Live Text is no longer an M1-exclusive in Apple’s newest macOS Monterey beta - The Verge

Apple originally excluded Intel-based Macs from its image scanning abilities.

Live Text, the company’s new image scanning and text identifying feature, now runs on “all Mac computers that support macOS Monterey,” according to new documentation Apple released.

The new feature was one of several macOS Monterey highlights that Apple limited to its newer MacBook Airs, Pros, and iMacs, marking the company’s first real break in functionality between Macs running its custom-designed chips and those with Intel processors.