Apple Intelligence Is Out With Some Promised Features

Developer version will be followed by others over the next year

By Bob Cronin, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 29, 2024 7:00 PM CDT

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Apple Intelligence Is Out in a Developer Version — Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, speaks as he is joined by Craig Federighi, right, senior vice president of software engineering, and John Giannandrea, senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy, during an Apple event in Cupertino, Calif., on June 10. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The debut version of Apple Intelligence rolled out Monday, providing a look at some of the improvements planned and clarity about which ones won't be out for a while. The release is a developer-only beta version of iOS, iPadOS 18.1, and MacOS Sequoia 15.1, the Wall Street Journal reports. In addition to being in the company's developer program, users will need the latest and fastest chips in their devices to check out the release, Apple said. The advances, part of an effort to use artificial intelligence to improve the software that drives Apple products, include:

Siri can now understand commands even when the speaker stumbles over words, per CNBC.
Siri can now answer troubleshooting questions about Apple products.
Photo search and movie creation are better.
AI-generated summaries of mail, messages, and voicemail transcriptions.
Anywhere a user can copy and paste text, writing tools can proofread and recast the wording, per the Journal.

Features not included but projected to arrive over the next year include:

Generation of images and emojis.
The ability of Siri to take actions inside apps.
Use of other languages. Apple Intelligence for now supports only American English.
OpenAI ChatGPT integration.

(More Apple stories.)

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