Apple adds AI assistant built on Apple and OpenAI models to Pages, Keynote and Numbers

Apple is bringing an AI assistant to its Pages, Keynote and Numbers productivity apps. According to The Verge, the assistant is built on AI models from Apple and OpenAI and can understand a document's context to carry out tasks such as designing, animating and refining slides in Keynote.

Apple says the assistant can draft, restructure and tweak written content in Pages. In Numbers, it can calculate, visualize and organize data, suggest chart types and build custom tables.

The assistant is rolling out in beta to devices compatible with Apple Intelligence, running iOS 27, iPadOS 27 or macOS 27 or later. On macOS 27 or later, the three apps also support the Model Context Protocol, which allows third-party AI agents to plug into them.

Other creative apps are getting updates. Pixelmator Pro adds a Generate Fill feature for editing part of an image by describing the change. Logic Pro for Mac and iPad gets a Liquid Glass redesign, an AI assistant for editing projects, and a redesigned Browser on Mac that uses on-device AI to analyze, classify and tag sounds. Final Cut Pro gains MotionVFX templates, graphics, titles and transitions, plus a Content Hub with stock video, photos and backgrounds.

The release puts a general-purpose assistant inside apps that many Apple users already own, and it relies partly on OpenAI models alongside Apple's own. The coverage does not say which tasks run on which models or what runs on-device.

Model Context Protocol support may matter as much as the built-in assistant. It means agents from other companies can work with Pages, Keynote and Numbers on macOS, rather than Apple's assistant being the only way to automate them. How widely that is used is not yet clear.

The Creator Studio updates reach existing subscribers for free in November. The assistant is labeled a beta, so its quality and any changes to availability beyond Apple Intelligence-compatible devices are open questions.