Apple Intelligence Early Review: What I Liked and Didn’t Like

[@CNET]

Read more about Apple Intelligence on CNET.com: Don't Expect Your iPhone to Feel Radically Different cnet.us/n1f

[@bluetech2809]

Maybe I'm just getting old but none of these features excite me

[@rawkitlawnchair]

How much of the video did you watch

[@DevinSymone]

It's so strange how I have these features on my Samsung S22 ultra but it's not available on my iPhone 14 Pro, which I bought both at the same time.

[@fighterinmkiwiscience3517]

😂

[@ganeshsankarasubramanian142]

Horrible gatekeeping by apple similar to the 60 hz displays still in the base models

[@JosephAang]

1:21 You can change how many lines of preview it’ll show under settings->mail->preview. Not sure if it’ll summarize more and show you more, but you can make that space larger.

[@BrokenBonesRBLX]

Can you stop the lies? This is not true.

[@JosephAang]

⁠@@BrokenBonesRBLXdid you test it out for yourself before you wrote this comment? It’s okay you can still delete it.

[@BobMcBurger1]

@@BrokenBonesRBLX He's right though. In settings you can change how many lines of a preview you'll see in the mail app.

[@paulwilson3759]

This would all be really impressive, if google hadn't been doing it for literally 5 years now. Come on Tim, keep up!

[@georgewashington3012]

And Microsoft for one year with Copilot.

[@Madeintheshade65]

Who cares

[@paulwilson3759]

@@Madeintheshade65 you should. When companies get lazy it's us customers that lose out! Put your fan boy ego to one side and think about it

[@Madeintheshade65]

@@paulwilson3759 Literally nobody cares if Google AI 5 years ago that’s not about companies getting lazy that’s that stupid argument about Android had it first nobody cares what you did or didn’t have first

[@jevonsims900]

My car would be impressive if there wasn't other cars on the road long before I were born. My food would taste so much better if other people didn't eat.

[@U23721]

I can't really tell a difference between Siri's responses now vs. before. Almost everything I tried just returned a website result. Like its no different than just searching in google, couldn't even dictate anything back.

[@ping079065]

Yep, most of the stuff I try says “sorry I don’t understand “

[@fighterinmkiwiscience3517]

Most of stuff is useless

[@holdendepardo4397]

New Siri isn't out yet. At this point Siri will hear you better, but the responses are largely the same as old Siri.

[@BobMcBurger1]

It's not really the 2.0 Siri yet.

[@centre_stage5599]

Am I the only one who is obsessed with that rainbow AI glow , it's so nice

[@Wizreader2828]

Do you actually use your Samsung for it to learn from you?

[@drrider100]

Add "totally" to an AI sentence and its declared lightyears better than competitors.

[@robertods81]

Google photos has the same feature of Apple clean up

[@Chatsworth1979]

Has had them for years and they work better.

[@fighterinmkiwiscience3517]

I know and it was already available 3-4 years ago

[@Uncontrolledheavy]

Good stay with the android i will never go back to a slow android again

[@AinzBainz]

they're really milking this unfinished product huh... tell me you haven't used a Pixel without saying you haven't used a Pixel

[@j-cultureEnt]

😂😂😂 they are loosing out

[@jevonsims900]

You like Pixel? Cool, stick with it.😎👍 Great thing about Pixel 8 & 9 are the 7 years.

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

​@@jevonsims900 Pixel 7 series has 7 years of updates? Since when?

[@Nighthunt01]

Apple fans really try and gaslight when people point out that iPhones aren't very innovative anymore

[@cosmopolitanape6969]

atleast apple don’t spy on you

[@mogumogu000]

2:10 I feel like you should've chosen the 'social' option on the samsung phone to better compare with the iphone's friendly mode 👀

[@Bigbook91]

Why are they comparing it to Samsung AI? I mean android 15 just came out on the Pixel 9. You would think that would be a better choice.

[@zachb1706]

Pretty much the same aren’t they?

[@arielspalter7425]

The summary of phone calls is the highlight of the bunch for me, followed by the writing tools.

[@ganeshsankarasubramanian142]

This is probably the most useful feature and it's added on your normal phone app . But natural and local language support is needed as not every conversation in my country happens in english

[@billybray]

I would say that the new Siri is at best 20% better than the previous one. It still cannot process simple sequential and contextual requests gets confused about calendar entries, addresses, making reminder/calendar inputs and searching messages or emails (it gets confused which to search). Not to mention that its proposed message responses are totally lame. Image clean up is not bad… errrm.

[@BobMcBurger1]

It's all in beta. Things should improve.

[@jobersi10]

4:10 it got me there 🤣, i thought it was my actual iPhone ringing!

[@michaelhinson424]

Great video Lisa. I especially liked the comparison b/n the iPhone and Galaxy!

[@gtone339]

You haven't tried Apple's version of Google's Circle to Search feature which I like on my Galaxy S22.

[@ACCTYYY]

Is the new Siri feature also on the Iphone 13?

[@source1982]

sadly no, all the Ai features are on the 15 pro and later

[@ACCTYYY]

@@source1982 Aw okay, well thanks for letting me know.

[@jasonp.edouard2307]

Apple intelligent is awesome on my iPhone 15 Pro max. Everything is fast and smooth. No need to upgrade for me 😂.

[@lilchad_hd]

So why didn’t she scroll down to social??

[@stevestephen9817]

Exactly.... Samsung has many different approach... But she choose do take only one

[@Fastersonic]

Exactly this! Only to have the ability to say "I prefer apple" lol

[@BobMcBurger1]

Either two things: She's lazy to go further or it's a UI problem. Since in IOS, the option you want is right there. On Samsung you need to find it first. To me on IOS the UI is easier to navigate since, well, there's basically no navigation.

[@stevestephen9817]

@@BobMcBurger1 ohww Bob... Really... Is it that hard to skim through 6 responses... Come on man

[@BobMcBurger1]

@@stevestephen9817 Hey man, I wasn't the one scrolling through it. She was. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@cosmicpuma]

Love your hair 🙌 Awesome vid, thanks 😎

[@tyyohr1841]

I left iOS for this year trying out Google pixel 9 pro XL and if the leaks are true for iPhone 17 and the camera bar is horizontal and get rid of that awful pill cut out I'll jump back in

[@manu_solano]

I’ll stick to my 13 Pro, especially since Spanish support won’t even come until next year

[@mopedmike8317]

I wonder if it’s coming to Apple Watch as well since it’s on Apple CarPlay also but I am having trouble with deleting emails after I delete them they come back and even if I blocked them they show up still

[@alphabyteseeker]

Apple Intelligence Writing tools (iOS 18.1) not available within WhatsApp App (iPhone 16 Pro Max). Hope this would be resolved shortly.

[@kalof3l51]

As an android only guy for years who still wishes apple would allow you to customize the phone way more, I don’t understand why anyone gets on and bashes apple for this stuff. Yes pixel might be ahead in some areas. Samsung too. But apple is clearly ahead in others. It took a long time for people to convince me to try apple but I finally did and don’t regret it. They are all just as good as the other just in different ways. Every user will have their own experience. What you value in a phone someone else doesn’t. The iPhone took leaps in my opinion over some years but have slowed down in recent years, so what. If you don’t like apple don’t buy it. But to brag here about your phone is silly seeing as after trying them all apple definitely has a smoother operation.

[@jotamarsmusic]

Apple knows a couple of people that buy and use their iPhones are not from the US, right? This update was made for USA residents only. Thanks Apple 👌🏼

[@jayteknica1175]

You can have my update. I have zero want of “AI”

[@IScottTheScotch]

Lol 😂 if you change your device and Siri language to us English, you can join the waitlist and get access within a few hours.

[@jotamarsmusic]

@@IScottTheScotch I didn’t know there was a waiting list. I tried changing the language but nothing happened then. Thanks

[@TheQuietGuyAtTheBack]

The call transcription isn’t AI related so wondering why only the US got it. Google have had it forever.

[@jotamarsmusic]

@@TheQuietGuyAtTheBack I don't understand it either. Even the new iPhone Mirroring app in Sequoia isn't available in EU! Makes no sense to me...

[@YuanLiuTheDoc]

Question about a word I have heard from so many people when talking about the Siri “glow” feature: Immersive. Is that just a visual cue that “Apple Intelligence” is turned on or is there more to the glow?

[@upatnite22]

Most people, not all, seem to be Apple enthusiasts. We all know that eventually, Apple will get things right, but people tend to be very forgiving when they make mistakes. In contrast, consumers are often unforgiving when Samsung, Google, or Microsoft get it wrong. I wish that Samsung and the others would refrain from being the first to innovate and leave that to Apple. If so, it would take years for anything new to hit the market. It's not that I believe Apple is a better company; they are simply better at improving on others' ideas. I must admit that I have a disdain-not for the company itself, but for their practices. Their mantra appears to be, "Don't be first, be better." This approach allows them to observe the industry from a distance, entering the market later with the claim, "We do it better." It's easy to take this stance when you’re not the first to innovate.

[@robelbelay4065]

Great review, really focused with no unnecessary fluff. Thanks

[@BobMcBurger1]

Note that these features are still in beta. As in Apple Intelligence as a whole. So it should get better over time.

[@MattSutton-e2n]

I actually use Grammarly on my phone every day so the writing tool feature, I disagree, I think it’s awkward at first but can be very helpful

[@handlewithoutcare]

2:33 neither samsung nor apple personalize it to our speaking style yet, so whether you use totally or yo is a conincedence. Stop sucking up to apple just because you are reviewing their launch. Also, casual and friendly are two different categories. Casual is more chill, friendly is more polite.

[@handlewithoutcare]

7:04 also why didn't you compare photo editing skills and generative fill of galaxy AI and apple Ai? The former is leagues ahead

[@justafreak15able]

Haha and stop sucking up to Samsung😂 Samsung release half backed products all the time. Look at the keyboard where you access Gen Ai. It's just a low effort list of things lol. Apple on the otherhand always make an effort in UX.

[@handlewithoutcare]

@justafreak15able Samsungs features are as good or better and atleast 4 years in advance. I would rather get a fussy when my brick is hard, not 4 years later.

[@justafreak15able]

@@handlewithoutcare Ya then we both must be owning Samsung phone from two different realities. I own both Samsung and Iphone for my personal and work needs. Iphone is just user friendly in every possible way.

[@handlewithoutcare]

@justafreak15able yeah old people also find it easier to use, because there's not much to use 🤣 also why most dim witted Americans prefer iphones

[@midtech168]

I'm in a weird boat with Apple Intelligence. I have an M2 iPad Pro, an M3 MBP which supports Apple Intelligence. But my iPhone 13 pro, what I use the most in the day, doesn't have it. Maybe I can summarize phone notifications on the Mac.

[@sarid246]

Apple intelligence is awesome...used it during beta program

[@504cool]

I asked Siri two simple questions that I’d normally ask ChatGPT and it was just like talking to regular Siri (Apple Intelligence is enabled). Too soon imo guess. I asked it. 1. Tell me some of the cool things you can do? And it went into something about colors being cool. 2. I asked it could it retrieve information from the internet and give me updated information on it. Initially it was like “huh”. Then it simply displayed search results like it did prior to AI. ChatGPT on the other hand is a different beast😂. That said I’m glad there’s going to be an integration with it.

[@LashanR]

"This feels like just the beginning" is code for "This is really unfinished"

[@DanielAguilar777]

I update but It's not showing

[@jamesmorrison-v8q]

Really nice review it’s nice to not just see some tech person saying ah but the latest ai has so many more features but they are talking just about some niche feature I wont really use. So thumbs up for really covering what will affect normal people like me.

[@puppete3r]

Thanks for the telephone transcript. Now i can hold my frens accountable for what they said and say "you said that on the phone i have our transcript!!"

[@darylcheshire1618]

In Oz, we got 8.1 but AI is turned off.

[@hbk031283]

Can someone please tell me if they can use writing tools on WhatsApp? If yes, any specific settings are required for that

[@peterring2714]

Absolutely nothing available in the EU. I knew we couldn’t get much but I had at least expected the new Photos clean up tool and maybe screen border illumination for Siri but nada.

[@SkooterBrother]

Man i am also from EU and I am using all the features of 18.1. You have to change region to USA, phone language to English US and finally change region in your iCloud settings. I've done these 3 things earlier today and I was able to install 18.1 pubic beta and I was able to apply for Apple Inteligence in phone settings. Try it out man, it does work in Nethelands

[@matt.stevick]

i just got it a few hours ago. have not used it yet, packing for 2 weeks in the caribbean ill play with it on the plane.

[@Aflatus]

I have the 15 pro and updated to 18.1. I don’t have the glowing boarder nor message summary to name a couple of things that were mentioned in this video

[@HariKrishna-s1g]

You have to enable it in settings

[@andrefrbk]

And they couldnt add this to the 14 pro because? What a joke!

[@Gameboyreaper]

They were talking about ram being an issue. I wait a bit longer before I upgrade

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

RAM capacity matters. A dedicated NPU matters too.

[@kb24theMVP]

I love how those two who replied to you, quickly answered using Apple's marketing excuses. Every year, Apple claims that they have the most powerful smartphone on the market, yet everytime they introduce a new feature, they say because of hardware limitations, they can't bring such features to older devices. On the other hand, all Android OEMs where able to port their latest AI features to their 2+ old devices. A basic feature like night mode was exclusive to their latest iPhone when it was announced by Appla, again "due to hardware limitations", yet Android phones were able to send it via updates to their older devices, Huawei gave it to their 3 years old phones back when they introduced it.

[@georgefloydtv.]

​@@kb24theMVPit's because the singular features are server processed, compared to apple intelligence that runs on device and knows everything about you

[@noelsaw]

It still has a lot of work needed. I asked for “when is my next call?” And it sent me to the AppStore to download an app for calls. 😂 I then asked “what are some popular 80’s new wave bands?” and it sent me to a Wikipedia excerpt about 80s band inc. Motley Crue and Def Leopard at the top of the list.😅 Should they have enlisted their Apple Music Curators to have trained Siri with customized better data? Come on Apple!? You guys need to do better.

[@NajeebOneHeartOneBeat]

I didn’t get any of this on my iPhone 16.

[@draines91]

Update your phone

[@fp-fuddersmuckers]

I didn’t like that this version is a JOKE. Make AI only available to those who have the latest iPhone. 🤷‍♂️

[@dpkmishra03]

Gemini is much better than Siri

[@dennishofke]

I honestly consider going back to using a nokia brick instead of a smartphone if in the future each phone will ship with these features.

[@rothiri]

I keep telling people Apple Intelligence is locking intelligence voice dictation which I use because I don’t the keyboard - dictation is way worse with iOS 18 compared to iOS 17. Like right now typing this message twice the iPhone refuses to type iOS.

[@GRSEMETROMALL]

Well, all of this is supposed to work with iPhone 15 Pro and it doesn’t

[@muhammadarslanaslam8474]

totally biased review message typed on Samsung and iphone was different. False test: siri answers correctly when i say something wrong. you immediately corrected it

[@Chorum28]

I agree, Persona is a great game

[@iLuseMy1v1s]

They have been running the "apple intelligence is pretty awesome" commercial for over a month... Apple got lazy and underestimated the market, they are way behind.

[@stephanvds5833]

You just can tap the glowing objects in the cleanup feature in photos

[@jackicrew5849]

Apple Intelligence: what I didn't like - using people and ideas to gather data to further feed a supercomputer. This is INSANE. And nobody sees an issue with this????

[@sobombeh]

I wish the call recording was an actual voice recording because if someone needed it as proof one day or something the text would be useless because anyone can draft that up so dont really see the point

[@MarkEm]

So cnet is pumping Apple now

[@DarkRendition]

The only thing I care about is having Siri understand me better because Siri has terrible word comprehension

[@HeyNiagraFalls]

Sure, let's go grab a drink or 3.

[@luikeith1]

When we can have call screening ?? It’s important!!! Apple, please !

[@fighterinmkiwiscience3517]

😂 never

[@imagina-toon]

6:39 instead of drawing a circle around the object, just draw on it. 😉

[@magic_fruit_bat5003]

Apple needs to resurrect Steve Jobs.

[@fellowcitizen]

The X-Men series began in ~2000, not 2011; but, perhaps Lawrence joined in 2011.

[@ganeshsankarasubramanian142]

Glowing border 😂 feel that is funniest feature

[@AlirezaHeidari-d2u]

I have updated to iOS 18.1 but there is no apple intelligence option 😩

[@tiburonroano]

AI is coming to Apple but they should focus on Siri before making Siri do more.

[@Wildc4rd]

Spoiler Alert - Need to have iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 16 lineup. 👎

[@fighterinmkiwiscience3517]

They really copied Google pixel features which was available 5 years ago and called it apple intelligence 😂😂😂lol

[@AquaticBagpipe]

Imagine using Apple's Mail app

[@chriscampbell8214]

Hey Siri, how many carats is that rock ? 👀

[@Oddwilll]

Mine stuck at preparing 😭

[@sirsquirrel6176]

It’ll take a bit. Mine was ready in an hour, give or take.

[@Oddwilll]

@ can I use my phone during the process

[@sirsquirrel6176]

@@Oddwilll Do you mean Apple Intelligence or the the update? If it’s either one, you don’t have to wait too long. If the update is still stuck in preparing, delete the update and start again.

[@whitecrowuk575]

The photo cleanup is messy - can’t deal in more complicated cases and majority of cases are complicated

[@Kgothatsolhosie]

Yo? 😂😂😂😂 Samsung this is not 2014

[@mtesyds]

I have a 2 years old mid level android phone and I use these features since 6 months for everyday 🙄

[@thearabiangolfer]

Glowing boarder is not a feature. Ridiculous

[@PeterQuistgard]

Tbh this feels really underwhelming…but it’s because they allowed Siri to become soooooo outdated and clunky, anything is an improvement. But it;s not a chat bot yet. Should be if they want to compete

[@djroboscope]

What a joke this AI rollout has become. Bordering on false advertising..

[@OriginalSniperLol]

YESSS I GOT THE AI

[@ML1.0]

Apple Intelligence The feature they keep pushing that no one cares for 😂

[@kingiam87]

I won’t be getting this phone until everything is released

[@scottytechNmore1]

Google lenses coming in iOS 18.2 lol

[@rubinder2797]

I see no reason to upgrade from iPhone 13 pro.

[@pyby85]

From Switzerland, French speaking part, it's annoying that English part of messages, mails, notes work with Apple Intelligence, but the rest in French, not!

[@maxandrewyeah]

“Dot 1” sounds really strange

[@t-90atank35]

Soon to be a subscription just like any other hype AI 😂

[@laurenmarie9332]

I don’t see a priority section 🤷‍♀️

[@superiortoall22]

I like it, it isn’t anything impressive, does the job. I do like that the voiceover sounds like someone is actually talking to you in a casual conversation. I also have a OnePlus Open that I’m waiting for the new Oxygen OS beta with AI features, I’ll see how that plays out.

[@hamburglar83]

On my iPad it’s just SIRI. It’s very very very meh.

[@onionpeeler2023]

Can it call my local pizza shop and order a pizza for me? Can it call my doctor and make a general checkup appointment for me that works with my schedule and preferences? Can it call my friend and check up on him / her?

[@VTZone1]

good

[@ollyfoxcam]

These features are over 10 years old. I just had a audio conversation with chatgpt and within 15 seconds I had nearly forgotten it was AI. Then the realisation that it made no difference to the quality of the conversation. And this is just 2024. So if Siri can’t understand what I’m saying, it’s literally trash.

[@oziasemmanuelmusic]

My $100 android is better than my iPhone 11 Pro Max

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

0:55 - Apple knows that you have credit card debt, and Apple and wants you to pay it off. Pink-haired girl doesn't get it.

[@PracticalPcGuide]

Good video presentation! it shows a huge privacy concern that the new smartphones with Ai capabilities present. Also, people will become dumber and dumber with those summaries and meme descriptions. What a time to be a live!

[@h-e-acc]

Safe to say this so-called “Apple Intelligence” won’t have any reasoning capabilities and is going to be fairly unintelligent.

[@MariaCorrea-mr2gy]

The only thing that I found cute was the rainbow siri glow. The rest is... meh.