Yes, the Apple Watch's New Audio Intelligence Features Really Are Always Listening to You
9 keynote, Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 12 and the Ultra 4, both of which will come with a feature that passively listens to your audio conversations all day and can summarize them for you on demand. It's part of a collection of features called "Audio Intelligence," but the two key features to consider here are: Live Rewind: If you double-press the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch, it will pull up a text snippet of your conversation over the last fifteen seconds. Siri Recaps: Your watch listens to your conversations and generates an AI summary of any of your transcribed audio at the end of each day.
- ▪9 keynote, Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 12 and the Ultra 4, both of which will come with a feature that passively listens to your audio conversations all day and can summarize them for you on demand.
- ▪It's part of a collection of features called "Audio Intelligence," but the two key features to consider here are: Live Rewind: If you double-press the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch, it will pull up a text snippet of your conversation ov
- ▪Siri Recaps: Your watch listens to your conversations and generates an AI summary of any of your transcribed audio at the end of each day.
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During its Sept. 9 keynote, Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 12 and the Ultra 4, both of which will come with a feature that passively listens to your audio conversations all day and can summarize them for you on demand. It's part of a collection of features called "Audio Intelligence," but the two key features to consider here are: Live Rewind: If you double-press the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch, it will pull up a text snippet of your conversation over the last fifteen seconds. Siri Recaps: Your watch listens to your conversations and generates an AI summary of any of your transcribed audio at the end of each day.
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