At its I/O 2024 conference on May 14, Google announced a swathe of new features and tools for users across its entire ecosystem, including Android, Google Workspace, and beyond. As you might expect, the event was laser-focused on the power of AI, and how Google’s Gemini (as well as a handful of other exciting tools) is helping to revolutionize how we interact with smartphones, the web, and the world around us.
The announcements fall mere weeks ahead of Apple’s own WWDC 2024 keynote, where the company is expected to unveil its new iOS 18 operating system for iPhone, as well as iPadOS 18, macOS 15, and watchOS 11. Just like Google, Apple is expected to go all in on AI. Apple AI, however, is not expected to be a major, distinctive product, but rather a series of under-the-hood changes and tweaks to various apps and features. Previous reports claim Apple will focus on tools that help manage your daily life,’ rather than ChatGP-like generative AI features. Indeed, Google’s own announcements this week came with several such quality-of-life improvements we’d very much like to see Apple leverage one day. Here are five announcements from Google I/O 2024 that Apple should borrow for its own products.
