Outfits and styling
Why Wove requires Apple Intelligence
The screen you may see at launch, what each state means, and why the answer is a gate rather than a lesser version.
Wove checks for Apple Intelligence when it launches. On-device AI is the product here rather than a garnish, so a half-working Wove would be worse than an honest explanation.
What you need
iPhone 15 Pro or later, or an iPad with M1 or later, running iOS 26 or later, with Apple Intelligence turned on in Settings and the on-device model finished downloading.
What you might see
- Hardware that cannot run Apple Intelligence: a full-screen explanation instead of the app. This one is an honest dead end.
- Apple Intelligence turned off: a screen with a direct path into iOS Settings, which clears itself when you come back.
- The model still downloading: an explanation that resolves on its own the next time you open Wove.
Why not a lesser version instead
The deterministic engine has not gone anywhere: colour theory, formality, and weather rules still validate and repair every suggestion the model makes, and they cover a transient failure mid-session. What they do not do is stand in for the model on a device that cannot run it.
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