Apple wants you to scan your friends dog with iPhone 16s Visual Intelligence

Date:
Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:26:37 +0000

Description:
Apple showed off the iPhone 16s new Visual Intelligence feature with an awkward canine interaction that left some fans scratching their heads.

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The iPhone 16 , iPhone 16 Plus , iPhone 16 Pro , and iPhone 16 Pro Max have been officially revealed, promising the biggest step forward for Apples smartphone software experience in years.

Apple revealed the iPhone 16 lineup at the Its Glowtime event on September 9, and also showcased its forthcoming Apple Intelligence AI features which will begin rolling out in October.

Apple CEO Tim Cook called the iPhone 16 series the first iPhones designed
from the ground up for Apple Intelligence, and the company showed several short videos to demonstrate the day-to-day uses of its new AI tools.

Amongst the features shown was Visual Intelligence, activated by the new Camera Control capacitive button, which analyses the images in the field of view of the camera app to provide contextual information about the users surroundings.

Apples livestream showed a supposed user walking around town, using Visual Intelligence to pull up a restaurant menu and find more details about a concert flyer.

However, the example that has stirred the most reactions has to be our protagonist using their iPhone 16 to scan a passer-bys dog, to find the breed of the canine companion through an AI-assisted web search.Online commenters have been going barking mad (sorry) trying to figure out why the user wouldnt just ask the dog walker themselves.

As tech reviewer and YouTuber Rjey Tech writes on X (formerly Twitter): 'What kind of dog is that? Instead of asking the owner, pull out your iPhone and
ask Apple Intelligence." What kind of Dog is that?Instead of just asking the owner, pull out your iPhone and ask Apple Intelligence. September 9, 2024

Others werent so quietly sarcastic. App developer kitze referred to AI morons silently pointing iPhones at strangers puppies. regular human: asks owner "what kind of dog is that"apple AI moron: says nothing and points phone at a strangers puppy and asks siri "what kind of dog is that" September 9, 2024

Most reactions havent been quite so strong, but theres certainly a consensus of confusion regarding Apples choice of demonstration. Will Apple
Intelligence be useful?

While most commentators us included recognize that Apples iPhone 16 demonstrations arent quite true-to-life, the dog-scanning discourse
highlights concern over whether Apple Intelligence brings meaningful upgrades to the iPhone 16 , iPhone 16 Plus , iPhone 16 Pro , and iPhone 16 Pro Max .

After all, Apples annual September events are the most important product launches in its calendar, so fans expect the companys A-game all the way through.

So, a somewhat unrealistic demonstration can leave commentators like FlightRadar24s Jacob Rabinowitz thinking that Apple cant bring any tangible use cases to mind. Even Apple can't demo a useful function for AI in its iPhone keynote.This ridiculous interaction goes "hi, can I take a picture of your dog so I can use AI to identify the breed?" instead of just being a normal person and asking "hi, what breed is your dog?" pic.twitter.com/JZI30yIMFb September 9, 2024

Its too early to draw conclusions about Apple Intelligence, but we think its most likely Apple was just having a bit of fun and lets face it, cute dogs are good for business.

On the other hand, Apple are always keen to emphasise the constant presence
of its products in peoples lives, so there is something to glean about how
the company may be envisioning a normalisation of AI in day-to-day interactions.

Visual Intelligence will be available later this year as part of a staggered rollout of Apple Intelligence features.

Well have the latest Apple Intelligence news as we hear it, and for our first impressions of a key new iPhone, do read our hands-on iPhone 16 Pro review . You might also like The iPhone 16 has a major wireless charging boost that Apple barely mentioned Apple iPhone 16 event everything Apple announced and 16 things we learned Every iPhone 16 model seemingly has 8GB of RAM, which could be bad news for Apple Intelligence



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