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Image Playground: What is it good for?
At their best, Apple Intelligence features either save me time or save me hassle.
There are a number of features like that courtesy of iOS 18.1.
These aren’t parlor tricks they’re useful tools.
That’s a fine concept, but in practice Image Playground leaves a lot to be desired.
It’s not that Image Playground’s output is bad, just limited.
If good Apple Intelligence features save me time, Image Playground does the exact opposite.
At this point, it’s wasting my time.
Is that hand gesture meant to be friendly or dismissive?
DID SOMEBODY JUST INSULT ME WITH A PICTOGRAM?
I see Genmoji adding a new layer of frustration to my life.
ChatGPT is an opt-in feature, thankfully, and that toggle is remaining off for as long as possible.
That means I can’t use Visual Intelligence, aGoogleLens-like feature that only works on the latest iPhones.
Writing Tools is a good example of that.
Not a great impression to give.
iOS 18.2 takes a step to correct this with an addition to Writing Tools.
That’s a step in the right direction.
Remember how I mentioned how much I enjoyed the changes to Mail at the start of this article?
It would be more accurate to say I enjoymostof the changes like the aforementioned summary tools.
My point here is Apple Intelligence is a grab bag.
Some of the features you’re going to like, some not so much.
For me, a lot of iOS 18.2 falls under the Not So Much header.
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