give me a summary of these topics: Apple Intelligence: Siri, App Intents, Core Spotlight
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Summary of Topics: Apple Intelligence: Siri, App Intents, Core Spotlight
Apple Intelligence: Siri
Apple Intelligence has significantly enhanced Siri's capabilities, making it more flexible and intelligent. Siri can now search data from your app using a new Spotlight API, which includes app entities in its index. This allows Siri to provide deeper and more natural access to your app's data and capabilities. Siri can also invoke any item from your app's menus and access text displayed in any app that uses standard text systems. This means users can perform actions like referencing and acting on text visible on the screen directly through Siri.
For more details, you can refer to the Platforms State of the Union (14:00).
App Intents
App Intents is a framework that allows you to define a set of actions for Siri, Shortcuts, and other system experiences. It enables your app to tap into Apple Intelligence, making it possible to integrate new writing and image generation capabilities. App Intents can be used to expose your app's core features to system experiences, including the action button, widgets, controls, and Siri. This year, new APIs have been introduced to index your app entities in Spotlight, enhancing its search functionality.
For more details, you can refer to the Platforms State of the Union (12:14).
Core Spotlight
Core Spotlight has been enhanced with new APIs that allow you to index your app entities, bringing powerful semantic search capabilities to your app. Spotlight can now offer quick access to common actions based on frequently used apps and show relevant content like weather conditions or recent search results. This integration helps users find specific notes, apps, shortcuts, and top hits more efficiently.
For more details, you can refer to the What’s new in App Intents (01:16).
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What’s new in App Intents
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