5 small but clever Apple AI features that actually look useful

PCWorld highlights Apple's practical AI features launching this fall, including Visual Intelligence for scanning restaurant bills and splitting costs via Apple Cash. Call Context uses Apple Intelligence to automatically display account numbers and confirmation codes during customer service calls, eliminating awkward pauses. Apple Wallet now offers a "create a pass" tool that generates digital passes from physical cards using barcode and QR code scanning. Apple mostly steered clear of the big, dumb AI announcements we often see at the big tech keynotes -- you know, things like AI pop song generators, AI-generated avatars, and virtual AI try-on tools that make for great headlines but aren't all that practical. OK, so Apple did indulge in "look at this!" AI tomfoolery, like photo-retouch tools that can wipe groups of people out of the frame and a revamped Image Playground app that can essentially deep-fake your friends (ugh). That said, Apple also unleashed a series of smaller Apple Intelligence and Siri AI features (all due to arrive this fall) that might actually be useful on a daily basis. Here are five of my favorites.