Apple Intelligence is reportedly in the works for the Vision Pro, but, weirdly, not for the voice-controlled HomePod, Mark Gurman reports for Bloomberg News.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
When Apple Intelligence was unveiled earlier this month, it was only promised for the Mac, iPhone and iPad. But there’s another device primed to get it: the Vision Pro headset. I’m told that Apple is actively working on bringing the features to the device, but it won’t happen this year. From a technology standpoint, the headset has more than enough memory (16 gigabytes) to run the technology. And the features, including notification prioritization, writing tools, an OpenAI chatbot and the new Siri, make sense for the headset — especially if Apple continues to position the Vision Pro as a device for getting work done and handling computer tasks.
Hartley Charlton for MacRumors:
Gurman does not expect the HomePod to offer Apple Intelligence, instead focusing on “an entirely new robotic device with a display that includes Apple Intelligence at its core.” Apple Intelligence requires a minimum of eight gigabytes of memory, but the HomePod and HomePod mini only feature a single gigabyte of memory. The current HomePod is said to be “too low-volume a product to waste the engineering time” bringing Apple Intelligence to the device.
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We’ll soon go from the HomePod to the HomePad. Will it be detachable, and turn into an iPad? Then the base won’t have the M1 chip… or will the HomePod just send AI requests to your compatible iPhone, iPad or Mac? There could be a way around the problem…
It seems like a big miss to require the edge device to have AI if it is in range of high-powered devices (and the internet, of course). It’s not like it handles Siri requests locally now. Why not stream the input from via the homepod to a nearby mac for processing?
Yes, the way around the problem is to buy the ‘new’ HomePods once they come out which the ‘old’ HomePods probably would have been capable of if Apple still had a creative and pro-consumer bone left in their flaccid core. It’s almost comical that the ‘solution’ to most Apple-related problems is to buy one of their latest products, but not the just-released ones since those have bugs that need months to iron out first.
Dear god, please make the dang thing smarter! 🙏🏼 Totally agree with MDM’s quip on this one.
I’m sick and tired of telling my latest-gen HomePod to “Play Happy Music” and having my iPhone in my pocket start blasting Bobby McFerrin almost every time. Then, of course, I lean over and scream inches away at the annoying black cylinder: “SIRI! PLAY HAPPY MUSIC ON THE OFFICE––FREAKIN’ HOME POD!”
The irony (and agony) of shouting angrily about playing happy music…does not escape me…
Home Pod is often sporadic and under the control of some unknown power…other than the user.
On a more fundamental deficiency, let’s not forget about spell check. Google is ALWAYS there to help when Apple’s spell ck is out to lunch…which isn’t uncommon.
I like how you call ’em, Noel. Yes, it is definitely under the control of some other power…
Oddly, or otherwise, the only question HomePod ever seems to answer reliably is, “Hey Siri, How old is (insert favorite movie star who just had work done) _______?
Everything else, she punts and says to check yer iPhone when I was actually already doing that quietly before she stole the query from it.
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