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Apple Intelligence adds Smart Reply to Mail, saving you from writing tedious work emails
Are you *yawn* tired of *yawn* repeatedly writing boring *yawn* work emails?
Bet your bottom dollar youre not alone. Aside from letting you record telephone calls, Apple Intelligence comes with (what Apple calls) incredibly useful and relevant features. The brand new AI technology has been the talk of the town since information about it first started trickling down to the laity. You may find it useful when writing emails.
Apple Intelligence includes Smart Reply feature in Mail app
On September 9, 2024, Apple announced that Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system, would start rolling out with iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.
The iPhone 16 can also do Intelligence.
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Among its features are a few changes to the standard email app. One is Priority Messages, which understands the content of emails and selects time-sensitive messages it thinks youll want to read first.
On top of this, email contents will be summarised by the AI, conveying the most important information of each instead of previewing the first few lines.
Meanwhile, Smart Reply gives you suggestions for a quick response and lets you know if there are any questions in the email youre responding to that you havent answered in your reply.
The result should be that it takes a little less time to respond to emails, and you might have to do a little less thinking about how to phrase your responses.
For anyone who uses Google Mail, a version of this has been the norm for some time. Londons Evening Standard notes that its reminiscent of GMails smart reply tool, but with added context.
Mixed reviews so far for Apple Intelligence
It hasnt been out for very long, but a few outlets have published in-depth and/or considered reviews of Apple Intelligence.
The Evening Standards review concludes that while it has some quirks, ultimately theres no compelling use case for it.
One Axios writer was left excited for the future but not particularly impressed with the present.
Tech Radars senior AI writer was massively put off by its notification summaries feature, describing himself as freaked out, even if the whole package made for a great experience.
A Vox technology correspondent seemed grateful that this particular AI rollout doesnt appear to threaten our very existence, instead playing the humble role of useful addition.
Even through the unfinished glitches, he writes, I can see how Apple Intelligence will change the way I use my iPhone and my Mac. Its a subtle, meaningful shift, although not life-changing.
For anyone without an iPhone, it is even less life-changing. How it plays out in the long run remains to be seen.
