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The Apple Watch Takes Minutes, Having Already Counted Every Step
· New York time
Apple's watchOS 27.3 beta includes Siri Recap and Live Rewind, two Audio Intelligence features first revealed alongside the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4. Owners of recent compatible watches can try them by installing the beta. When Siri Recap is enabled, Apple Intelligence can generate a title and key points for a conversation. Users can later find those summaries in the Siri app. The feature is still in testing, so the current offer is a chance to try the tool rather than a promise that every watch owner already has it. The idea shifts the watch further from a device that records movement toward one that helps its owner revisit a conversation. Instead of checking whether the rings closed, a user can check what was said. It is a small screen with increasingly ambitious duties. That ambition has a funny office parallel. The watch began as the colleague who stood nearby counting laps. Now it wants to join the meeting and provide the notes afterward. The wearer still has to decide when to enable the feature and what to do with the result, but the wrist has plainly applied for a promotion. Its job description now includes remembering the conversation as well as reminding everyone to stand.
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