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  • Apple is already being weirdly criticized for an AI effort that hasn't launched yet

    zenwaveszenwaves
    So, as a 'civilian' consumer - who has owned almost every Apple product since the Mac Plus - I feel fine criticizing them when they underperform (AI, ML, or whatever broken tech runs Siri), or make bad decisions (see developer relations).

    Apple is so far behind in this space, it's no wonder they had to punt with a Google deal.

    Just today, I did a voice search within the tvOS Apple Music app. The most unambiguous name. There is only one.... and yet instead of a "it just works" 'intuitive' result, I get wildly incorrect search results. Sure, there's a box showing exactly what I said in quotes, but it requires me to use the finicky touchpad on the remote to complete a few more clicks. THEY CAN"T SEARCH  THEIR OWN CONTENT LIBRARY!

    muthuk_vanalingamAlex1Ndewme

  • Apple is already being weirdly criticized for an AI effort that hasn't launched yet

    zenwaveszenwaves
    tenthousandthings said:
    zenwaves said:
    So, as a 'civilian' consumer - who has owned almost every Apple product since the Mac Plus - I feel fine criticizing them when they underperform (AI, ML, or whatever broken tech runs Siri), or make bad decisions (see developer relations).

    Apple is so far behind in this space, it's no wonder they had to punt with a Google deal.

    Just today, I did a voice search within the tvOS Apple Music app. The most unambiguous name. There is only one.... and yet instead of a "it just works" 'intuitive' result, I get wildly incorrect search results. Sure, there's a box showing exactly what I said in quotes, but it requires me to use the finicky touchpad on the remote to complete a few more clicks. THEY CAN"T SEARCH  THEIR OWN CONTENT LIBRARY!

    For what it’s worth, I couldn’t reproduce that in tvOS 17.4. I get the expected search results.

    Or, rather, I could reproduce those search results (Top Hits and the suggested searches, as shown in your photo) by backspacing over “ank Zappa” — leaving just “Fr” …

    So I don’t know why, but it’s not showing you the search results for Frank Zappa in Apple Music, it’s showing you the search results for “Fr” in Apple Music. 

    williamlondon

  • Top 100 chart debuts on Apple Music Classical

    zenwaveszenwaves
    Why don't they have an AppleTV app for Classical yet?

    Swiping and clicking through the music app on the TV to try to get to Classical is a nightmare,
    applecoredjeffharrisunbeliever2

  • Wearable weigh-in -- Apple Watch Series 10 vs Apple Watch Series 9 compared

    zenwaveszenwaves
    When you're upgrading from a series 6, it's all gravy - looking forward to not having to enable low-power mode every evening!
    watto_cobra

  • Apple finally accepts that 64GB is inadequate for iPhones and iPads

    zenwaveszenwaves
    I've been waiting to upgrade my 64GB 4th gen iPad Air ... I got the base model (then and now), as I don't do any production on it - just browsing, streaming, and a few spreadsheets every now and then.

    But, there have been several instances in the last year or so, where I didn't have enough space for software updates, and had to delete a bunch of apps.

    I'm hoping that the current 128GB base configuration won't encounter this issue....
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple TV Remote launches on iOS, remains separate from iTunes Remote app

    zenwaveszenwaves
    Anyone figure out how to adjust volume in this app?