Apple Adds Built-in AI to iWork Suite: PPT Creation, Document Polishing, Spreadsheet Calculations, and Third-Party Integration Supported

Apple has officially launched built-in AI assistants for its iWork productivity suite—consisting of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. The assistants are powered by both Apple’s self-developed AI models and OpenAI’s models, enabling them to recognize the full context of current documents and perform tasks related to the open files.

The AI capabilities in each app are tailored to specific scenarios: In Keynote, it can directly complete slide design, add animation effects, and optimize page details. In Pages, it supports draft writing, content structure adjustment, and text refinement. In Numbers, its capabilities cover data calculation, visual presentation, information sorting and categorization, plus recommending suitable chart types based on data features and auto-generating custom tables.

In addition to official AI functions, this update adds support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) across the three apps, requiring the device’s system to be upgraded to macOS 27 or later. Once the protocol is open, third-party AI agents developed by others can directly integrate into Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, accessing information within documents to complete tasks without copying and pasting across different apps.

Apple has not yet announced a specific rollout schedule for the feature, nor mentioned model adaptation plans for different regions. For users who regularly use iWork for daily work, this means at least they won’t have to switch back and forth between office software and standalone AI chat tools.

Source: The Verge