After more than a year since the announcement, I'm still unable to get this feature working properly and wondering if there are known issues or missing implementation details.
Current Setup:
Device: iPhone 16 Pro Max
iOS: 26 beta 3
Development: Tested on both Xcode 16 and Xcode 26
Implementation: Following the official documentation examples
The Problem:
Semantic search simply doesn't work. Lexical search functions normally, but enabling semantic search produces identical results to having it disabled. It's as if the feature isn't actually processing.
Error Output (Xcode 26):
[QPNLU][qid=5] Error Domain=com.apple.SpotlightEmbedding.EmbeddingModelError Code=-8007 "Text embedding generation timeout (timeout=100ms)"
[CSUserQuery][qid=5] got a nil / empty embedding data dictionary
[CSUserQuery][qid=5] semanticQuery failed to generate, using "(false)"
In Xcode 16, there are no error messages at all - the semantic search just silently fails.
Missing Resources:
The sample application mentioned during the WWDC24 presentation doesn't appear to have been released, which makes it difficult to verify if my implementation is correct.
Would really appreciate any guidance or clarification on the current status of this feature. Has anyone in the community successfully implemented this?
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Hello,
Are there any plans to compile a python 3.13 version of tensorflow-metal?
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Many thanks,
Alan
Hello,
I'm unable to develop for Apple Intelligence on my Mac Studio, M1 Max running macOS 26 beta 1.
The models get downloaded and I can also verify that they exist in /System/Library/AssetsV2/ however the download progress remains stuck at 100%.
Checking console logs shows the process generativeexperiencesd reporting the following:
My device region and language is set to English (India).
Things I've already tried:
Changing language and region to English (US)
Reinstalling macOS
Trying with a different ISP via hotspot.