Apple Releases First visionOS 2.4 Beta With Apple Intelligence, Spatial Gallery and More

[BarrettF77]

Was hoping for other apps that are already available on the iPad like Contacts ability to do folders things that are more basic rather than the stupid push for Apple Intelligence, which everybody turns off. Apple yet again proving they’re spending development time on things that don’t matter.

 

[axantas]

Seriously, who writes and sends an email from a headset? 😂 It’s about 10x quicker from any other Apple device

Me - hope you allow me to do that - taking my own decision regarding the use of a computer device. Thank you.

I even met someone some time ago, who lacks certain skills and is absolutely thrilled about the new opportunities...

 

[jaw04005]

I went through “Apple” apps on the App Store and Image Playground was there to download.

It installed automatically after all the Apple Intelligence models unpacked and processed.

Took about an hour or so after beta was installed.

 

[basehead617]

Spatial Gallery sounds so awesome! Exactly what I was hoping they'd do someday -- not all spatial content needs to be a 15 minute film.

 

[Jeehut]

That’s more an EU thing than an Apple thing. They require things other regions don’t, so additional steps are required to be taken before releasing products/services to the region.

That was a false alarm. I’m sorry for that. I forgot that I was still on an iPhone 14 Pro, no AI support here.

As for the EU requiring more stuff: While that‘s generally true, it’s not something hindering innovation like AI. It’s more about responsibility, which Apple thinks about already. Them not releasing Apple Intelligence was simply a childish move to take revenge on the EU because we forced Apple to allow innovation through competition with alternative App Stores.

All this "EU regulation is bad" news on US media is a political ideology driven by billionaires who want more and more power that gets out of control. This is not a good thing for the average consumer. Some regulation is good. Just look at how everyone is happy about USB-C. Apple wouldn’t have done it without the EU. No chance!

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Seriously, who writes and sends an email from a headset? 😂 It’s about 10x quicker from any other Apple device

Eh, about the same with a keyboard. Not too much worse with dictation. Bigger question, who emails?

 

[Unregistered 4U]

it’s not something hindering innovation like AI.

It’s not a hindrance to the technology, a hindrance to what a company is allowed to do with it. Not too many years ago, the EU told Apple the rules they have in place for the App Store and all that was fine. Apple implemented the App Store in the EU according to the EU’s requirements and everything was fine. No one could have expected that the EU would come back and say “That thing we explicitly approved? Not approved anymore, now there’s a whole new thing!’

So, companies accustomed to the EU sticking to their business agreements are, expectedly, shy about exposing themselves to more fees simply by having a feature available in the EU. It makes sense that they allow the EU define “what’s going to be ok not just for now, but into the future” before recklessly releasing features into the region.

I saw an image the other day, though, imploring folks in the EU to use EU derived solutions (with a list of those solutions). Then, they wouldn’t have to worry about any American App Store.

Apple wouldn’t have done it without the EU. No chance!

Apple helped CREATE USB-C and, in 2012, said that Lightning would be the connector for a decade. Don’t see why anyone was surprised that USB-C on the iPhone came out in… 2023. When was the EU’s deadline? End of 2024.

Even by the time they passed the legislation in 2022, due to the lead time required for ANY iPhone to be released, Apple was already designing the SoC that would implement the feature that they helped to design and were one of the first to put on devices. By the time 2024 came around the tech world had already moved to USB-C, the EU was just closing the door behind them. The EU brought about the “success” of alternate App Stores. They had nothing to do with the implementation of RCS OR USB-C (other than to change their minds from microUSB to USB-C).

 

[Jeehut]

Don’t see why anyone was surprised that USB-C on the iPhone came out in… 2023. When was the EU’s deadline? End of 2024.

Apple is still selling the iPhone 15 on their website as a cheaper option even though it was released last year. That’s exactly why they had to move to USB-C in 2023 to be able to sell those devices still in 2024. Perfectly aligned with the EU requirements, just in time. So yes, it was because of the EU! 100%.

And of course before making any decisions, legislations are being discussed way up-front with companies in a democracy like the EU. So Apple knew way before what was coming and was able to plan accordingly. Whenever they don’t comply or ship later in recent years, it wasn’t because of missing clarity of regulations. It was simply to take revenge, like a child, that there are regulations at all.

I’m not saying every single rule makes sense. But in general, some rules are needed to protect consumers. Getting rid of all rules means allowing few powerful companies to rule the world. Which inevitably leads to less innovation.