iPadOS 18: a focus on AI
It’s impossible to look at iPadOS 18 without cribbing some features and expectations from iOS 18, especially given last year’s example. With that in mind, AI is likely to be a big thing for Apple in 2024. Hard details on iPadOS 18 have been almost impossible to come by so far, and while iOS 18 leaks are more readily available, they’re still few and far between. But AI is the common thread right now, and Apple knows that Large Language Models and chatbots like ChatGPT have started to become more popular — putting Siri to shame in the process.
With that context, Apple is said to be working on a new AI upgrade that will bring significant upgrades to Siri. Reportedly called Ajax GPT, The Information (www. theinformation.com) previously reported that the new language is a cut above what even ChatGPT can offer.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has also hinted that 2024 will be a big year for Apple in terms of its AI initiatives. What this will all look like in terms of features is less clear, however. Will Siri just get better at answering questions and interacting with people, or can we expect a big leap in its abilities? We might have to wait until WWDC in June to find out.
iPadOS 18: Journal app
Apple brought its new Journal app to the iPhone with iOS 17 last year, but the app was strangely missing from the iPad and Mac. That could well change in 2024.
The Journal app offers prompts for people who find it difficult to write journal entries, giving them ideas for the things that they could write about. In aid of that, the app offers up music they have listened to, places they have visited, photos they have taken, and much more as prompts.
The Journal app is the latest entry in Apple’s growing collection of health and mental health apps and services, and it’s a no-brainer that it will eventually come to the iPad. Surely, iPadOS 18 is the update that will see that happen.
iPadOS 18: What we’d like to see
It’s often difficult to predict what Apple will do with iPadOS for a few reasons, mainly because Apple doesn’t always seem to know what it wants its tablet to be. But with more powerful iPads expected to launch in 2024 and a new, larger iPad Air on the cards, I’d like to
