At this point with botched rollouts of MacOS 26, iOS 26, iPadOS 26, the Glass UI update and the utter debacle of Siri, Apple is in real danger of becoming in some ways of being looked at like Intel. An aging tech behemoth who makes some of the best slideshows and presentations on new technology but utterly fails to execute on the promised technology those slideshows present time after time.
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Some Apple Employees Have 'Concerns' About iOS 26.4's Revamped Siri
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Well…when you set up ChatGPT in Apple Intelligence that’s what Siri does. “Hey Siri…what are you exactly?” “That is beyond my scope of knowledge. If you like I can forward this question to ChatGPT. Would you like me to do that?”Oh, Siri? Who is Siri?
Have to ask ChatGPT...
Whether it's Siri or Apple Intelligence or both combined, it remains fascinating that the Cupertino company continues to underperform year after year.
No matter what one thinks of or cares about AI, this is making the company look bad.
It's only natural to compare them to the other giants like Google and in that context they are failing dreadfully.
It will be the same old Siri, just deteriorated by a few more months. Nothing to see here.
Privacy on the internet is an illusion so they really would need to have it all on device which just isn't going to happen unless it sucks balls as it currently does.
And it’s my fav thing they’ve released in ages. Actual innovation and exciting to use unlike everything else that’s getting stale
I have been in the Apple Store quite a few times since the VP was released and I have never seen a single person in the busy store at its table testing it. I think it is neat, but a flop. Maybe the software will eventually become relevant in a future a mass consumer device, but in its current form and price that won’t happen.
That’s a lesson that’s clearly taught wrong. However having said that maybe Apple needed to change course. But in some respects debating this is pointless because this is where we are today.
I was recently at the Apple store in the champs-Elyse and there a room filled with people for demos of the AVP.
Personally, I don't think the Vison Pro was as much of a flop as people keep saying. It was never intended for the masses - it was for those willing to test out the latest technology and go along with Apple on the journey. A true test and learn situation.
What was botched with the 26 rollout? I have had no major issues on my devices. Also, AI has not been a major hardware seller for Microsoft (most PCs purchased in the last year have minimal Copilot capability) and I highly doubt it will be for Apple either.
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Cool, I have not seen that in the stores near me (Chicago or Milwaukee) but maybe there is more interest elsewhere.
The fact that my 17PM/iOS26 runs much slower than my 14PM/iOS17 tells me 26 is pretty much “botched”.
Gurman’s endless negativity has always bothered me. Every paragraph in here includes a swipe. All for the well-earned criticism, but it's just tiresome. I know mostly everyone hates everything Apple: Tim, AVP, Liquid Glass, Apple Intelligence, on and on, but their revenue makes it seem like a lot of people don’t. Of all the aforementioned companies lapping Apple in AI, how many are making more actual money? Or even within striking distance? That may soon change, but will it be around March?
Would the good lessons learned also include the dozen+ flops its former visionary founder introduced?
True. Apple learnt you can take a dev kit for some early hardware prototyping you've done and sell it retail to Apple fans with more money then sense.
WWDC 26, we are going to talk a AI, that only Apple can’t do.
My 17PM with iOS26 smokes my wife’s 14P on iOS 18. My 16PM with the beta of iOS26 smoked my wife’s 14P with iOS 18. Maybe there is something wrong with your device. My M3 Mac and my iPad Pro M4 also run as well with 26 as they did before 26.