With all the new updates being announced on Monday at WWDC, I thought I'd pull together a list of what people want or what you're expecting from each OS update, so feel free to drop your hopes or expectations for any of the Apple software you use!
For me, I'm hoping that the AI is used to make Siri smarter, better image/screen recognition, improved stability throughout, even though my iOS 17 experience has been good, and has been a massive upgrade on the experience of 16 for me.
I'd also like Apple to use AI to monitor and manage battery life and usage, kind of like the adaptive battery feature Google has, but Apple could tie it in and allow it to work out how your battery would be best served for longer battery life, of course it would be an optional feature, not forced on users.
Other than that, Apple has seemingly announced the other feature I was after which is better control over BSI, I'd say I'm pretty fast at using BSI but my phone or ipad sometimes reads those fast key presses as swipes, which they really aren't so hopefully this new solution fixes that and allows me to get on with my typing in peace.
I know Apple has also confirmed new VoiceOver voices are coming, I'm not expecting the whole chat GPT thing, you couldn't run that on device for processing with voiceover, it just wouldn't work (although if they want to prove me wrong, go ahead). But on a serious note, I wouldn't mind some of those new Apple neural voices, I feel like they'd be a lot better for reading long books or documents, I have the theory that with Apple's all knowing, smart AI Siri, these new voices may tie into that as a whole.
But what features are you after this year? What bug fixes do you want the most? What would take your experience of using your Apple devices, whatever OS you use, to the next level, and what would spoil your experience as a whole? This excludes bugs, because we definitely don't want those around, but its summer time now, its gonna be a beta, so we'll have to let the bugs buz about and enjoy their summer, hoping they're killed off by the public release later this year.
By danno5, 6 June, 2024
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Audio description?
Will this event have audio description? If so, where can I access it?
AI
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Re: audio description
I've never watched one of these before and excited though I am, I probably won't watch this one either. But I believe they do have audio descriptions. I'm sure I've heard them talking about it on double tap before.
I went to apple.com and they say you can watch it on their web site or the apple tv app. So personally I'd just open the app which already knows I want audio description and go from there.
Not a bad hall.
Apple intelligence, Open AI integration, Smart Siri, I think new Siri voices and remote control of other iPhones and iPads. I’m really happy with that. I think with the AI having awareness of picture content, picture descriptions are going to get a lot more powerful too. Maybe more coming in the accessibility focussed keynote later this week.
iPhone Mirroring
I'm very curious about how accessible this will be. And it's not AI, so I assume no M1 chip requirement; just an iPhone on iOS 18 and a Mac on Sequoia..
15 Pro and above and M1 macs and iPads and above.
which seems reasonable although I’m going to have to upgrade from my 14 Pro Max in September but I’ll already have it on my M1 iPad Pro. Yay! Features are rolling out later this year into next year for some languages and unspecified features though.
Safari
Safari underwent a significant overhaul for Sequoia. That, along with their claim that Safari is the fastest browser in the world, have me cautiously optimistic that SNR might finally be eliminated.
M1 or better for Apple Intelligence. They didn't say this was also a requirement for ChatGPT integration, but one would assume so.
Mirroring and privacy.
Yeh mirroring was very exciting, shame Macs don’t have a touchscreen but I’d imagine they can map the screen well onto the trackpad. It’s definitely interesting. Re privacy, I’m not at all worried. Google overtly make their money by using your data to make you profitable, Apple don’t do this. ?they have gone as far as I can imagine a company going to ensure privacy is respected including insisting on 3rd party audits of their code. Open AI google and everyone else don’t even try to suggest your stuff doesn’t belong to them, it just does. Apple have hung their hat on being the company who respect your privacy. If that turned out not to be true, the shareholders would take the execs for every penny and then see them behind bars. You can’t lie that overtly and expect to get away with it. Honestly, I am very re-assured by their claims in fact I worry they are going to fall behind because they don’t have our data. I don’t want them having it but also don’t want them falling behind because I use their products. lol.
Downloading beta now
I hope and expect that, when I've mirrored my iPhone onto my Mac, that I can interact with the iPhone using the Mac keyboard, in the same way that I interact with my iPhone using a Bluetooth keyboard.
Accessibility Keynote
So, how can I watch the accessibility Keynote and when will it be happen? thanks.
Also, do you know anything about new voices?
LOL first of many bugs
Can't enter passcode with a Bluetooth keyboard if quick nav is enabled.
Listening to Platform SOTU now
I'm fairly impressed with how thoroughly Apple has integrated AI throughout their OSes and platforms. It's not just a SIRI revamp. We can look forward to writing tools, automatic image generation tools, GenMojis, and even code generation. XCode will feature something called SwiftAssist that sounds like it practically writes software prototypes for you.
sad that they're essentially forcing people to buy new devices
I'm going to be following iOS 18 development very closely over the next few months, and I'll be paying even more attention to the hardware announcements in September. Over all, I'm very happy with my iPhone 13 pro, and was hoping to keep it for at least one more year, but it sounds like if I don't get a new device, I'll miss out on a lot of potentially game changing accessibility features. I'll have to really think about whether or not the new features are things I NEED, or if I can just hold out for one more year. I'll be curious to hear any new voices that become available, though. It doesn't help matters that the lidar sensor isn't available on the more basic iphones, so not only do I have to figure out how to budget for the new phone, but also I have to budget for it to be the pro model. I hope that Apple brings back the ability to pay for unlocked iPhones over time and interest free using our Apple card. I have plenty of credit available on my apple card, but those affordable, interest free monthly payments are the only way I can even think about buying new tech.
Apple Music
We got Crossfading last year which is sick, I hear Smart transitions are coming to iOS18. Hopefully this means calculation for each fade, or track. :)
Someone at Apple was listening
Well, it seems I can now use BSI as a default typing method, makes my life and productivity 100 times easier
Are there new voices in beta?
In the keynote it sounded like a different US female Siri voice. Can anyone confirm whether there are new voices in iOS 18 Beta please? It also sounded like the Siri active sound got even more airy and indistinct. I know the old one was a bit in your face but at least you knew what was going on. When it was listening and when it wasn’t.
wondering as well re voices
yes i curious what, if any new voices are there and what is the custom voice rotor? i happy with my 14 pro max so will stay on ios 17 even when 18 is out.