Apple today announced “Audio Intelligence,” a new suite of Apple Intelligence-based features for Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 that use the built-in microphone to help users capture missed moments in a conversation and stay aware of important sounds.
Apple Watch Audio Intelligence includes four features:
- Siri Summary: Uses ambient listening to generate high-level notes from conversations, such as takeaways from a team meeting or parent-teacher conference, producing an Apple Intelligence-generated title, summary, and key points that can be viewed in the Siri app.
- Live Rewind: Allows users to “go back in time for 15 seconds”, transcribing and displaying what was just said in a conversation by double-tapping the Digital Crown.
- Shazam: Automatically identifies music playing nearby and displays the song title and artist on the music recognition widget in the Smart Stack.
Apple emphasized that Siri Recap is optional and configurable, telling users that they “control whether and when Siri Recap takes notes.” Users can configure it to always listen or schedule it for specific contexts, such as only at work or never at night, and can turn it on or off at any time from Control Center. Apple reiterated that none of the Audio Intelligence features create or store audio recordings, with raw audio processed in a secure proprietary isolated on the S11 chip and deleted immediately after use.
Audio Intelligence and Siri AI both require an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone, with Live Rewind and Siri Recap limited to iPhone 16 or later (excluding iPhone 16e).
The features will arrive in beta later this year, starting in English, with other languages to follow, and will not initially be available in the EU.
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