When Apple first previewed its Apple Intelligence features this summer, I immediately spotted the AI-powered capability I wanted to take for a test drive first. Memory Movie takes a text prompt you've provided and combs through your Photos library, assembling a movie with images that match the criteria you've laid out. Memory Movie adds a soundtrack, too, drawing inspiration from your suggestion, and Apple even promises "a storyline with unique chapters based on themes" on its Apple Intelligence preview page.
To me, this sounded like the very best use of AI. Apple's Photo app already auto-generates movies — you'll find them in the Memories section of the redesigned iOS 18 Photos app — and they're one of my favorite ways to rediscover older photos I have stored on my iPhone. But Photos is whipping those up, all on its own. The Movie Memory feature promises greater control over the finished product but letting you provide the directions. I couldn't wait to give it a try.
