The second act of WWDC was the Apple Intelligence show, in which Apple began to reveal its AI strategy. We saw a lot of features and ideas about how things could work – including a pretty interesting new take on Siri – but we also got a sense of how Apple is planning to approach this potentially disruptive new category. We hear a lot of platitudes! But also lots of ideas.
About this episode of The Vergecast, we met at a house on the same street as Apple Park to sort everything out. We compare Apple’s AI approach to that of Google, OpenAI and others in this space. We talk about all the news across all platforms and discuss why things like RCS and the Control Center redesign could change the game. (Here in the The Vergecast, we love a customizable widget system.) We also look at the features we’re personally most excited about having on our devices this fall — and the ones we couldn’t care less about. And of course, we talk about Calculators.
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