Is it wrong the iPhone’s AI battery management is the only WWDC rumor I’m excited about?

AppleGlobal Developer Conference (WWDC) launches next week – But if I am honest with myself, I find it hard to worry about it. I used to watch the emissions with an impatient anticipation of what the new goodies would come to my Mac in next year. But in recent years, a large part of the features highlighted have fallen into the marked bucket “Wait, couldn’t you already do that?” or the one marked “Well, it is not one thing I am will use. “”

This does not help the rumor that announcements for this year are mainly things that I know that I will not need to get involved. The strongest rumor is a Pro-inspired vision of the user interface To bring the iPhone, iPad and Mac online with their The youngest brother. Coherence is a good thing to aim, but Apple will justify this change by saying that it is shocking to switch between the platforms. I cannot say that I have never had a problem, and my concern is that Apple will forget that each of these devices is different and works in a different way from their comrades.

If a promise is made too often, there is a risk that you will stop believing that it will never be held. Apropos of nothing, Apple will do the iPad more useful as a productivity tool. Rumors suggest that slates will get better multitasking and application window management to make it more mac-esque. But unless iPados get the type of radical changes that will make it work much more like macOS, nothing will change. And I doubt that Apple would bring a real multitasking to the iPad, lest it will eat in Mac sales – not to mention the constraints of its form factor.

As a person who is aggressively indifferent to the generative assistants of AI and voice, the adjustments of Apple’s intelligence and Siri leave me just as cold. I am not sure I would never want a Gussey Up model recognition algorithm that writes messages and emails in my voice. I am not with the idea of ​​using generative AI to create images. I prefer to stay in the real world. Of course, I am a young man who shouts on a cloud, I don’t care.

According to Apple, I am clearly in a minority because the only time I get involved with Siri is by accident. I can think, type and operate a much faster phone than I can say aloud “hey siri, decrease my lights in my living room by 50%”, so the slowness of the speech annoys me. Of course, I would like a virtual assistant who was as qualified and imaginative as a flesh and blood person who could gather all my data, organize it and keep me on the right track. But I don’t think we are close to this point, and Apple failed to deliver On its promises in this area more than once.

The only rumor functionality that excites me is the “propelled by AI” Battery management mode For iOS 19 (or 26, As rumors indicate). I say “fueled by AI” because I don’t know how much we need to open an algorithm that follows your user models to make energy saving adjustments. But this is the kind of functionality which, if it is capable of making significant improvements to the longevity of the iPhone, could be transformer.

After all, as a relatively heavy iPhone user, I rarely find my device lasts until the end of the day without charging load. This is not a new problem either, because the iPhone battery has been dull since the launch of the first model in 2007. In a world where most Android combines boast of the battery life for several days, the lifespan of the iPhone battery remains embarrassing. Yes, you can take this as a not too subtle excavation at the rumor thin and the light iPhone air, Which seems to me to be the most blatant waste of imaginable development resources.

Perhaps it is a sign of my subconscious frustration with Apple that she feels so obliged to advance rather than put away behind her. I Grouvé last year That the company has paid so much attention to the addition of multi -reckless recording to vocal notes despite the fact that the functionality is already in Garageband. I would like nothing more than Apple to do what he did in 2009 with Snow Leopard and in 2017 with High Sierra. In these two cases, the company has chosen to focus on storage of the existing code to make it smaller and execution faster rather than complement with new features. This, for me, seems to be a much better use of Apple time than repainting the home screen with more snazz icons.