24 hours with Apple Intelligence: Heavy on the Apple, light on the Intelligence

At long last, the day has come — Apple Intelligence has arrived. Alright, some of Apple Intelligence has arrived for US-based users who updated to iOS 18.1 and hopped on an additional waitlist. But I digress. After having had my iPhone 16 Pro for over a month, I guess something is better than nothing. When I saw that my phone was ready for the update, I jumped at the chance to try Apple’s long-awaited response to Google’s Gemini Nano and Samsung’s Galaxy AI. After all, I figured Apple would have a good level of polish to its chosen features after making us wait so long for them, right? Well, here’s how my first few experiences with Apple Intelligence have actually been going.

Siri is… somehow more annoying