Apple Inc. is poised to make a significant leap in artificial intelligence with the upcoming launch of Apple Intelligence, a suite of AI-powered features integrated into iOS 18.1. Initially showcased at WWDC 2024, Apple Intelligence promises to enhance user experience across iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices.

A New Era of AI Integration

Apple Intelligence is set to seamlessly integrate artificial intelligence into the core of the iOS ecosystem. Early indications suggest that this will manifest in several key areas:

Enhanced Siri: Users can expect a more intuitive, responsive, and knowledgeable Siri capable of handling complex tasks and providing more contextually relevant information.
Powerful Writing Tools: AI-driven writing assistance will help users craft better emails, messages, and documents with improved grammar, style, and suggestions.
Image and Video Enhancement: Apple Intelligence is expected to elevate photo and video editing capabilities, offering features like automatic object removal, enhanced color correction, and intelligent cropping.
Privacy-Focused AI: In keeping with Apple’s commitment to user privacy, Apple Intelligence is anticipated to prioritize data protection, ensuring that user information remains secure.
Live Call Transcription: Real-time transcription of phone calls, making it easier for users to follow conversations and keep records

Launch Timeline

While the full rollout of Apple Intelligence is expected in October 2024, select features are already available to developers in the iOS 18.1 beta. The public release will coincide with the launch of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia.

Apple, the tech giant known for its innovative and premium products and services, held its annual Apple event on September 12, 2023, at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California. The event, dubbed as “Wonderlust”, showcased the latest offerings from Apple, such as the iPhone 15 series, the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, the iOS 17, and more.

Here are some of the key highlights from the Apple event 2023:

New iPhone 15 lineup

Apple unveiled four new models of its flagship smartphone, the iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, and 15 Pro Max. The iPhone 15 series features a new design that switches the side material from stainless steel to titanium, a new A17 Bionic chipset that offers faster performance and better battery life, a new Action Button that enables gesture control and shortcuts, and a new camera system that supports up to 10x optical zoom and night mode. And ofcourse, USB type-C connector will be available on iPhone 15 lineup!

Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2

Apple introduced two new versions of its smartwatch, the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2. The Apple Watch Series 9 features a faster chip, a larger display, a longer battery life, and a new blood pressure sensor. The Apple Watch Ultra 2 features a premium design, a sapphire crystal display, a titanium case, and a carbon-neutral option. Both watches run on watchOS 10, which offers new features such as sleep tracking, handwashing detection, fitness sharing, and more.

iOS 17

Apple announced iOS 17, the latest version of its operating system for iPhones and iPads. iOS 17 offers new features such as widgets on the home screen, app library, picture-in-picture mode, app clips, translate app, messages app enhancements, maps app improvements, privacy features, and more. iOS 17 also supports Face ID unlocking with masks using an Apple Watch. iOS 17 will be available as a free update for compatible devices from Monday the 18th of September 2023 onwards.

That’s when all of the iPhones that are still supported will receive it as a free over-the-air update. That’s iPhones starting from the 2nd generation SE, iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max onwards, so no iPhone X or older models unfortunately.

Finally to wrap up the highlights, for those of you who missed the live stream of the event, you can watch it all here in detail as the Apple announced all their latest tech.

Each year Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC23 with a few hours of just straight announcements, generally covering things from OS to watchOS to new and updated gadgets. But this years most awaited gadget has been the Apple Vision Pro, Apple’s version of AR/VR headset!

The 2023 edition of WWDC began yesterday on the 5th of June 2023 and as every year, started with high expectations from all the Apple fans around. The entire event was also telecasted live on the Apple Youtube channel.

Now that we have already leaked out the most awaited gadget, lets look at all the highlights and announcements of WWWDC 2023

FaceTime on AppleTV

FaceTime is coming to Apple TV. You can use your camera on the iPad or iPhone and view the people you’re talking to on your big screen. This will use Continuity Camera on an iPhone or iPad to double as a webcam and will also use Center Stage, Apple’s AI-powered tech that adjusts the iPhone’s and iPad’s front-facing camera in video apps, to frame you while you look at the TV.

Apple also said you’ll soon be able to find your lost Apple TV remote using FindMy, so long as you have the newer Siri remote.

MacOS 14 Sonoma

Apple’s latest desktop operating system, macOS 14, is named for another California town, this time, Sonoma.

The desktop is getting interactive widgets and there is a game mode designed to limit distractions amid a growing selection of silicon titles.

It seems the company is getting more serious about teleconferencing, as well (as the webcams have also improved). This includes a new overlay feature that cuts out the speaker, playing them in front of a dynamic background. There are new effects like fireworks, as well. These are compatible with the standard teleconferencing apps, including FaceTime, Zoom, Teams and more.

iOS 17

Apple just announced iOS 17, which includes a bunch of changes coming to the iPhone.

• Personalized contact posters, either using photos or Memoji, will allow users to choose their contact card for other users. Live transcription, in real-time, will also be coming for phone voicemails
• Facetime will be getting a voicemail functionality
• A Check-in feature lets you tell a family member or friend when you’re home. Or, if you’re delayed, it’ll tell your friend that, too
• Messaging apps will now have a different layout, expanding to take up the full screen.
• Users can now bump two iPhones or Apple Watches together to share contacts, music, internet, or other shared activities with each other, a feature called “NameDrop.”

iPadOS 17

Apple has always been maitaining a separate stream of software for their iPhones as well as iPads. With the announcement of the new iPadOS 17, Apple is brining improved widgets featuring better live interactions, the Home Screen can be customized similarly to the iPhone, and there are new native apps, including the Health app and an improved Notes app.

WatchOS 10

Users can now turn the digital crown to reveal widgets, like the weather and calendar. Apple also introduced new apps like world clock, which features clocks that have background colors that reflect the time of day.

Making the full use of the digital crown, now when you rotate the digital crown, it shows new, full-screen displays.

15 inch Macbook Air

Its the announcement of Macbook graduating to the 15inch real estate! Weighing in at 3.3 pounds, the Air uses last year’s M2 chip (supply chain shortages are suspected to be at play here). That’s an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU. Memory can be configured up to 24GB and storage up to 2TB. There’s a MagSafe charger and only two thunderbolt/USB-C ports (like the 13-inch).

M2 Ultra chipset

As with the progress in tech industry, every new chip is made even more powerful than its previous generation chip. In the same lines, M2 Ultra is the most powerful Apple Silicon chip yet.

• It is built using 5 nm technology and featuring 134 billion transistors and will feature 24 CPU cores, up to 76 GPU cores (there’s also a 60-core option) and a 32-core Neural Engine. The CPU consists of 16 next-gen high-performance cores and eight high-efficiency cores.
• One major change is that the M2 Ultra supports up to 192 GB of unified memory, backed by 800 GB of memory bandwidth.

Vision Pro AR headset

When users don the headset, they arrive at the Home view, a floating set of icons with Apple’s most used apps, including Mail, Music, Messages, and Safari. The system doesn’t need controllers or hardware. High-speed IR cameras and LED illuminators track a user’s eyes to free them from “clumsy” controllers, Apple said.

Working with Unity, “hundreds of thousands” of iPad and iPhone apps will run on visionOS at launch. Microsoft’s Office Productivity suite will also work on visionOS.

The Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2023, Apple’s annual developer conference, is set to start tonight, June 5 at 10a.m PT (10:30p.m. IST). Apple WWDC 2023 will be held from June 5-9 at Apple Park, Cupertino, California, both in person as well as an online live event. Typically, Apple showcases new operating systems for iPhones, Macs, smart watches, iPads, and Apple TVs at WWDC.

What to expect in WWDC23?

This year, Apple is rumoured to announce the latest iOS 17, macOS 14, WatchOS 10, iPadOS 17, and tvOS 17. All eyes will be focused on the company’s long-rumored Reality Pro AR/VR (MR, if you will) headset. After a reported seven to eight years of development, the company is finally ready to unveil the system

Where to watch WWDC23 live online?

The online event will be live-streamed by Apple on its YouTube channel. You could watch the Youtube stream right here on this page (embedded above). Other than this, people can also tune in through the WWDC23 event page on Apple’s official website.