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Comparing Apple’s AI to ChatGPT or Claude is a mistake. Apple is not playing that game

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to whom They rule out Apple in the AI ​​raceeye. The company may have arrived late and it certainly may have little to show today, but its evolution over the last three years reveals three interesting things. The first, that Apple does have its own AI models. The second, that they are very far in performance from the best of OpenAI and Claude. Third, that may not matter at all. Three years of evolution. The trajectory of the technical documents shared by Apple in recent years reveals a series of more than relevant changes. In 2024 its initial proposal was limited to small models of about 3,000 million parameters (3B) specialized in solving basic tasks like generating Genmojis or text summaries. In 2025 the company launched its MLX framework to the developer community to facilitate the integration and use of local models. Now, in 2026, They propose a hybrid infrastructure based on a basic principle: Simple requests: they run in small local models on the device, you don’t even need an internet connection Complex requests: the system delegates the task to be processed in the cloud privately through Private Cloud Compute A (maybe) great idea: NAND can help. The most relevant milestone of Apple’s new approach lies in the design of its AFM 3 Core Advanced model. In today’s mobile phones we have a big bottleneck with the execution of capable (large) AI models because these devices have a very limited amount of memory (12 GB on some iPhones). To be able to fit a model with 20,000 million parameters (20B), Apple has decided to store that model in the internal SSD unit, not in memory. In the AFM 3 Core Advanced model the “experts” are in the mobile’s SSD. They are preselected and loaded into RAM to be used dynamically, optimizing model execution. Experts by prompt, not by token. It then activates a series of pruning techniques (Instruction-Following Pruning, or IFP) to activate only between 1,000 and 4,000 million parameters in a sparse manner (sparse), somewhat similar to what is done in models with Mixture-of-Experts architecture. But Apple selects these experts at the beginning of each prompt, not token by token, which allows it to avoid the slow bandwidth of the mobile’s NAND storage compared to its RAM memory. Privacy by flag. If for something Apple’s approach stood out from the beginning It was for his privacy.which is implicit when using local models. But if the request is complex, the system redirects it to the AI ​​models in Apple’s cloud, the Private Cloud Compute (PCC). Unlike other platforms and infrastructures such as those of OpenAI or Anthropic, conversations with Apple’s AI are encrypted and are totally private according to the company: this data is not shared with third parties (because not even Apple can see it) and it is not used to train its models. Five models with the help of Gemini. Although Apple is obsessed with total control of its products, this time had to give in and ally with Google so that their Gemini models could “show” Apple the way. The result is a third generation of models that are developed in collaboration with the Mountain View firm. We have five models in total: AFM 3 Core: 3B parameter dense model AFM 3 Core Advanced: sparse model of 20B parameters with activation of 1B to 4B parameters depending on the task AFM 3 Cloud: a powerful but also efficient and fast model that runs on the Apple cloud. ADM 3 Cloud (Image): for generating and editing images, the heart of both these options and the new Image Playground AFM 3 Cloud Pro– Apple’s most powerful cloud model is for autonomous agents. It has been trained with Google TPUs and runs on Nvidia GPUs within Google Cloud infrastructure Performance, an unknown. Unlike what other companies usually do when they present their models, Apple has not published metrics on known benchmarks. Instead, it shows “human preference” metrics in which it compares user satisfaction when using its models versus competing models. The comparisons are also with previous versions of these models, which does not clarify much what can be expected from them. But they are not in the race for the best model. In 2025 yes there was comparison with open weight models of that time (Qwen-3-4B locally, GPT-4o or Llama 4 Scout in the cloud) and then they seemed to be at a good level in reference to those options. Expect them to be behind the most recent models from OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google itself, and it’s unclear how they compare to the new Chinese open weights models. One thing seems clear: Apple is not very interested in having its own Mythos, at least for now. Your objective is different. Apple models from 2026 are “preferred” more than those from 2025. Logical, but also useless when it comes to understanding how good these models are compared to the competition. But integration is important. Apple’s big ace to compensate for this difference in capacity is that its models have full access to the user’s OS, apps and hardware. AFM models are integrated with iPhone camera sensors, notification history or local app permissions. This allows useful tasks to be carried out that an LLM that is “disconnected” from the hardware will hardly be able to replicate. Here the integration of the models with the hardware and software of the device is (or wants to be) fundamental. Beware of mediocrity. This approach focused on integration and privacy is especially striking and differentiating from its competitors, but there are risks. Among others, the product is limited by its functional capabilities compared to the competition. If local models do not solve and cloud models also do not behave reliably, Apple runs the risk of having an AI that is secure and private but technically mediocre in its responses. Siri has already been criticized for being especially stupid: Siri AI must precisely eradicate that perception. In Xataka | Apple has designed Siri AI so … Read more

Apple has designed Siri AI so that we can use the iPhone without touching it. I’ve been doing the same thing on my Android phone for months.

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A young Apple manager appears on the scene with a Profidén smile, very excited. “Siri is going to be much more conversational“he begins by saying. It refers, of course, to the new Siri AI that Apple has just presented. The hope—It has been difficult, we will see— is that finally Siri stop looking stupid. After talking about some of these options, the young man is encouraged to give a demonstration in real time. Press the side button and ask Siri about World Cup match planning for the first weekend. After a few seconds – the video is honest and reflects that Siri takes a few moments to respond, like any AI – the answer appears. The assistant suggests some dishes, but he thinks he remembers that someone mentioned a dessert from a friend. Siri, who has access to his messages and iPhone data, finds the answer and the young man asks him to plan the menu with that last dessert. You do so, and then ask Siri to set up a message to invite your chat group to the event. Soccer party set up. Everything seems to work, and it’s a relief, because this is just what one would have expected from Siri with AI. That’s the good news. The not so good thing is that this is actually latealthough as they say, better late than never: everything that the young man showed in that video we can do on Android phones thanks to Gemini for months and even years. I did the test on my mobile asking the same thing. It is true that it did not show me circular icons with the flags of the countries that face each other in each match (mini point for that Siri visual detail), but then I followed the same process. So, I asked him to recommend ideas for organizing a small party to watch one of the games with friends, and he suggested a menu similar to the one Siri proposed in the Apple demo. Then he suggested that I want to add the appointment to the calendar, and when I said yes, he told me to connect my calendar to Gemini, which I had not done yet, and the same thing if I wanted to invite friends to the event: he asked me for permission to access my contacts. Personally, I’m still not entirely comfortable with giving Gemini that access to those personal data on my phone, so the demo didn’t turn out as nice to me as it did to the Apple executive, but one thing is clear: the option is there if one wants to use it. The arrival of Siri AI, however, is great news, because it “normalizes” something that iPhone users inexplicably could not do when it had been available on Android phones for a long time. Copying Gemini is just what Siri needed Actually it doesn’t normalize it at all: European citizens will not have access to Siri AI on their iPhonesbecause Apple has indicated that the European DMA prevents it. Beyond the fact that this decision is motivated by much more delicate issues (such as the obsession with maintain full control of its platform), the reality for the moment will be that. But as we said, the arrival of Siri AI, although late, is very welcome because it confirms a paradigm shift that we are experiencing very little by little but that is infiltrating our lives: instead of touching our smartphone, we will talk to it. AI-powered conversational voice assistants, such as Gemini or Siri AI, will allow let’s do more and more things with our mobile without having to touch it. All you have to do is talk to it to ask for them, and AI models that are increasingly capable and have increasing access to the resources of our mobile phone—not only the data we store on it, but also its applications and services—execute those requests. Being able to customize Siri AI’s voice is a very strong point in this assistant. It is an evolution that is slowly and progressively creeping into our mobile usage routine. It also does so with continuous improvements both in the way of interacting with these AI-powered assistants and in the ability to personalize them. In fact, it was striking how Apple now offers a new voice for Siri AI, but above all it offers the possibility of modify that voice so that it has a different rhythm and expressiveness according to our preferences. The options shown by Apple are not at all new. We saw it when another Apple official asked, for example, that Siri AI search for information about an upcoming concert by a group in San Francisco or when it used the system’s “visual intelligence” to identify a place in a photo. All of this is basically a copy of what we already had on Android phones thanks to Gemini, and precisely that Google experience has been what Apple has taken advantage of to transfer all those capabilities to its devices. It’s good news. but maybe be more for Google than for Apple. In Xataka | Siri, help me commit suicide

iOS 27 doesn’t leave any iPhone behind, but WatchOS 27 can’t say the same with Apple Watches

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Apple held its WWDC 2026 conference yesterday and one thing must be said: it was less attractive than expected. Knowing that this is a software conference in which they were going to focus on the new features of iOS 27, macOS 27 and the rest of the systems for their devices, perhaps we expected something more. Clues about the folding iPhone, which will go a little deeper into each of the systems and some hardware updates for equipment like the Mac mini. However, Apple tiptoed around the software because it was dedicated to detailing two things: privacy and security controls for minors and lots and lots of AI. This is logical because Siri AI (which is how it has been renamed) had a lot to prove, but in the end The interesting thing is to know who will be able to use the new functions. And here is good news for iPhone users and quite bad for those who have an old Apple Watch. If you consider an Apple Watch Series 8 old, of course. Obsolescence at two speeds: iOS 27 vs WatchOS 27 During the presentation of iOS 27, those from Cupertino confirmed that no iPhone that had iOS 26 was going to be left behind. This was a surprise because Apple provides long-standing software support for its devices (traditionally, at least), but iOS 27 was expected to leave out the generation of mobile phones launched in 2020. However, it will not be like that and both iPhone 11 like him iPhone SE 2020 are listed as compatible with iOS 27. It is a surprise, without a doubt, and we are eager to see how the speed improvements that the new system will have thanks to better CPU optimization will affect these veteran devices. Now, one thing is that they are compatible with iOS 27 and another is that they all have the same iOS 27. Here there will be two speeds: From iPhone 11 to iPhone 15 Plus – Compatible with iOS 27, but not Apple Intelligence. From iPhone 15 Pro to iPhone 17e – Compatible with iOS 27 and Apple Intelligence. In the end, it makes sense, since Apple Intelligence has certain hardware requirements and older devices were not intended for this. The crucial difference in this is the RAM, with 6 GB for the iPhone 15 and 8 GB for the iPhone 15 Pro onwards. Another story is WatchOS 27. Apple tiptoed around the software of one of the best-selling wearables in the world, but right after the presentation we were able to find out the list of Apple Watches compatible with WatchOS 27. And the list is… short: Apple Watch SE 3 Apple Watch Series 9 Apple Watch Series 10 Apple Watch Series 11 Apple Watch Ultra 2 Apple Watch Ultra 3 At first, the Series 9 It seemed that it was left out of the equation, but it has subsequently been confirmed that it will be included because it did not make sense that, with the same SoC as the ultra 2you did not receive the update. Even so, This is a very short list That contrasts with what we have seen in the iPhone, especially for devices that do not add a multitude of functions each generation of software. But hey, it’s an Apple with two speeds in the software and if it now turns out that a three-year-old watch is old… well, that’s the way it will have to be. Images | Xataka In Xataka | AI has meant that so many apps have never been launched in such a short time. The problem is that almost no one is using them.

Apple attacks regulation in a harsh message

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In it WWDC 2026 celebrated today, Apple has presented Siri AIthe most ambitious version of his assistant to date. The assistant is now capable of maintaining fluid conversations, searching the user’s email or photos, act within third party applications and understand what is on the screen, something that represents a leap that many have been waiting for for years. However, European users with iPhone or iPad they will be left without this great updateat least for now. The reason: the European Commission and Apple have been clashing for months and have still not managed to reach an agreement. What is it that Europe is lost. Apple has turbocharged Siri with a good handful of AI capabilities. During the conference, the company has shown how the assistant can now track old messages, emails or photos to answer specific user questions, draft emails from scratch, understand the content that appears on the screen or search for updated information on the web. It also launches its own application where we can dive into the conversations we have had with the assistant, synchronized between all the user’s devices. On the iPhone, among many other capabilities, it is also integrated directly into the camera. On the Mac and iPad, Visual Intelligence finally arrives, allowing you to ask Siri about anything that appears on the screen. None of this will be available in iOS 27 nor on iPadOS 27 in the European Union. Siri AI will arrive in macOS, watchOS and visionOS in the region, but not in the two most used systems. The problem: DMA and an interpretation that Apple rejects. The Digital Markets Law (DMA) forces Apple to open its ecosystem to competition. The European Commission designated it as a gatekeeper in relation to iOS, the App Store and Safari in September 2023, and in relation to iPadOS in April 2024. And of course, opening its AI ecosystem is something that the company did not have in its plans. Apple holds that the Brussels interpretation would require giving any third-party AI system virtually unlimited access to the user’s device, such as reading and sending messages, making purchases, accessing files or executing actions in any application, all autonomously and without the user being able to monitor it in real time. The proposal that the Commission has rejected. To try to unblock the situation, Apple designed an intermediate solution that it called Trusted System Agent, an intermediary that would allow other virtual assistants to access the same functions as Siri AI, but with the security layers that the company considers essential. In addition, it proposed a gradual implementation plan of 18 months to give room to regulators and developers. The European Commission said no. According to Apple, none of its proposals were accepted. What Apple says. Craig Federighi, senior vice president of Software Engineering at Apple, declared be “deeply disappointed” that European iPhone and iPad users will not have access to Siri AI when the new software versions arrive. In the official statement, the company states that it will continue working to find a way, although it recognizes that, given the regulatory blockade, there is no scheduled date for Siri AI to reach iOS and iPadOS in the EU. It is worth keeping in mind that this story is Apple’s, since the European Commission has not made public its version of why it rejected this system. On the other hand, it is also clear that the company has an obvious interest in presenting this regulation as the obstacle. Conflicts. It is not the first time that Apple and the EU have clashed over the DMA, although this takes on a totally different color. Apple It even positioned itself on the side of Google last May when the Commission proposed similar measures for Androidarguing, according to Reuters collectedthat opening access to third-party AI systems would pose serious risks to user privacy and security. The EU, for its part, also concluded that month that the DMA has had a positive impactleaving little room for maneuver for Apple’s complaints to prosper before the regulatory deadline of July 27, 2026 expires. In the EU, with little news. European users with iPhone or iPad will start this fall with the usual Siri while the rest of the world debuts the new assistant. Apple has no date to resolve the blockage, and the Commission also shows no signs of giving up on its interpretation of the DMA. So everything indicates that we will have to wait to find out how this conflict ends up being resolved. Cover image | Apple and Guillaume Perigois In Xataka | iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max: everything we think we know about the new Apple phones

These are all the new features from Apple Intelligence and Siri AI that come to your iPhone with iOS 27

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We are going to tell you all the Apple Intelligence and Siri AI news that will come to your iPhone when it updates to iOS 27. Because the main protagonist of the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system is artificial intelligence, driven by the Gemini models, and which will revolutionize Siri. So that you understand everything that is coming, we are going to give you a list of all the new features, briefly describing each of them. And then, we will also give you the bad news about its arrival in Europe. What’s new in Apple Intelligence in iOS 27 Let’s continue with the list of new features from Apple Intelligence and Siri AI that have been presented by Apple. We are going to tell you in summary so that you can see and understand them easily. Apple Intelligence Architecture Apple Founding Models: Apple’s new AI models have been created in collaboration with Google. They take advantage of the technology behind the Gemini family of models by adapting it for use in local processing and on servers. Hybrid processing: Apple’s new AI will be able to work both locally on your device and in the cloud, using servers with Private Cloud Compute architecture to guarantee that the data you store is not accessible by Apple or third parties. Advanced local model: There will be a more powerful secondary version optimized for use locally on systems with the most capable Apple Silicon processors. This version will understand and generate speech, text and images with high precision. Multimodal and understands the context: The new Apple Intelligence is multimodal, that is, it understands text, image and video. You can also securely coordinate system capabilities through personal context, actions in applications (App Actions) and awareness of what is on the screen (On-screen awareness). Semantic Indexing: Integration with Spotlight to instantly search for old or new content locally on the device. Siri AI New Siri: Siri is officially renamed Siri AI. The Apple assistant becomes an artificial intelligence assistant, and becomes powered by the new Apple Intelligence architecture. Coherent Conversational Experience: Allows you to have fluid conversations with Siri, speaking to her and receiving detailed responses. Interactions are saved privately and synchronized via iCloud in the new app. New dedicated Siri app: Siri has a new standalone app on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to improve the way we interact with her. Visual Redesign: More fluid interface than on iOS allows you to swipe down from the Dynamic Island to write to you directly. In visionOS it is presented as a 3D visualization that can be placed anywhere in space and activated just by looking at it. On macOS you can also invoke it from context menus or Spotlight. Enhanced System Dictation: Great increase in keyboard precision, respecting spellings, punctuation and capitalization thanks to the integrated advanced model. Personality settings: Siri has a new, more natural and conversational voice. But you will also be able to customize it to adjust your personality, speed or type of voice. Integrated into the search engine: Siri is also integrated into the search engine. When you type a request, it will be detected as something for AI and Siri AI will respond. Visual Intelligence: There is a native Siri mode in the iOS camera app. It allows you to take a photo of what’s in front of you and get detailed information about whatever, ask for recipes, get nutritional information. You can even scan an account and split the payment. Writing and Creativity Tools Siri in writing: Siri has the ability to generate texts from scratch in any app on your mobile or Mac, describing what you need in natural language. In Mail and Messages, adapt your tone by mimicking how you usually communicate with a specific contact. Automatic System Correction– Apple Intelligence automatically reviews and corrects writing in the background in almost all apps, including third-party ones, without additional steps. An integrated concealer. Evolution of Image Playground: Image generation improves in quality, including styles such as photorealism. It does this with a model in Private Cloud Compute. It allows you to apply styles to photos in your library and edit them using natural language or touch gestures. Intelligence Applied to Native Apps Safari: AI can automatically classify and organize open tabs by theme or topic. Also the function of monitoring web pages using natural language and notifying if something changes. In addition, it allows you to create custom extensions describing in natural language what you want the tool to do on the web. Passwords: Allows you to automatically update eligible accounts to give them strong passwords with a single touch. The system autonomously navigates the website in question safely to apply the change. Only if they are compatible. Shortcuts: Creating shortcuts is made as simple as possible. Now you just have to describe the automation you want in natural language and Apple Intelligence brings together all the steps and applications required to build it. Photos: Advanced editing with distraction removal in complex scenes with more realistic backgrounds. You can also stretch the edges of an image to change the aspect ratio or straighten horizons using smart generation. Additionally, you can change the three-dimensional perspective of an already taken photo using local spatial models, recalculating the angles of the scene as if you had physically moved the camera sideways or down when shooting. Integration at Home: Siri AI will also work at Home, and will integrate with smart speakers. Siri AI will not arrive in Europe (for now) Siri AI and all the new artificial intelligence news will arrive with iOS 27. However, They will not reach Europe because Apple fails to comply with European legislation. EU law forces Apple to allow any third-party assistant to do the same as Siri AI, to don’t make users only have one optionand can choose from others available. Apple hides behind the fact that allowing other AI apps to access your apps, read your messages, modify files or make purchases for … Read more

Apple has already sold so many iPhones to adults that it’s now going after kids. Convincing their parents first, of course.

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Apple is celebrating with its WWDC 2026. It is the big software presentation event and those at Apple have not wasted any time, presenting iOS 27 and all your news at the beginning of the appointment. However, they have not started with the long-awaited new Siri (Siri AI, from now on), but by delving into the privacy of your system. And not in general terms, but delving into something very specific: child safety and more parental control. It’s a strange way to open a software presentation where everyone is waiting for details about Apple Intelligence, macOS and the rest of the software for the Apple family, but it is something that makes a lot, a lot of sense with that obsession about which Apple has been building a discourse for years. That of security and privacy as a strong selling argument. iOS 27 with strong parental controls. Maybe too strong I don’t have children, but I am too involved in the day-to-day life of video game controversies like ‘Roblox‘ and social networks so that, if I have children, I would be concerned about their privacy. Every now and then a new hotbed of online predators is uncovered with information that makes you want to leave the Internet forever. It’s not an idea that I dislike, but for whatever reason I have to stay online. The fact is that I’m older and quite skeptical of everything I receive on my mobile. Be Natalie on Telegram who doesn’t know me at all, but already loves me madly, or someone who sends me the opportunity of a lifetime by email. But children and adolescents can be much more exposed. That’s where those predators come into play. many times they roam freely by social apps and games and, as I say, Apple has spoken very early in its presentation about privacy and parental control of the iPhone and other devices in the ecosystem. Does a stranger call you? Notify your parents so they can do the appropriate thing. What they have announced is a package of new tools so that parents can not only better control how much time their children spend on their cell phones, but also to better manage who their children communicate with. That is, I am one of those who thinks that education plays a crucial role so that the minor does not spend the day glued to the phone, but if someone wants to send inappropriate content through networks or messages, then education takes a backseat because it is the minor who suffers a direct attack. And that’s where the new protection package comes into play. The ‘Communication Safety’ layer will continue to warn and blurring images and videos that may be considered inappropriate (nudity, for example), but now it also better identifies content that may contain violence. Do you want to enter a new site that is not authorized? Ask permission and a notification will appear on your parent’s device. This adds a layer of security that is very interesting to limit the content to which minors may be exposed. Craig Federighi, head of software engineering at Apple, said the goal is to give parents “powerful, easy-to-use tools to help manage what kids can see, who they can talk to, and when they have access.” The company has assured that they are following a series of guidelines and recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which directly states that children under 13 years of age should not have access to social media apps. Notice to know at a glance the approved apps. Although the tools they have presented sound very interesting and can be helpful, I think the best thing they have shown is that everything seems easier to use than before or that in other operating systems whose options may be more hidden or more cumbersome. Allowing easy access to these tools is important for parents to use them actively, controlling both their children’s time with the device and, above all, with certain apps. The censored message. And, obviously, it is one more way to reach a new audience. If years ago they already showed up showing the benefits of the Apple Watch SE like the devices so that the little ones in the family were located, these new security functions are one more argument for parents buy your children an iPhone as that first smartphone. They do not hide, stating that there are many advantages in children having their own device to be connected and available in the Search app, but they know that there may be people sending inappropriate content and that minors themselves have an infinite range of apps that perhaps they should not access. In addition to the options most designed to directly protect the minor, there is also the list of apps that they can or cannot use, as well as screen time. Again, nothing new because there are other companies with parental controls, but Apple has something unique. Because other companies have not been present at an event with global reach to sell the benefits of their parental control system, but Apple gets tired of selling iPhones to adults every year and knows that there is a juicy piece of the cake if it enters the pockets of children. And by convincing parents that their device is the safest, they have gained much of the ground. In Xataka | iOS 27 update: which iPhones it comes to, how to prepare and how to update

Follow the Apple keynote and the news of iOS 27, Siri and more live

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June 8 is coming and that means two things: that it’s starting to get hot and that we have an Apple event. As is tradition, the apple company has summoned us today in Cupertino for the WWDC 2026, the event for developers where it presents its latest software developments (and, for some time now, artificial intelligence). Of course, from Xataka we will be at the foot of the canyon covering it live both in our live page as on our YouTube channel. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time. We leave you the schedules by region here: Spain: 19:00 (18:00 in the Canary Islands). Mexico: 11:00 AM Colombia: 12:00 AM. Venezuela and Chile: 1:00 PM. Argentina: 2:00 PM. WWDC 2026, live What we hope to see In all of WWDC there have been, for a couple of years, two things: new versions of operating systems, of all; and some artificial intelligence. Surely today we will see iOS 27 and its brothers for iPad, Mac and Watch and other devices, although no big news is expected in terms of functions. What’s more, this year’s systems are expected to be “a bit Snow Leopard,” that is, transitional versions focused on polishing and purification of what already exists. After all, it was in iOS 26 when Apple made its big leap in terms of design, so it wouldn’t make sense to do it again this time. On the other hand, it is expected that artificial intelligence will be the main protagonist. Not because there is going to be a groundbreaking announcement, which maybe, but because Apple has had a pending task for two years: deliver the new Siri and, therefore, vitaminize Apple Intelligence. Let us remember that at the beginning of the year Apple joined forces with Google to be able to use the Gemini models and their cloud technology. Today, possibly, we will see the materialization of that agreement. In short, everything indicates that it will be a WWDC 2026 focused on fulfilling promises rather than teaching new things. As far as hardware goes, it would be strange as long as there were no major leaks or rumors. Now, it is worth keeping an eye on iOS 27 for one simple reason: what it can (or cannot) tell us about the much-rumored foldable iPhone What we expect for this year. We will clear up doubts in a while. Image | Apple edited by Xataka In Xataka | Follow WWDC 2026 live

“How do I turn off post-workout effort ratings on Apple Watch?”

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One of the directions that smart watch manufacturers are following to make their products more useful for our daily lives is to guide us in helping us with our exercises and workouts. But what happens if in their desire to give us all the information they end up bothering us? Sometimes they may show summaries related to our training which we prefer to deactivate. This is one of the questions that a xatakero asked us in our Discord who decided to take advantage The Officeone of the advantages of Xataka Xtraour subscription to access exclusive newsletters, raffles, promotions and other exclusive advantages. In this case, what we offer is a direct line with us to resolve questions like this. The xatakero who consulted us told us that his Apple Watch makes effort evaluations every time he finishes an exercise, and that he could not find the option to deactivate them. This is what I answered myself, and that, being an editor at Xataka Basics, I am very used to solving and guiding these types of problems. The question Hello. I need help setting up something on the Apple Watch. When I released the watch I configured a lot of aspects, as we all have done. One of them is the assessment of effort after performing an exercise (for example: after doing 30′ on a stationary bike). Well, it turns out that it becomes very difficult to make an assessment every time you finish the exercise. How can I eliminate that step and have the exercise end without further ado, without asking for an evaluation of the effort? Thank you. Our response Effort summaries are a relatively new option with which the Apple Watch tells you whether you have exercised hard or it was a lighter workout. The option to disable them is a little hidden, but we still gave it to you. The option that must be deactivated is “Effort reminder”. You will find it in the app watch of the iPhone where you configure the Apple Watch. Within this application, enter the section trainingwhich appear with the icon of a running person. Once you are inside, go to the section Reminders and deactivate the option Effort reminder. Do you have more questions like this? The subscribers of Xataka Xtra You can send us your questions and our team will respond personally. And if you are already a subscriber, remember this advantage and that you can ask us whenever you want.

Apple develops the anti-theft function that was missing from the iPhone

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Unfortunately, having your cell phone stolen It is a situation that many people have had to suffer. If, in addition, the theft has literally taken your phone out of your hand, not only will you be scared, but the thief will also get your phone unlocked and can access all your apps. Apple is working on a feature to prevent precisely this Theft detection. The information comes from the internal iOS code to which 9to5mac has had access. It details a function that will detect when an iPhone has been taken from its owner’s hands, automatically blocking it. It doesn’t prevent it from being stolen, but at least it makes it inaccessible, something that may deter some thieves. How it works. This function takes advantage of mobile sensors such as the accelerometer to identify the typical “pull” in this type of quick theft, causing the mobile to lock immediately. To determine that it has been a theft, take into account other factors such as the distance to a paired Apple Watch or whether the device is in an unknown location. Android already had it. Surely many of you are thinking about it since you read the headline and indeed it is: Apple has not invented anything. Google presented this feature at Google I/O in May 2024 and implemented it at the end of that same year. It does exactly the same thing: it detects when the phone is “torn” from our hand and blocks it. Why is it important. That Apple is going to arrive later does not mean that this function is not important, especially considering that iPhones are the favorite target of thieves. There are no statistics broken down by type of mobile phone or by type of theft, but In 2024 the OCU mentioned that in Spain around 250,000 mobile phones were stolen a year, so a function of this type will be very useful for many victims. Protection in case of theft. Apple already has this feature in case of theft that applies measures such as requiring Face ID authentication to perform certain actions and applying a security delay when making critical changes such as changing the Apple ID password or changing the passcode. It lacked extra protection in case our cell phone was taken away while it was unlocked. It’s unclear if it will arrive with the next iOS 26 update, but the fact that it’s in the code indicates that it shouldn’t take too long to arrive. Image | Xataka with Gemini In Xataka | Up to three years in prison for stealing a cell phone: the new law that wants to punish thieves who steal again and again

look at Apple out of the corner of your eye

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2026 will be a great year for Android. With Google giving the final touches for the final version of Android 17the system is being drawn as one in which all those small weaknesses that it once carried are being diluted. The last of them is “Continue On”, a function that separated – by far – iOS from Android, and which makes it quite clear that Google wanted to look askance at Apple to make its system what it always wanted. What is this. One of the compelling reasons for betting on iOS and not Android, historically, has had to do with the “ecosystem.” And it’s true: if you use iPhone and Mac, it’s a real treat to have a universal clipboard. The tasks we start on one device can be continued on the other and, ultimately, you feel like you are using a single product. Through its website for developers, Google has quietly announced Continue On. It is a feature that allows Android users to launch an app on one Android device and continue the activity on another Android. So that. In its first phase of development, this function is mainly designed so that we can use an application on our Android mobile and continue using it on a tablet. Of course, it will be necessary to have the app installed on both devices with our account synchronized. If you do not have the app installed, it is possible to open the task in the web browser. Being an API, the function in its initial stage will mainly work with Google apps, and developers will decide whether or not to implement it in their apps. The year of iOSization. All operating systems draw from others. All you have to do is see how the customization benefits that iOS boasts have been on Android for years. However, 2026 is a year in which Google seems to have wanted to focus one by one on those aspects that worried Android users and that could make them opt for the rival system. Universal clipboard continuity function Agreement with Meta to finally put an end to the poor quality of Instagram uploads Universal Android Compatibility Less control over installation of external applications (APK) to improve security. Transparency effects as a design language Additional security measures good times. Android has reached a point of maturity in which it practically only needed to refine some of the points that Google has touched on with Android 17. The problem of fragmentation It still seems unsolvable, but we have increasingly clear reasons to think that it is a round system. The final version is yet to come, and it is more than likely that there will be small changes under the breech that we do not know about yet. The final version is expected to land on the Pixels starting in June. And from there, we will have to wait. In Xataka | The list of requirements for Gemini Intelligence is so long that even many Google phones are left out

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