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  • Siri may get Chat GPT-like search powers driven by a new Apple team

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    zeus423 said:
    I'd just be thrilled if Siri could do the things it used to be able to do, without telling me "mmm hmm" or "on it". Just do it. I'll realize you understood. Play the song I requested instead of telling me the first three times that there was a problem with Apple Music. Quit popping up a Mobile Device Error when I ask Siri to send a message or stop navigation via CarPlay. Siri has gotten less capable the past few years, IMO.
    It totally has, an announced feature of iOS 17 was on-device Siri “for some requests” and yet seemingly the only on-device actions are stopping and skipping music, almost everything else seems to need an internet connection. Therefore the replies are painfully slow even on 5G/gigabit WiFi. Same for HomePods, they need the associated phone to be on the WiFi for basic requests like adding to reminders, when the HPs have full access to iCloud. 

    I’m also sure it never used to be this bad, and it definitely used to defer to wolfram alpha for more intelligence, which it doesn’t seem to anymore. Cook probably decided the licensing cost wasn’t worth it. This mediocrity really isn’t okay, it reduces the value and user experience, and it’s not Apple to be mediocre. They need to improve, and I don’t think Cook is the one to drive that. 
    Alex1NCrossPlatformFrogger

  • Blood oxygen sensing shows no sign of returning to Apple Watch any time soon

    elijahgelijahg
    Perhaps people in the US now realise how those in the rest of the world feel when Apple excludes the ROW from a feature! 
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  • Siri may get Chat GPT-like search powers driven by a new Apple team

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    Hugely ramping spend on AI after the announcement is just more proof that Apple was caught off guard. Pre-iOS 18 AI barely existed anywhere in iOS apart from Photos and the occasional suggestion. 

    Cook is a typical numbers guy, he plays it too safe to run Apple. Yes Apple is much bigger than in the Jobs era, so it will naturally be less agile. But what made Apple Apple was that agility, skating to where the puck will be; the non-corporate flat management style that Jobs encouraged, which Cook abandoned virtually on day one. He needs to allow engineers to work on skunkworks projects which then become great products (the iMac for one started as a skunkworks project that Jobs caught wind of). But ultimately imo his time is up, Apple needs someone new, someone more agile. 
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  • Siri may get Chat GPT-like search powers driven by a new Apple team

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    Wesley_Hilliard said:
    ApplePoor said:
    Hopefully this is not just a distraction from or an addition to the disinformation at the iPhone 16 presentation in 2024. Also could be the only "big" new thing next month as we see the usual claims of all new device using last years enclosure, etc. But there will be "new" colors.....
    Distraction? Nope, they've been developing this for years. Disinformation? Nope, Apple launched everything it announced, but delayed one product that was operational, but hallucinating more than they like. Last year's enclosure? Nope, we're getting all-new enclosures with camera bars and a new ultra thin model.

    i recommend reading AppleInsider to keep up with all the news ;)
    By AI’s own articles there is proof that Apple fabricated almost all of the iOS interaction in the WWDC25 demos. Again AI’s own articles say it’s pretty much impossible to get Genmoji to generate emoji like the ones Apple generated in the WWDC demo. Apple was clearly blindsided by ChatGPT’s capabilities, and was absolutely nowhere near getting a LLM ready for release. Otherwise it wouldn’t have been delayed by a year. If it was as close as Apple’s demo showed, it was good enough for users at least in beta form. 

    To say otherwise Wesley is just disingenuous, you can actually criticise Apple - it is not heresy; criticism is constructive in the right context and balances articles. Don’t be DED.
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  • iPhone 17 Air rumored to shrink battery & lean on iOS 26 to keep up

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    retrogusto said:
    dijital said:
    Who keeps asking Apple for an even thinner iPhone with worse battery life? I’ve never met anyone with those requirements.
    Even thinner? They’ve been getting thicker with basically every new release for the past 11 years, and this is what keeps me from upgrading until I absolutely have to. Nobody wishes for worse battery life, of course, but I would love it if they could make something with the same thickness (6.9mm), weight (129g) and battery life as the iPhone 6 from 2014 (or in that ballpark) but with more modern specs. And maybe they should devote more resources to developing really great battery cases for people who don’t mind the bulk but need more battery life.
    On behalf of all of those who want a phone to be functional and useful for a longer period of time versus being 2mm thinner, how is 2mm thinner with 25% less battery life an acceptable tradeoff to you? 
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