Apple is at the forefront of creating new technology, and it’s being pushed to innovate all the more with every new smartphone, tablet, watch, and computer it reveals. Craig Federigi, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, recently announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) that the tech giant chose to integrate Google’s Gemini in its AI suite of features. As noted by TechCrunch, by combining two tech giants into an Apple product, it is an indication that we may see a new tech era in terms of integrating Apple’s design versus AI. Why is this potentially so big for iPhone fans and the tech world at large? Let’s explore below.
Google Gemini is not simply dumping into ‘Apple Intelligence’; they are part of a more strategic relationship where both parties are mutually aiming to improve the capabilities of Apple’s devices. While many details are still unknown, the spirit of what this relationship will entail could have some similarities with what is expected to be the roll-out of ChatGPT features across Apple’s ecosystems. What impact will this have for ordinary users?
If you were to type in the same question to Siri, wouldn’t you rather have it seamlessly refer you to a sharper and richer Google Gemini-powered answer rather than its current options, which require the user to log in or jump through other digital fire hoops? ‘Smarter’ Siri would provide a more nuanced understanding and response to user queries, and make the user experience better than it has ever before been.
To take advantage of all this new AI, you will need the latest and greatest Apple hardware – namely, iPhone 15 Pro or newer, or an iPad or MacBook with at least an M1 chip. But shouldn’t we want the latest and greatest from Apple? That’s what sets it apart.
Eventually, the Internet of Thought will make browsing and searching through the Apple ecosystem seem intuitive and personalised because they will be intuitive and personalised. Thanks to the upcoming integration of AI technologies such as Google’s ‘universal search engine’ Gemini, users will finally get the recommendations they want instead of the links and information algorithms spit out because of some nonsensical algorithm. This is hopefully just the start of a new generation of AI-driven, context-aware Siri responses.
As Federighi’s announcement suggests, it’s going to be a transformative time for Siri – and then, perhaps, for all digital assistants, as they progress from being useful to insightful, from baffling to responsive, from maddening to… well, helpful.
With Google’s Gemini integrated on Apple devices, we are not only upgrading software, but reimagining the relationship between users and their machines, where not only the barriers between off- and online help services disappear, but also where that ongoing, fluid interface is designed to feel increasingly more natural.
Apple’s willingness to add Google Gemini to its ecosystem is more than an update: it heralds a vision of the future that arranges technology as an invisible, effortless, human-like online extension of mind. With an open-ended future before us, the possibilities are tantalising.
For diehard tech fans and consumers alike, whether the tech is a futuristic flying car or a life-saving medical injector, this is a potential new world of product offerings and business partnering that Apple’s devices can problematise.
The move is a signal that Apple is unequivocally committed to leveraging the power of technology to achieve ever more – and, in so doing, moving leaps and bounds into the future alongside its competitors and would-be partners.
Serving users is at the core of Apple’s philosophy; adding technologies such as Google Gemini to its ecosystem helps improve its products but also its users’ lives. Apple will always pursue better devices. It will also pay close attention to what’s coming next in technology and continue to create offerings that turn its hardware into indispensable parts of our contemporary lives.
To conclude, Apple’s incorporation of Google Gemini into its digital assistant suite speaks to a future path where technology and humanist design symbiotically converge, and where Apple doubles down on its commitment to leading the way in that fusion. We’re closer than ever to seeing a future where technology becomes more intuitive, conversational and – dare I say it – more human.
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