The MacRumors Show: Apple Intelligence Comes Under Fire

On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we talk about Apple's recent announcement that several of its most highly anticipated Apple Intelligence features are to be delayed.


Last week, Apple quietly announced that it is further delaying some of Siri's ‌Apple Intelligence‌ features that it expected to release in iOS 18. The functionality includes wide-reaching enhancements to ‌Siri‌ that leverage personal context and onscreen awareness to take complex actions in apps. It was unveiled as a key part of ‌Apple Intelligence‌ at WWDC in June last year, but has yet to be seen outside of Apple's pre-recorded demo videos and a series of now-pulled TV ads.

This week, Daring Fireball's John Gruber penned a blistering attack on the missing features and Apple's management decisions, triggering a wave of subsequent criticisms and calls for Apple CEO Tim Cook to directly acknowledge the situation. We reflect on the delay and the unusual circumstances surrounding the features, pondering how this happened and what it means for Apple going forward. The MacRumors Show also has its own YouTube channel, so make sure you're subscribed to keep up with new episodes and clips.

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Top Rated Comments

Expos of 1969 Avatar
9 weeks ago
Hartley is bang on. At the 20 minute mark he states what many people who are not Apple blind defenders have known for some time. The walled garden is full of decay, dead roots and it is time to prune right from the top.
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
klasma Avatar
9 weeks ago
Thanks @Hartley for remaining candid with the very valid observations.
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Kylo83 Avatar
9 weeks ago
Hartley was 100% correct. As an Apple fan I’m sick of all of this.
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
hagjohn Avatar
9 weeks ago
Dan, you are protesting too much. Hartley is right on this. Apple has failed on Siri AI and you should be able to say so without all the protesting and parsing on your part. Don't be the guy who is an apologist for Apple. Problem is Apple is delaying more and more features over the past couple of years because it can't keep to its schedule.

I didn't finish watching the video. It got to cringy. Sorry.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DanteHicks79 Avatar
9 weeks ago
Gruber was spot on in his analysis. It bugged me to no end that the i16 ads were hyping features that weren't even released in beta at the time. It felt like smoke and mirrors, except they were showing the smoke and mirrors, and not even trying to disguise them.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Expos of 1969 Avatar
9 weeks ago
Hartley killed it in this show. His comments on Visual Intelligence.....spot on. It looks likely that Dan will give him his walking papers after this episode. No problem Hartley, get your own show :cool:
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)