Apple event – live: ‘AI iPhone’ revealed at pivotal WWDC event
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Your support makes all the difference.Apple showed off the future of the iPhone, and the rest of its products, at its annual developer conference on Monday.
The company began its Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC, in California, showing off software updates for all of its platforms. It welcomed iOS 18 as well as new versions of the operating systems for the iPad, Apple Watch, Mac and its Vision Pro headset.
There was a lot of hype surrounding artificial intelligence in the build-up to the event, with Apple facing questions about what it plans to do with the technology.
While the term ‘artificial intelligence’ was barely referenced in the 100-minute keynote, a new term called ‘Apple Intelligence’ was mentioned more than 50 times.
It will be integrated into a host of Apple’s products, including its popular voice assistant Siri.
Follow all the latest news from the conference and watch a full live stream of the event below.
iPadOS gets new updates
Craig is back to tell us about iPadOS.
Big news! Forget AI for a minute - the Calculator app is coming to the iPad. And you can use it with your Apple Pencil. “It’s changing the way you do math,” he says.
All the new iPadOS updates
Here’s an infographic of the new iPadOS updates:
New MacOS Sequoia
Is there anything this man can’t do? Craig is now parkouring between announcments, and we’re onto the new MacOS. Craig - and definitely not just a stunt double in a grey wig - briefly goes off-screen, before reappearing out of breath to tell us about MacOS Sequoia.
MacOS Sequoia
There’s a host of new updates for the MacOS operating system.
There’s a new Passwords app, which will also work with Apple Vision Pro, iPad and iPhone devices.
It will support more advanced games, while new chapters for Assassins Creed are also coming to Mac that utilise the power of Apple Silicon to provide intricate details to the gameplay.
Apple’s Safari web browser, which it claims is the fastest in the world, is getting new machine learning (not AI) features.
We’re an hour in and there’s still not been a single mention of ‘AI’ or ‘artificial intelligence’. It’s almost like Apple doesn’t want St Judes to get any donations (see post from 18.35).
AI finally gets a mention
Tim Cook is back on screen, and finally the term ‘artificial intelligence’ is spoken out loud.
“It’s the next big step for Apple,” he says.
He very quickly pivots to calling it ‘Apple Intelligence’.
These are the traits he says AI needs to have to make it Apple Intelligence:
What can Apple Intelligence do?
Craig is back to reveal the first practical applications of Apple Intelligence. They include personalising images using generative AI, as well as summarising text or offering ways to improve your own writing.
Looks like this part of my job may soon be automated.
“Apple Intelligence, please summarise this keynote in neat, time-relevant blog posts.”
Siri gets Apple Intelligence upgrade
Siri is now a teenager. Unveiled 13 years ago, the voice assistant is getting a big upgrade with Apple Intelligence.
Handling 1.5 billion queries a day, its answers will now be more “natural, relevant and personal”.
You also don’t have to use your voice to ask questions, with new text inputs, while on-screen awareness means it can understand what you are referring to, and can even take actions within apps.
“Siri moves through the system in concert with you,” Apple says.
The new Siri also gets a new glowing screen feature when you’re interacting with it. All these new updates will be available as soon as Apple Intelligence is enabled.
New Apple Intelligence writing tools
New writing tools that utilise Apple Intelligence can make your emails sound more friendly, professional or concise with just a few taps.
A way to summarise longer emails also offers a way to add a ‘TLDR’ to the top of the email.
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