@jarrod Siri + Spotlight in macOS. Finally! But not for iOS/iPadOS? Would be nice there too.

@jarrod I appreciate that they’re showing the actual wait time for Siri to work on these things. It’s not instant, but also not egregiously slow.

@jarrod Whoa! That fine-grained Siri voice customization is excellent. So much better than just choosing between several options.

@jarrod I expect the the “AI” in “Siri AI” to be dropped within two years.

@jarrod That new Siri design/animation is so good. Seemed like everyone liked the colorful frame design more than I did.

@jarrod If I had been playing the Rickies, I would have predicted that Mike Rockwell presents the new Siri. I’d have gotten the point. (Boo for calling it “Siri AI”. We don’t need “AI” in everything.)

@jarrod A second on-device model for supported devices? Newer devices get a better model?

@jarrod Realistic image generation. Boo. 👎

@jarrod Google’s Gemini get’s a shoutout for the foundation architecture.

@jarrod Okay, let’s see if they can land this Apple Intelligence plane. It’s been circling for two years.

@jarrod Maybe it’s the people going about their business in the background around Apple Park, but this is the most human and personable Apple Event in a while. Strikingly different than Google’s IO.

@jarrod I must say, I’m so glad I’m not a parent and have to manage all these Screen Time settings.

@jarrod Those app icons do look much sharper. 👍 from me.

@jarrod WHOA! Spatial panoramas as custom environments in visionOS. That’s awesome.

@jarrod Liquid Glass updates. I like what I’m hearing. Toolbars, sidebars, and corner radius improvements are all very welcome on macOS. Didn’t think they’d actually do a slider!

@jarrod LOLz pretty good macOS naming gag for Golden Gate.

@jarrod HDR looks awesome from the apple.com screen on Studio Display XDR.

@jarrod Craig’s looking a little shaggy this year.

@jarrod Siri and Apple Intelligence get top framing. No surprise there.

@numericcitizen Yikes! Glad she got help
quicky, and hope for a speedy recovery. Also good to know that the safety tech works. Best of luck to you guys. 🤞

@matt_birchler Favorite TV screen in the house, for up to a movie’s length before my eyes get dried out.

@donnydavis

@mgs Think Different, indeed

@quiddle From what I can tell, they don’t really have different templates anymore. It’s all built around their (worse, IMO) “fluid engine”.

@jarrod Oh good, the Flickr block is unreliable, and doesn’t let you select an album. It’ll just show everything from your photostream. Why is Squarespace so bad now!?