Discover ways to slash your shopping costs and vacation expenses using clever Apple 'AI strategies' on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Apple's Built-in AI: Transforming Everyday Tasks
Apple's latest devices are packed with AI-powered features, turning everyday tasks into effortless experiences. Let's explore some of the ways you can harness this technology on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
Trick #1: Bedtime Stories
Transform storytime for your little ones by creating rough sketches in the Notes app on your iPhone. Simply write what each drawing represents, tap the AI button in the Apple Pencil menu, and circle your creation. The AI will bring your drawings to life, turning them into polished illustrations that will delight your children.
Trick #2: Holiday Planner
Need help planning your next vacation? Apple's AI can assist with that too. Ask Siri for a specific trip request, like a three-day hiking trip in the Cotswolds, and let Siri send the request to ChatGPT. The itinerary can then be dropped into a document, and a fun AI pic can be generated using Apple's Image Playground feature.
Trick #3: Sketch Expert
If you're an artist at heart, Apple's AI can help polish your sketches. Draw a shape like a square, circle, or star, and leave the Apple Pencil tip pressed to the screen at the end. The AI will neaten it up for you, ensuring your creations are perfect.
Shopping Made Easy
Visual Intelligence, a feature great for shopping, can be activated through the Settings or your Action Button. Snap a pic of an object, and the AI will identify what it's seeing and then show you a load of places that you can buy it online. This feature works well for collectible toys, clothes, and furniture.
Clean Up Your Photos
The built-in Photos app has a feature called Clean Up, a handy way to scrub unwanted objects from your photos. To use this, go into the photo, tap on the edit button, and then choose the Clean Up option. Tap on, rub over, or circle the object that you want to delete, and it should vanish from view, replaced by what the AI thinks should've been in the spot.
Quick Note Illustrations
There's another handy tip for illustrating your notes quickly: drawing a rough circle will snap to become perfectly round in an instant. This also works with drawing arrows.
Supported Devices
Apple Intelligence, which enables these AI-powered features, is supported only on select recent Apple devices with advanced chips. These include the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, all iPhone 16 models, the forthcoming iPhone 17 series, iPad mini with A17 Pro chip, iPad Air with M1 or newer chips, iPad Pro with M1 or newer chips, MacBook Air/Pro with M1 and later, iMac/Mac Mini with M1 and later, Mac Studio with M1 Max and later, Mac Pro with M2 Ultra, and the Apple Vision Pro headset running visionOS 2.4.
Older iPhones without the A17 Pro or later chips, iPads with older chips, and Intel-based Macs do not support Apple Intelligence due to the significant processing power required for its AI features, which are designed to run mostly on-device to protect privacy.
With these AI-powered tricks at your fingertips, you can streamline your daily tasks, create stunning art, and plan your next adventure with ease. Enjoy the future of technology, right in the palm of your hand.
- By utilizing the Image Playground feature on your smartphone or tablet, you can generate amazing AI-generated pictures to complement your holiday planner.
- The integration of artificial-intelligence technology in gadgets like smartphones and tablets is revolutionizing everyday tasks, making it quick and effortless to identify objects for shopping and clean up photos with the built-in Photos app.
