'Suggested Genmoji' Are Coming to an iPhone Near You

[MacRumors]

Apple wants users to look again at their use of generative Genmoji in iOS 27, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

‌Genmoji‌ is an Apple Intelligence feature that lets you use AI to generate all-new emoji characters based on text input. All ‌Genmoji‌ generation happens directly on-device, but the feature has had a rocky run.

Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says that the generated images often looked nothing like Apple's polished marketing examples, and the underlying models were demanding enough to heat up iPhones and drain their batteries.

Apple has apparently made some tweaks so that no longer happens, while also adding a new supplementary feature.

"Suggested Genmoji" will reportedly offer you custom emoji ideas automatically based on your media and text history, rather than you having to think them up yourself. The feature is said to be optional in the next iPhone and iPad software update.

Gurman says a new toggle in the Keyboard settings of iOS 27 reads: "Suggested Genmoji are created from your photos and your commonly typed phrases."

iOS 27 will be previewed at WWDC next month, with a public release expected in the fall.

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[SkippyThorson]

Smiling strawberry is an industry game changer, but what’s really going to set the bar is smiling cheeseburger.

 

[DocMultimedia]

What Genmoji does Gurman have? A blindfolded mule flinging darts all over the place?

 

[matttarantino]

I like how they're still investing resources into this bloat they can't even release siri 2.0 or fix basic iOS bugs

 

[CarAnalogy]

Here's a suggestion: stop adding so many suggestions.

 

[Ctrlos]

There will be the usual sarcasm but Genmoji aren't actually that bad. Throw a picture of yourself in and all of a sudden you have a much more personalised chat between you and your partner. Its sweet xx. Apple are the only company that does silly little things like this that actually make little differences here and there. Most people won't be happy until the iPhone is somehow $10, plays PS6 games and solves world hunger.

Their biggest problem is WhatApp insists on posting them as full stickers rather than integrating them as unicode. This needs sorting.

 

[Kirkster]

I opened the Genmoji App once by mistake, thought well let’s give it a try since it’s open. Yea, have not opened it again. Pointless for me, lots of better things Apple could be working on.

 

[GeoStructural]

What Genmoji does Gurman have? A blindfolded mule flinging darts all over the place?

In the man’s defense, he started bring very accurate years ago, but then he shoot himself on the foot by signing a deal of producing these “predictions” and “analyses” on a weekly basis ($$$). Even if he really has insiders in Apple or the factories, that comes with all the inaccuracies you allude to, supply change decisions can change, the teams involved probably meet bi-weekly during the year and perhaps more frequent near product launch, but still he’s going to catch a lot of misinformation.

 

[pbau]

Honestly, this is not that big feature that they focus on for 2 years.
It should be baked into the keyboard as an additional option / tab in the emoji tab... not a whole app and 40% of marketed AI tools from Apple.

They can do better i know... or at least i hope!

 

[petsk]

Must be the dumbest feature so far.

 

[SilmarilFinder]

what a waste of resource and effort

 

[avkills]

This is the dumbest thing I have read. If anything make it a separate downloadable app for free on the App Store.

What the market needs right now is a super robust consumer OS that has zero AI and zero fluff. The hard part is going to be getting major software vendors to code for it.

Linux is not the answer because it is open-source so there really is not a dedicated support system for it. Linux is great for enterprise stuff because those applications have dedicated staff to work out kinks and stuff.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

I wanted to like Genmoji but simple descriptions got crap results and detailed descriptions basically got “I’m sorry Dave I can’t do that.”

 

[I7guy]

I like how they're still investing resources into this bloat they can't even release siri 2.0 or fix basic iOS bugs

Correct. Apple single threads its resources and iOS 27 development is being held up because the ”suggested genmoji” team is running late. /s

 

[I7guy]

This is the dumbest thing I have read. If anything make it a separate downloadable app for free on the App Store.

What the market needs right now is a super robust consumer OS that has zero AI and zero fluff. The hard part is going to be getting major software vendors to code for it.

I disagree. There are people who want ai and want fluff. The operating systems of the day are super robust.

Linux is not the answer because it is open-source so there really is not a dedicated support system for it. Linux is great for enterprise stuff because those applications have dedicated staff to work out kinks and stuff.

 

[triumvirate]

Apple wants users to look again at their use of generative Genmoji in iOS 27, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

‌Genmoji‌ is an Apple Intelligence feature that lets you use AI to generate all-new emoji characters based on text input. All ‌Genmoji‌ generation happens directly on-device, but the feature has had a rocky run.

Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says that the generated images often looked nothing like Apple's polished marketing examples, and the underlying models were demanding enough to heat up iPhones and drain their batteries.

Apple has apparently made some tweaks so that no longer happens, while also adding a new supplementary feature.

"Suggested Genmoji" will reportedly offer you custom emoji ideas automatically based on your media and text history, rather than you having to think them up yourself. The feature is said to be optional in the next iPhone and iPad software update.

Gurman says a new toggle in the Keyboard settings of iOS 27 reads: "Suggested Genmoji are created from your photos and your commonly typed phrases."

iOS 27 will be previewed at WWDC next month, with a public release expected in the fall.

Article Link: 'Suggested Genmoji' Are Coming to an iPhone Near You

“… rather than you having to think them up yourself“.

You know, in a normal world, that could be a concerning statement.

 

[TVreporter]

The dozen or so people who use this regularly will be thrilled …

 

[avkills]

I disagree. There are people who want ai and want fluff. The operating systems of the day are super robust.

Fluff is what makes OS systems slow and inefficient. I do not think I have seen anyone post that they wanted "fluff" in their OS.

🤷‍♂️

Can AI actually do anything without access to some sort of data base? In my opinion the usage of more and more AI is just going to increase the speed that which the human race keeps getting dumber and dumber.

 

[iDento]

If you’re having a bad day, remember that someone had a job at Apple and he got fired because he leaked a smiling strawberry emoji.

 

[Octavius8]

Really poor idea and worse implementation.
Who wants to put those that kind of images in their chats?. Even if it worked fine.
Absolutely useless.
Make it easy to find memes or stickers!!!!

 

[serpico007]

Glad I have Apple Intelligence turned off so I don't need to see this pop up ever.

 

[nt5672]

Man I was so excited that I went to the Applications folder on my up-to-date Mac and sadly could not find a Genmoji App. Why would I do this on my phone when I have a perfectly good, fully stocked computer to generate my custom emoji. What a half-brained idea. My whole day is ruined.

 

[Corefile]

Am I the only one who thinks that things like this are pure bloated trash?

 

[MNJohn]

Apple: “We can’t fix Siri so we add all this other dumb sh*t”.

 

[I7guy]

Fluff is what makes OS systems slow and inefficient. I do not think I have seen anyone post that they wanted "fluff" in their OS.

🤷‍♂️

Can AI actually do anything without access to some sort of data base? In my opinion the usage of more and more AI is just going to increase the speed that which the human race keeps getting dumber and dumber.

The fluff is the fun stuff. Don’t want strip the operating system morning stuff. What I don’t want is inefficient coding.