256 days ago that have passed since the announcement of the Apple Intelligence and until I finally (we have) to try it in Spanish. All thanks to the beta version of iOS 18.4, available for a week. Before, more specifically with iOS 18.1, he arrived in English, although trying him from USA supposed to do an exercise, although simple, very tedious.
Thus, after such a wait, I had very marked expectations that were confirmed. Apple intelligence in Spanish is exactly what I expected. Neither worse nor better. Having a weak expectation made me enjoy, although it is necessary to say that everything is not perfect and that there is also no WOW effect.
Use Apple Intelligence Want Want Sin
A few weeks before installing iOS 18.4 beta on my iPhone and welcoming Apple Intelligence in Spanish, I analyzed the little X7 Pro for Xataka. One of the mid -year ranges on Android and this AI capacity was created by Xiaomi. On this occasion, I explained how the implementations like those of them end up being more practical than the ambitious plans and functions than the others announce. The reason is clear: A useful to use on a up -to -date day base.
I will not deny how surprising it was almost three years ago to discover Chatgpt and to see other generators capable of generating elements such as texts or images as if nothing. A WOW effect For many, this has not lived since the presentation of the original iPhone. Apple is not the owner of this first impact of the new AI and, in fact, as its own CEO recognizes, it was the last to arrive.
I do not honestly believe that in this case, this cliché (not so cliché) is accomplished that Apple is late, but it occurs better than its rivals. I think the Apple Intelligence, like today, is Under the powerful capacities offered by other companies Like Openai. Now, much less have provided bad service.
Already in June, and without needing or possibility of testing Apple AI, he predicted that Apple's path was very different. Whoever created a series of functions which, although with little surprise, have been really useful and integrate into the very mature operating system of the iPhone. I could more or less certify by seeing others use it in English. And now, with my own experience and in my birth language, I confirm it.
The key to the new iPhone AI is that we use it without realizing it
Grace is that Many of their functions are there without being invoked. Not at least directly. They are Playground or Genmoji image, generators of simple images and emojis which, although interesting, I recognize that they are far from being used in my daily life beyond the first time after the installation of the update. At least as designed, because they are more entertainment than something that can really be used to create realistic images.
The best in my opinion of Apple Intelligence, which I will break down in more details in the following sections, is in all these functions which, with a more or less high success, They are incorporated into the use we usually make of the iPhone. In other words, we do not have to open rare applications or menus to find them, but we are added in actions that we have already carried out in life before Apple Intelligence.
Finally decent notifications in iOS
Apple Intelligence has not changed my life, but it made it easier for me And it is almost involuntarily. The best example is in new products integrated into notifications. More compared to Android, the management of notifications tended to be a lean point of iOS.
The new features are divided in two. On the one hand, the Priority notificationswhose name defines very well what they are. The system is able to detect messages, emails and other important opinions and give priority to all levels. The two place and the first of the notification panel and in their form to make them arrive, noting them with a colorful edge.
Examples of certain summary of telegram messages
Although there is something that won me is the Notification summaries. They are part of this AI that we use without wanting because, once activated, we are only without thinking: “I will use Apple Intelligence”. And the truth is in this stage, I must say that I am Enough surprised (for good) for his operation. He has mistakes, yes, but it was more useful than I imagined.
In general, it generally sums up very well when several cat messages arrive and is even capable of Analyze if they sent us a photo And describe it. Here, it is a little less precise than what Chatgpt would do, but at least it gives us a track. And beyond a timely mess for a misinterpretation of what is happening to us, if there is an improvement that I ask, it is to be longer summaries. I understand that your idea is to be brief, but two or three summary lines would be more practical if we want to have something more precise and complete.
Siri is less silly thanks to Chatgpt
In an advance of this reflection, an article published this week confirming what a secret of Polichinelle is: Siri is no longer stupid. Or not as much as in the past. And although we were still waiting for its great improvement for the following versions, it already shows a different interface, in addition to Be able to understand various requests for a row (And without saying “Hey Siri” each time).
The assistant is now able to resolve more common questions and understand our instructions made with natural language. It is no longer necessary to twist requests to ensure that it understands and executes them. This is not the case, but it is something that went very well in the most daily situations, such as adding a reminder to a certain list.
However, the best thing about Siri is not Siri is Chatgpt. With this version, we already have in Spanish the integration of the OpenAi chatbot with Siri, which appears when the Apple assistant is unable to resolve a complex request. In fact, Apple is responsible for ensuring that Chatgpt is not Siri and Siri is not the chatpt. Whenever one of these requests is given, we will be asked if we want to access the chatbot, thus accepting the conditions of the Openai service and releasing Apple of any responsibility in the response. Although he can say that it can be deleted in adjustments and access Chatgpt if necessary without asking.
Here, I want to break a lance in favor of Apple in front of all users who do not make sense to integrate the Chatppt with Siri because “it is the same thing as the use of the application”. And let's see, yes and no. It is true that access to GPT-4O that Siri gives us is the same as with the application. However, according to my experience, I must say that is much more comfortable. Avoid having to open the application and it is much more practical in concrete requests, such as asking you to describe a photo or text, because it becomes automatic without having to open the application, attach the photo and wait for the answer.
In this way, with a higher or lower success by Siri and Chatgpt, but We will always have an answer to what we ask. And in the absence of an SIRI which is equivalent to the OPENAI model, a complicated task where there is, at least I appreciate that Apple admits the defeat for the moment and prefers the ally. In fact, it seems that it will not be the only integration and that Google Gemini will also be available soon.
Despite everything, I hope a promising future
This useful Apple Intelligence Sea, This does not mean that it is enough to follow the wake of generative AI. In fact, Apple continues to have an arduous challenge if you really want to win a name in this case because it has already been made in other areas.
It depends on who you read and listen to, you will find optimism or pessimism. There is little reality, since Apple is airtight in this case. Despite this, it has been disclosed that they strive to improve the new Siri and develop an LLM with which to face Chatgpt and that in theory will arrive in 2026 with an intermediate version of iOS 19.
If you ask me, I will disappoint you, because I preferred for years not to get wet in what matters and that is one of them. And it is not that he avoids giving a forecast which can then be an example of my zero gifts as an analyst and seeing. It is simply that, as an enthusiasm of technology in general and Apple in particular, I learned not to get excited. To let me wear and analyze things in due time, when they arrive and when I try them.
According to Apple Intelligence, I wait a lot. I hope that the unimaginable, because it is not even written yet. Now I keep caution and I don't get a click. What is Jobs Cook wants.
A beta version is a beta version
I do not want to put an end to this reflection without specifying it, in case I had not done, what I tried is a beta version. In fact, it is a beta version inside a beta version. Beyond the iOS 18.4 to be an always non-final version, Its artificial intelligence functions will continue to be beta once the final version has been launched. And so Apple is responsible for highlighting it in its adjustments.
This is not something that happens to us only to the Spanish, but also the English speakers “suffer”. While a few or more new Apple intelligence capacities work fairly well, Apple health remedy indicating that it is still testing And therefore any experienced dysfunction and must be described as something natural. Another problem is that, seeing the competition, Apple should not be more advanced in this area.
Therefore, as we have already indicated with the non-liability clause According to the introduction, he can only guarantee all those who install the beta version will have an identical experience in mine. In my case, by deleting specific errors and errors of elements such as notification summaries, I must say that I am satisfied. Even in battery consumption, the thing is going well. But I insist, it's a beta version and almost anything can happen. As would say, In a responsible manner.
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