Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2024 in Nine Minutes
What is 'Apple Intelligence' and how is it integrated across Apple's devices as announced at WWDC 2024?
Apple Intelligence is a personal AI system unveiled by Apple at WWDC 2024, designed to be deeply integrated into iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. It harnesses the power of Apple silicon to understand and create language and images, take action across apps, and draw from personal context to simplify and accelerate everyday tasks4. Apple Intelligence features include personalized prioritization of notifications, generative writing tools, image generation, and more.
One of the key aspects of Apple Intelligence is its focus on privacy. With Private Cloud Compute, Apple sets a new standard for privacy in AI by managing security and privacy through the entire pipeline4. On-device processing is used as a way to keep user information private and secure.
Apple Intelligence is integrated into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia4. It is available across almost every Apple platform and most newer Apple devices. The features of Apple Intelligence are built with safety and personalized experiences in mind, with an emphasis on understanding and being grounded in the user's personal context.
In addition to the features offered by Apple Intelligence, Apple has partnered with OpenAI to offer ChatGPT directly inside its operating systems. This integration allows users to access ChatGPT's capabilities for tasks that require more power, such as photorealistic generative tools and in-app image generation and drafts.
Overall, Apple Intelligence aims to provide a powerful, intuitive, integrated, personal, and private AI experience for users across Apple devices6.
What improvements have been made to Siri in iOS 18, specifically regarding its integration with ChatGPT?
In iOS 18, Siri has been improved with better integration with ChatGPT. Now, users can access ChatGPT directly through Siri, allowing them to generate text and perform other tasks using the AI chatbot. This integration enhances Siri's capabilities, making it more versatile and useful for users6.
What are the specific health and workout features that have been previewed in watchOS 11?
watchOS 11, the upcoming software update for Apple Watch, introduces several new health and workout features2. Some of the specific features are:
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Vitals App: This new app surfaces key health metrics and context to help users make more informed day-to-day decisions14. It analyzes metrics like heart rate, respiratory rate, wrist temperature, sleep duration, and blood oxygen, allowing users to check their daily health status and explore noteworthy metrics at a glance.
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Training Load: This feature offers a game-changing new experience when working out for improved fitness and performance. It uses heart rate, pace, and elevation data combined with the user's weight and height to provide an estimated training effort score between one and ten. This helps users better understand how they are handling their current workout schedule and adjust accordingly.
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Customizable Activity Rings: The Activity rings, which keep Apple Watch users motivated to sit less, move more, and get some exercise, are now even more customizable. Users can now pause their rings for a day, week, month, or more without affecting their award streaks. They can also customize their Activity ring goals by the day of the week.
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Pregnancy Support: watchOS 11, iOS 18, and iPadOS 18 offer additional support for pregnant users. When users log a pregnancy in the Health app on iPhone or iPad, the Cycle Tracking app on Apple Watch will show their gestational age and allow them to log symptoms for things frequently experienced during pregnancy.
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Smart Stack and Photos Face Personalization: The Smart Stack is designed to help users quickly access important information from any watch face. In watchOS 11, it is even more intelligent, with new widgets including Shazam, Photos, Distance, and more. The Photos watch face also uses machine learning to automatically crop photos and find the best composition.
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New Workout Types: The Workout app now offers even more workout types that can track distance using enhancements in GPS positioning. These include Soccer, American Football, Australian Football, Outdoor Hockey, Lacrosse, Downhill Skiing, Cross Country Skiing, Snowboarding, Golf, and Outdoor Rowing.
These features aim to provide users with more actionable insights into their health and fitness, more personalization to fit their unique needs, and new ways to stay connected while on the go.