Some quick notes from watching the keynote today:

  • I like that they didn’t open with an over-the-top intro video.
  • Wait, did they actually show a spliff in the video?!
  • I was not expecting a slider for Liquid Glass!
  • Full resolution sharing in group albums is great.
  • The pano shots in visionOS look cool, and being able to make your own scenes is even better.
  • The trust and safety stuff is mostly irrelevant to me, but it’s awesome that they’re investing in it.
  • Good call showing Mike actually using Siri to prove they have it working—and I think it was in one shot, at least for that conversation. After last year, they needed to show it “live” somehow and I know this is not “live,” but I think it’s a good equivalent, given their format.
  • The black Siri UI coming out of the Dynamic Island doesn’t look great to me. I hope that changes over the beta cycle.
  • The Siri AI seems like a lot of “catching up to what should already be possible.”
  • I’m low-key excited about splitting the bill, even if the UI is stuck in Apple Cash.
  • “Notify Me” in Safari looks cool.
  • Automatically fixing passwords is awesome and I do not trust it… I’ll wait to see everyone else try it first.
  • Home notifications collapsing into a single one that updates is awesome.
  • AI to create shortcuts is great for everyone.
  • I thought Apple might stay away from photo-realistic AI photos… I guess not.
  • Interesting that they have higher requirements for certain Apple Intelligence features.
  • It was so short! Dare I say, demure?
  • The video at the end was fun—yay for callouts to Callsheet and Watch Duty!

And from the State of the Union:

  • Free Private Cloud Compute access for smaller apps is a great move.
  • Resizing apps through iPhone Mirroring is crazy cool.
  • Text selection improvements are nice.
  • Xcode themes are genuinely useful!