Exactly ;-) Corporate talk and no concrete consequences in terms of accountability.
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Apple Reassures Siri Team Members Feeling Disappointed and Embarrassed by Apple Intelligence Delay
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Exactly ;-) Corporate talk and no concrete consequences in terms of accountability.
The Apple executive is projecting to the future. It,s the goal, the desire. In no way, shape, or form, was he saying that they were currently shipping the world's best.
Nevertheless, the MR naysayers would rather misread the article, set up a strawman argument, knock it down, and get their jollies deriding Apple and calling for firing. Sheesh!
Re-read it. He clearly admitted that it isn't working the way it should be. He never declared it is the “world's greatest virtual assistant”!
Now, as to the PR disaster, premature advertising, and bold assertions about Apple Intelligence, that's another story. It definitely wasn't very *intelligent* of them! 😂
Exactly. The problem is that the leadership is weak and soft and all they care about is that people at Apple are treated with a velvet glove. It’s like parents nowadays who are scared of their children. After Covid many people at Apple still don’t want to go to work. Tim Cook said something like most people are working from home at fridays and stuff like that. The only thing Tim Cook wants is to have a nice and pleasant working environment and products takes a second place. Tim Cook was so happy to fire Scott Forstall who with his brilliant team created the whole platform, but he needed to go because he was hard to work with. Like Steve Jobs was a pleasant man who hugged everybody. If Tim Cook applies some standards for him he should fire some people and maybe Mr. Federighi who is actually responsible for software development. But instead we get news that Craig raised concers about their software, which is funny because he’s the guy who manages the people and he’s making the decisions. So my question is, what is he doing at the company other than that he’s a good pal with Timmy. There’s something truly rotten at Apple. But it’s not the issue of today. Apple has been bad for a decade and it started with iOS 7.
Why are they focusing on Siri? We need more iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch versions.
I know, but as a Microsoft user all products I care about are turning to ****. And that’s the general sentiment among Windows and Office users.
It’s a bit similar with Apple. They are doing very well financially, but as an iPhone and iPad user the last few years have been quite disappointing.
John Giannandrea is literally useless and needs to be fired. He’s been there 6 years and Siri has not advanced at all.
Wow, this sounds like a Stuart Smalley skit from SNL. Yes, you missed ALL the deadlines and have embarrassed the company, but:
I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me
For me it's...
"Hey Siri, play [ XYZ ] " where XYZ = a song, artist, album, or playlist that is in my library
"I couldn't find [ XYZ ] on Apple Music"
"Hey Siri, play [ XYZ ] FROM MY LIBRARY "
"I couldn't find [ XYZ ] on Apple Music or in your Library"
< goes to iPhone, pulls up XYZ, sends it to HomePod >
"Hey Siri, what song is this?"
"This is XYZ" [ and then shares all the correct details ]
Yes WWDC will be very interesting. When I heard the rumor about the UI changes my first thought was they’re doing that to take the heat off the Apple Intelligence teams. Changing the UI would be a new shiny object everyone would focus on and forget about Apple Intelligence.
This happens all the time, including at Apple during the Steve Jobs era. Apple bet on digital video but instead digital music became a bigger deal. Apple pivoted and launched the iTunes Store and then the iPod. Admittedly, Apple faced relatively weak competitors back then whereas today’s AI startups have a lot of capital and talent.
You can’t be serious. Creating whole platforms like the iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad and with the creation of software platforms from scratch, etc… You really think that these things that Tim Cook only builds upon now were easier tasks? You just can’t be serious with this comment. I don’t believe you.
Though there's no reason at all that they couldn't put a full force effort into AR/VR and a full force effort into AI.
I'm afraid if we are looking for the person most responsible for this mess, it is Tim Cook. I'm very sorry to say this, because I respect him a lot, and I think he was the behind the scenes guy who was responsible for much of Apple's success under Steve Jobs. He was the one who turned Jobs' vision into finished products -- setting up supply chains, production schedules, etc.
I think the mistake was hopping on the AI bandwagon. Apple should have just kept saying that Apple is going to approach AI thoughtfully, adapting features that are useful and ready for the public, while keeping working on other features behind the scenes. That's what'll end up happening here in the end.
Whether this is a blip in Apple's marketing strategy, or the beginning of a fundamental loss in trust remains to be seen.
I had the pixel, but had to return it due to bad battery life hoping this year’s version will improve upon it
How many people works at Apple? 3 persons only? It sounds like that often, seeing how other companies are able to develop many quality products fast while Apple takes centuries to deliver any new feature or device. Years to develop a Mac Mini that have essentially the same components than other Macs? Decades to make Siri or Maps to work as expected? ( and not even get there )... They are the richest company in the world and can't even develop a single product fast and with quality... Incredible but true.
Google is kind of doing this with the Pixel feature drops. It feels like there's always something new to get so there's potential for even more marketing hype around it, in a more organic way too. This is in comparison to announcing the OS and its features and waiting until the .5 version of it 10 months later to have them. Of course, Apple Intelligence had to get announced. They looked very behind and it was very widely expected they'll announce it at WWDC. It would've broke the internet if they didn't.
Why semi intelligent adults are having breakdowns due to change of schedule is beyond me.