing “M1 or later.” At the same time, opening the same Apple Intelligence page on Apple’s Hong Kong and Japan websites shows that the Mac compatibility is still listed as “M1 or later.”

Apple Insider noted that Apple typically does not remove hardware support in only a specific regional market. Since Macs are globally launched products, the fact that only the U.S. site shows this update appears highly irregular. The most likely explanation is that an editor on Apple’s U.S. site inadvertently made the wrong change — for example, while updating the Vision Pro support details from “M2” to “M2 or later”, the editor may have accidentally altered all Mac model descriptions.

Importantly, this site change has no relation to Apple’s “obsolete & vintage products” terminology. According to Apple’s definitions, “vintage” products are those that have been discontinued for more than 5 years. Still, less than 7 years, and “obsolete” products are those that have been discontinued for over 7 years, at which point Apple ceases all hardware service for the product.

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