WWDC 2024: Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT in Siri, iOS18 and other top announcements by Apple – Crypto News

Top announcements bt Apple at WWDC 2024:

1) Apple Intelligence: 

Apple finally made its foray into the world of artificial intelligence with a new offering called Apple Intelligence. Apple Intelligence is claimed to deliver powerful performance while also maintaining user privacy. Apple CEO Tim Cook while introducing Apple Intelligence said there was a need of ‘personal intelligence’ which is the next big step for Apple.

Apple Intelligence will use the power of generative AI in order to understand and create images, take actions across apps, understand personal context and improve everyday tasks. 

The Cupertino-based tech giant said Apple Intelligence will help power Writing Tools, categorize email, transcribe and summarize audio, prioritize notifications and generate images and emojis via Image Playground and Genmoji, respectively. 

In order to enhance the privacy quotient, Apple says many of Apple Intelligence models run entirely on-device while more complex tasks are run via a Private Cloud Compute powered by Apple silicon. The tech giant says that user data will never be retained or exposed and independent experts can inspect the code that runs on Apple silicon in order to verify Apple’s claims. 

Apple Intelligence will run on iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max along with iPads and MacBooks running on M1 or later chipsets. Apple says it will be available to users for free for users in the US via iOS18, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia this fall. 

2) Siri revamp and ChatGPT integration: 

Siri is getting a major revamp thanks to the generative AI prowess of Apple Intelligence. With the new update, Siri is touted to become more ‘natural, contextually relevant and personal’ in order to provide a simplified and accelerated user experience. Siri is also getting a design overhaul with glowing lights wrapping around the edge of a users’ screen whenever Siri is active. 

Siri is also getting ‘onscreen awareness’, which will allow the voice assistant to not only understand what’s running on the screen but also use it to take action on the users’ behalf.

Lastly, Apple is also bringing ChatGPT integration to Siri, meaning it will be able to take help from OpenAI’s chatbot whenever needed. However, users will be asked before their requests are sent to ChatGPT while their IP addresses will be obscured, and OpenAI will not be able to store any requests.

ChatGPT, powered by the latest GPT-4o model, will also be available across a variety of Apple apps to generate images and improve the writing experience.

3) iOS 18: 

For the first time, Apple will allow users to arrange apps and widgets on the Home screen according to their preferences. While Android users have been able to customise their home screens for years, for some reason, Apple hasn’t thought it wise to allow users to customise the icons and widgets on their home screens until now.

Moreover, users will also be able play around with the colour of their home screen icons and widgets in order to give a more dark or tinted look. 

Apple is also redesigning the Control Centre in order to provide a more customizable and flexible experience. Users will now be able to add controls from supported third-party apps, customize how controls are laid out and even switch controls at the bottom lock screen. 

Photos app is also getting a major redesign with iOS 18 in a bid to help users easily find their favourite pictures. Users will now be able to pinn their favourite collections, see highlights of their favourite people, pets, places and more via the new carousel view and autoplay content through the app to relive past moments.

As expected, iMessage now comes with RCS support for Android users, which should put an end to the green bubble vs blue bubble debate. RCS messages provide a richer media transfer experience and are more reliable than SMS and MMS.

Apple is also introducing Messages via Satellite in iOS 18, which will allow users to send a message in times of distress even if they don’t have a mobile or Wi-Fi connection.

4) iPadOS 18: 

iPadOS 18 gets some of the same updates as iOS 18, including a customized experience on the Home screen and Control Centre and a redesign of the Photos app. What’s different is, however, the addition of a new Maths Notes calculator which will allow users to type or write mathematical expressions and have them solved in their own handwriting. 

Apple is also improving the note-taking experience on iPads with a new feature called Smart Script. In iPadOS 18, users will be able to take handwritten notes quickly without sacrificing legibility. This is made possible by a new machine algorithm that corrects text in real time to match the user’s original handwriting. Users can also add typed and copied text in the same note, which is automatically adjusted to match the user’s handwriting.

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Published: 11 Jun 2024, 02:01 AM IST