Apple WWDC 2024

Apple WWDC Keynote: AI-enhanced Siri, Photos, and Messages

At the World Wide Developer’s Conference keynote, Apple unveiled major updates including AI-driven features like Apple Intelligence, emoji and image creation, photo cleanup, and redesigned apps.

Enhancements include email summaries, message scheduling, AirPods gesture control, new iPad calculator functions, and the Apple Vision Pro release in Australia on July 12th.

  • Apple Intelligence – think Apple branded AI
  • Make your own Emojis – AI generated emoji
  • Image playground – AI generated images
  • Search photos or video timelines by describing what you are looking for
  • Cleanup photos using AI – remove unwanted people or things
  • Redesigned photos app
  • Redesigned Siri utilising AI
  • AI summaries of email, meetings and notifications
  • iPad gets a calculator app including scientific mode and math notes. Just hand write math problems (one of my fav features)
  • Auto clean up of my terrible handwriting on iPad
  • Scheduled send in messages
  • Satellite sending of messages
  • View & control your iPhone on your Mac wirelessly
  • Customised iPhone & iPad home screens, app icons and Lock Screen buttons,
  • Hide or lock apps on iOS & iPadOS
  • Shake your head yes or no with AirPods to answer Siri like do you want to take a call. Good for crowded lifts
  • A new training load metric on Apple Watch to measure your effort. No more slacking!
  • Bigger Mac virtual display on Apple Vision Pro. Also Apple Vision Pro coming to Australia July 12th!
  • View old photos in spatial on Apple Vision Pro
Apple WWDC Keynote: AI-enhanced Siri, Photos, and Messages