Daring Fireball‘s John Gruber joins us on this week’s episode of The MacRumors Present to debate Apple Intelligence and the way forward for the corporate.
We speak by the response to John’s influential “One thing Is Rotten within the State of Cupertino” piece on Daring Fireball, which identified that Apple’s credibility has been “broken” by the delay in releasing key ‌Apple Intelligence‌ options similar to personalised Siri. Subsequent reviews revealed that Imaginative and prescient Professional chief Mike Rockwell has taken over the Siri staff at Apple, which till lately was led by synthetic intelligence chief John Giannandrea. Software program chief Craig Federighi can be believed to have taken on extra accountability to show ‌Apple Intelligence‌ round.
The corporate has altered its advertising technique away from the “Whats up, ‌Apple Intelligence‌” tagline and the options are lastly anticipated to launch someday throughout the subsequent yr. With this latest context, we get John’s ideas on how the state of affairs has developed since he wrote his article, together with on the proposed class-action lawsuits in opposition to Apple over false promoting. We additionally have a look at how Apple might current its suite of AI options at WWDC later this yr.
Furthermore, we replicate on the Imaginative and prescient Professional nearly two years after its announcement, and John explains why he believes that the headset prevented the mismanagement that has mired apple Intelligence. We additionally speak by rumors concerning the second-generation Imaginative and prescient Professional headset that’s anticipated to launch between fall 2025 and spring 2026 as a minor spec bump, merely upgrading from the M2 to the M5 chip. We additionally discover the extremely anticipated lower-cost Imaginative and prescient headset, dubbed “Imaginative and prescient Air,” and the way this might be positioned when it launches.
We have a look at the state of Apple’s good house proposition and the HomePod amid rumors that the corporate’s first good house hub product has been delayed to 2026. The system is believed to be completed and was initially scheduled to launch in March 2025, however as a consequence of its reliance on ‌Apple Intelligence‌ its launch has reportedly been shelved till subsequent yr.
Lastly, we talk about the long-rumored foldable iPhone, pondering on what Apple is prone to do in a different way when it launches the system subsequent yr. The MacRumors Present additionally has its personal YouTube channel, so be sure you’re subscribed to maintain up with new episodes and clips. See extra of John’s work over on Daring Fireball and on his podcast, “The Speak Present.”
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