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Apple Intelligence to Generate Playlist Artwork in iOS 18
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The playlists I made for the past 6 months or so are stuck with generic Apple-supplied Gradient Imagery. There only ~9 options, and they all look depressing, IMO. The 10th option is to supply a photo from my library.
I'd prefer the 4-album-cover thumbnails as my playlist headers.
Would you prefer they put out unfinished code? Or maybe wait another entire year to release it. Their approach is right because things released when ready and NOT tied to annual release dates.
Not on any iPhone but the most expensive, top of the line devices. iOS 18 feels like nothing new on any other iPhone.
I am ALL for this if it replaces the horrible Artists Photos which barely work.
Two phones and two MacBook Pro's All with the exact same iTunes library render drastically different results when it comes to Artists Photos. The stupid "mic" icon has plagued Apple for at least 10 years.
Two phones and two MacBook Pro's All with the exact same iTunes library render drastically different results when it comes to Artists Photos. The stupid "mic" icon has plagued Apple for at least 10 years.
Yes ... but even better, knock off the forced annual iOS "updates" would solve it all even better
**** a bunch of AI imagery no one asked for. Jeeze Apple, how 'bout lists and views FREE of pointless animation and giant space-wasting graphical b.s.? How 'bout tabs so to keep the local library and the store open side-by-side? How 'bout back and forward buttons that put the view back where you LEFT IT? How 'bout compact lists views that I can sort the way I want to browse, not the way some avacado-pleasuring, granola-choking, sandle-wearing pipskweak invented to make his job seem relevant that quarter. On desktop Music app, too, dammit. Not that I'm bitter, or anything.
Lol big huge world out there sir with many different likes and dislikes. It doesn’t appeal to you? So what?
@ipaqrat
Well said!
Apple has so lost focus that I don't think they even know the correct general direction to take things anymore.
Well said!
Apple has so lost focus that I don't think they even know the correct general direction to take things anymore.
How about using a little of that Apple Intelligence by removing the silly 24-bit/48kHz limit and support common sample rates of 96-192kHz which has been available in DACs for the last 25 years?
They’re just looking for anywhere in the system they can shove AI stuff. Do they really not have human artists they can pay? I think I’ll hold on to my 14 Pro as long as possible.
My playlists have been generating a standard color background instead of the 4 first songs like it used to, ever since iOS 17 was released.
Not sure if that’s a bug or intended.
Not sure if that’s a bug or intended.
"Somebody's 10%" that's how Google works, not apple. This is jumping on the AI train and throwing junk at the wall and seeing what sticks.
It's not made specific for Apple Music. Image Playground is part of the "iOS editor tools" so to speak, just like emoticons. Apple develops Image Playground once, and it will be used all over iOS, iPadOs and macOS.
I have use case for this. I have a playlist of Italian songs. Now the artwork is just the album art for the first song I added. It would be nice if Image Playground could create an Italian flag as artwork.
All major IT companies have a form of 10%. https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/12/3637786/apple-blue-sky-program-employees-personal-projects
It seems to be an intentional "upgrade" since iOS 17.1. It's also on my Mac, so I assume it's Sonoma too.
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/25/ios-17-1-release-date-new-features-fixes/
iTunes used to have a Genius playlist feature. Man, I really miss the old iTunes.
The Genius feature is still there in Music on the Mac.
This is actually a good thing to me. Apple seem to have removed the system that made a collage from the covers of individual songs in the list, now it just creates these boring things:
48 kHz is a common sample rate, and the standard for many professional applications. 192 kHz has been common in terms of availability in equipment, but its actual use in everyday audio production and consumption is much less frequent. Not to start an audiophile battle... I see 192 kHz in settings:
Lots of people are doing it on Udio and the results are hilariously entertaining and funny.
She looks like she's being held hostage. I can't believe anyone at Apple saw the example images they wanted to use and said "yep, looks good! people will be very impressed!"
I do believe this is something we should be able to do in Apple Intelligence at some point in the very near future, if it's not in the first iteration.
As far as I remember, they haven't really talked about it regarding the Music App, but it's a logical step to take.
This is also the kind of thing that could be released in a .X update.