Genmoji are a complete waste of time. Apple should be concentrating on real issues.
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Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.3 With Genmoji
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Apple needs to be sued for this crap right here, why do you need a (Mac with Apple silicon) for Lock Screen Notifications, summaries and italicized text?
This update introduces Genmoji, powered by Apple Intelligence, and also includes other enhancements, bug fixes, and security updates for your Mac.
- Genmoji creation in Messages and other apps
- Calculator repeats the last mathematical operation when you click the equals sign again
- Easily manage settings for notification summaries from the Lock Screen (Mac with Apple silicon)
- Updated style for summarized notifications better distinguishes them from other notifications by using italicized text as well as the glyph (Mac with Apple silicon)
- Notification summaries for News & Entertainment apps are temporarily unavailable, and users who opt-in will see them again when the feature becomes available (Mac with Apple silicon)
Some features may not be available for all regions, or on all Apple devices.
For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit: https://support.apple.com/100100
This update introduces Genmoji, powered by Apple Intelligence, and also includes other enhancements, bug fixes, and security updates for your Mac.
- Genmoji creation in Messages and other apps
- Calculator repeats the last mathematical operation when you click the equals sign again
- Easily manage settings for notification summaries from the Lock Screen (Mac with Apple silicon)
- Updated style for summarized notifications better distinguishes them from other notifications by using italicized text as well as the glyph (Mac with Apple silicon)
- Notification summaries for News & Entertainment apps are temporarily unavailable, and users who opt-in will see them again when the feature becomes available (Mac with Apple silicon)
Some features may not be available for all regions, or on all Apple devices.
For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit: https://support.apple.com/100100
Disagree - I find them fun and use them all the time. I think it's the kind of whimsical feature Apple used to do all the time to surprise and delight users.
Those are all Apple Intelligence features that require Apple Silicon to run....
I use at most around 10 different Emoji. I'm not into them so what is the clear benefit? I don't use a lot of the apps supplied with the OS such at News, Stickies, Stocks etc etc etc. My use case is probably very different from yours. vive la difference.
I get a lot of "Sorry can't do that", the list of restrictions for Genmoji must be thousands of pages long.
I also like how I'll type a request in, it will think for a sec, and then just kinda give up and not do anything.
It's quickly going to become Abandonware like Photobooth.
There was no clue on either of my two M4 series Macs or M1 Mac with the MacOS RC 24D60 that an update was available to download.
Yes. This looks like the LAST version of macOS ever. Now that there is no need to release more emoli, what else will Apple do?
Ok, I guess there is still room for major innovation. They can change the "roundness" of the corners of on-screen windows
there won't be if build is same and in this case it is so you won't see it
only the ios 18.3, ipados 18.3 and watchos 11.3 have builds different to the rcs this time
so if you install rcs in those cases only will you see the update this time
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Instead of releasing things like this, they should push an update to either remove the Movies and TV apps from AppleTV or better: revert us back to using those apps and remove the crap TV app they are forcing us to use.
That would be a way better use of Apple's time!
That would be a way better use of Apple's time!
I think Apple is lying about needing neural engines and machine learning accelerators for something so simple as Lock Screen notifications and italicized text, seems like simple script code to me.
I’m no Master programmer by any means but i know a few things and this smells like planned obsolescence and capitalism greed by shoving new hardware in your face for diminishing returns.
I remember when Apple used to innovate instead of copying XKCD.... https://xkcd.com/1813/
It's analyzing the content of the notification and (when it works) intelligently summarizing it. When it works well (which, to be clear isn't frequently) it's amazing and a lot more than displaying notifications and italicizing them. If you're suggesting Apple is lying about how that feature works and they aren't actually doing AI to do it, I am pretty sure that would be a massive news story.
Based on your signature, your Mac is between five and six years old at this point - the idea that it wouldn't be able to run features that require AI shouldn't be surprising, especially considering the performance gains from Intel to Apple Silicon and the neural engine included on all M chips. While Apple is certainly guilty of locking out features to encourage upgrades, I don't think this is one of those instances.
I updated my iPhone on which I had had AI turned off and the iOS update did not enable it. Just updated one of my three macs and AI IS enabled by default.
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Likely they coded that AS machine language only. Yes make life harder for non AS Mac’s.
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I am in the EU and—
–and I can’t tell you whether Genmoji works, because I disabled Apple Intelligence and I hope it deletes its bloat, but if it doesn’t show up on your Mac, you probably need to enable it. Settings > Siri & Apple Intelligence. I don’t know why it’s fine on Macs, but not on iPhones.
Yes, both my Mac and iPhone have never had Apple Intelligence enabled. Updated both and they are both now enabled by default. Should be opt in. I've now got crap software on my Mac I can't get rid of :-/
Because the Mac isn't a gatekeeper platform under the Digital Markets Act but iOS/iPadOS are gatekeeper platforms. Apple is taking longer releasing it presumably to ensure Apple Intelligence isn't going to run afoul of that law.
There's an off switch in Settings for both Mac and iPhone