\u201cHelp me write something\u201d is pretty standard fare for generative AI these days, and Apple Intelligence does it as well as anyone else. You can have it make your text more friendly, professional, or concise. You can also create summaries of text or synthesize it into bulleted lists of key points or a table. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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I\u2019m finding these tools most useful in the Notes app, where you can now add voice recordings. In iOS 18, voice recordings finally come with automatic transcriptions, which is not<\/em> an Apple Intelligence feature since it also works on my iPhone 13 Mini. But Apple Intelligence will let you turn a recording transcript into a summary or a checklist. This is helpful if you want to just free-associate while recording a memo and list a bunch of things you need to pack for an upcoming trip; Apple Intelligence turns it into a list that actually makes sense. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Honestly, this transcript is pretty good.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Apple Intelligence turned my rambling list into a neat little table.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
These writing tools are tucked out of the way, and if you weren\u2019t looking for them, you might miss them entirely. The more obvious new AI features are in the mail app. Apple Intelligence surfaces what it deems to be important emails in a card that sits above the rest of your inbox marked as priority. Below that, emails show a brief summary in place of the first line or two of text that you\u2019d normally see. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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There\u2019s something charming about AI\u2019s sincere attempt to summarize promotional emails, trying to helpfully pull out bits of detail like \u201cBackpacks and lunch boxes ship FREE\u201d and \u201cOrganic white nectarines are sweet and juicy, in season now.\u201d But the descriptions in my inbox were accurate \u2014 helpful in a few instances and harmless at worst. And the emails it gave priority status to were genuinely important, which is promising.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The search tool in the Photos app now uses AI to understand more complicated requests. You can ask for pictures of a particular person wearing glasses or all the food you ate in Iceland, all in natural language. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Despite the light show, Siri is about the same as ever<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s very<\/em> good. Results come back fast and are generally reliable. It found the photo I had in mind of my kid wearing a pair of goofy glasses, though it also surfaced photos in which he appeared and someone else<\/em> was wearing some glasses. Still, I think it\u2019s bound to be a feature that people immediately get used to and don\u2019t think twice about using \u2014 intuitive and obviously useful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
But despite the light show, Siri is about the same as ever. It mostly remains a \u201clet me Google that for you\u201d machine. The most significant updates are still to come in future updates when Siri will gain awareness of what\u2019s on your screen and will be able to take action in apps for you. In theory, you\u2019ll be able to have Siri grab information from messages and turn them into calendar events or retrieve information from email without you having to go digging through your inbox. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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That\u2019s the stuff I\u2019m most excited about, and all of the pieces of Apple Intelligence available so far could be the building blocks of a better Siri. Apple\u2019s AI is capable of understanding the contents of an email or a photo. Likewise, Siri is better at understanding how humans talk. In order for Apple Intelligence to prove itself, Siri needs to connect the dots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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