OK, just editing this post, as advised, and as I promised.
Don't be confused by earlier comments. I didn't realize that you needed at least the 15 Pro, or better yet, the 15 Pro Max for things to work with the AI stuff.
Further, I thought the new Siri AI stuff etcetera had been already implimented. To be fair, I did wind up putting the beta on my 15 pro max. I said I wouldn't, but I figured, I can always DFU the thing and go back to my previous official iOS with my iCloud backup if absolutely necessary. So far though, I'm really not finding a huge amount of things which are absolute dealbreakers, but, only time will tell. It's not even been 24 hours yet since release, so who knows. So far so good, but don't give my iPhone any ideas! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
I'm going to leave up this post, but over time, I'd be very interested when the AI stuff does get later implimented, what you all think of it. Problems? Delights? bucket tools needed for projectile? Just kidding. But seriously... I'd be curious.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to…
Sorry, I didn't mean to politicise things. I'm to quick to debate, I'll wind mi neck in. :)
I hope I didn't offend. Finances are hard for many of us, and still harder for others. I shouldn't be so flippant about cost.
A little titbit is also that now we can change the wake word for siri or, indeed, any shortcut, in the accessibility settings, vocal shortcuts, though it does seem to turn off one of the speakers and is in that voiceover listening mode which makes voiceover very quiest. It's been reported, but this more natural interacting with our phone, just saying a phrase, 'play bbc radio 3 on sonos', for example, without siri or any other wake word, sounds like a very nice addition to the system. Not really AI, but another way of accessing the personal assistant.
Disappointing that older devices are not supported
It is uninspiring that to use Apple Intelligence, you need the last iPhone. But in terms of performance, I understand that they couldn't support older models.
If you are interessted, I wrote about WWDC 2024 from a VoiceOver user perspective on my blog.
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People have a choice regarding bying or not bying. Apple is a business that is setup to make money. If we had stocks on Apple we would be smiling our way to the bank. People could always go to Android and complain about the same issues with them. 13 pro using now, when I finished paying it witch I think is this year, will get the 16 pro. Keep safe all and make sure you drink water to avoid a heat stroke.