Counting the days Europe waits for tech launched elsewhere, and how long EU rules have run. Every number sourced. Mistakes corrected in public.
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Google's Personal Intelligence went out to most of the world on 14 April. Still not in Europe.
I count every wait like this. Every number sourced.
Apple kept AirPods Live Translation out of the EU for 88 days last year. Said it was the DMA.
Now it's the new Siri on iPhone. Same reason. 55 days so far.
Claude Duet now runs your Claude Code from your phone. US only. Rest of us, day 17.
Claude Duet: now with Claude Code sessions
Check what's running, approve changes and send updates - all from your phone. Works with sessions on your computer or in the cloud.
/cc @navbryce and @joshleibsly
2,783 days ago the European Parliament voted to scrap clock changes.
16 changes later, EU governments still haven't agreed. Next one's 28 March.
The EU's AI waiting list, Friday 6 Nov. Days since each one went wide elsewhere:
Gemini Personal Intelligence: 206
Gemini Spark: 99
Siri AI on iPhone: 53
ChatGPT Dots (Pro): 38
New AI tools keep shipping. These four still haven't reached the EU.
Three AI features you still can't get in the EU. Which one would you actually use?
Days the EU has been left out so far: Gemini Personal Intelligence 205, the new Siri 52, ChatGPT Dots on Pro 37
0%Gemini Personal Intel.
0%The new Siri
0%ChatGPT Dots
0%None of them
0 votes • Final resultsWhen things do reach the EU, how long does it take?
Sora: 81 days
Windows Recall: 88 days
Google AI Mode: 141 days
Apple Intelligence: 154 days
Meta AI: about 540 days
So four or five months is normal. The new Siri launched 52 days ago and EU iPhones still don't have it.
Sources: US dates: PetaPixel (Sora, 9 Dec 2024), GeekWire (Recall, 25 Apr 2025), Engadget (AI Mode, 20 May 2025), MacRumors (iOS 18.1, 28 Oct 2024), TechCrunch (Meta AI beta, 27 Sep 2023). EU dates: TechRadar, Techzine, and Google's, Apple's and Meta's own posts. France got AI Mode later. Full list: link in bio.
Three companies launched an AI agent that works for you in the background this autumn.
ChatGPT Dots: 36 days since launch. Pro users in Europe still waiting.
Meta Muse: 57 days since launch. Only in the US, Canada, Japan and Singapore.
Claude Duet: 14 days since launch. US waitlist only.
If you're one person in Europe, you can't get any of the three. Only Dots is a Europe-specific wait.
Sources: Dots: OpenAI help centre (Pro excludes the EEA, Switzerland and the UK). Muse: Meta, 8 Sep, 23 Oct and 27 Oct 2026. Duet: Anthropic help centre, "available in the US only during the research preview", read 4 Nov 2026. EU business accounts got Dots on 28 Oct. No company has said an EU rule is the reason. Checked 4 Nov 2026.
51 days ago, Apple launched the new Siri on iPhone. EU iPhones still don't have it.
A UK iPhone has it. A Swiss iPhone has it. An EU Mac has it. An EU iPhone doesn't.
Apple says the EU's tech law is the reason. The Commission says the choice is "Apple's and Apple's only".
853 days ago, the EU made every plastic drinks bottle keep its lid attached.
We've been getting it up our noses ever since.
Meanwhile, some of the biggest new AI tools skip Europe:
Siri AI on iPhone (not in the EU): day 50
ChatGPT Dots for Pro users (not in the EU, UK or Switzerland): day 35
Gemini Personal Intelligence (not in the EU, UK or Switzerland): day 203
Innovation, EU style.
Sources: Single-Use Plastics Directive (EU) 2019/904, Article 6, plastic drinks bottles up to 3 litres, from 3 July 2024. AI timers and sources: daysbehind.com
