At WWDC 2024, Apple officially announced that Apple Intelligence will provide a series of AI features for devices such as iPhone, iPad and Mac. As far as the introduction is concerned, Apple Intelligence brings a large number of features, so what exactly is Apple Intelligence? What specific features does it have? Here's a summary of the new features and what to focus on.
What is Apple Intelligence?
Apple Intelligence is a personal intelligence system developed by Apple for iPhone, iPad and Mac. The system provides users with useful services and experiences by combining powerful generative models. Its core lies in the AI technology used and the protection of privacy, i.e., it can not only understand the user's needs, but also protect their personal privacy, while providing more personalized services.
What does Apple Intelligence do?
1. Intelligent writing tool
Apple Intelligence powers new writing tools that help users find the right words while writing. With enhanced language features, users can summarize entire lectures in seconds, get short versions of long passages, and minimize unnecessary distractions with priority notifications.
Intelligent Writing Tools can also proofread your text, rewrite different versions until the tone and wording are just right, and summarize selected text with a click. Intelligent Writing Tools can be used almost anywhere you write, including in third-party apps.
In addition, Smart Reply in the Mail app quickly drafts email responses with all the right details. Apple Intelligence recognizes the questions being asked in an email and provides relevant options to include in the response. With just a few taps, users can send a response that includes key questions.
2. Powerful image processing features
- Gemojis can be created in iMessage.
- Provide three styles: sketch, illustration and animation, for applications such as Notes, Freeform,Keynote and Pages.
- With the Clean Up, you can remove unwanted items from the screen with a tap.
- Rough sketch can be combined with descriptions in AI to generate beautiful pictures.
- Enter a description and Apple Intelligence will find the best matching photos and videos.
- Search for photos and videos in the Photos app by simply describing what you're looking for.
- Image Playground adds more visual interest to your notes.
3. Siri gets AI smarts
With Apple Intelligence Intelligent, Apple has significantly restructured and upgraded Siri.
- Siri has a new look design that lights up with a beautiful glow around the edge of the screenwhen activated.
- You can ask Siri to help you organize the highlights of text on the screen.
- You can ask Siri to look for specific things throughout your iPhone. For example, ask Siri to find passport number, he may find your passport number from different places such as Photos App, Notes, etc. and show it to you.
- Siri can perform multi-command tasks, such as "Show me the files Jaws shared last week" and "Show me all the photos with my mom and Olivia".
- Siri also understands what is being said even if there is a break in the continuous content or request.
4. Apple Intelligence privacy
Apple Intelligence is integrated into the core of iPhone, iPad, and Mac through device-side processing. Therefore, it can learn about personal information without collecting personal information.
Besides, with breakthrough private cloud, Apple Intelligence can handle more complex requests using large, server-based models running on Apple chips, ensuring that user data is not retained or exposed.
5. Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT partnership
Siri can call on ChatGPT's expertise when needed. Before sending any questions to ChatGPT, the user's consent is sought, including any documents or photos, and then Siri will present the answers directly.
Additionally, ChatGPT will provide assistance in Apple's system-level writing tools to help users generate whatever they are writing. Through Compose, users can also access ChatGPT's image tools to generate images in a variety of styles to complement their writing content.
Which devices support apple intelligence?
Due to performance limitations, Apple Intelligence will only support iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad and Mac devices equipped with M1 or later chips, and the language of Siri and devices is set to English (US).
Apple Intelligence is available for free to users, and beta versions will launch this fall as built-in features for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, with some features, software platforms, and other language support coming next year.
Above is the information about Apple Intelligence, we will wait and see if the Apple Intelligence launched by Apple is more competitive! Are you satisfied with the features and applications of Apple's AI? Let's discuss in the comment section!
