Everything Apple iOS 18 Will Do, Android Already Does
Everything Apple iOS 18 Will Do, Android Already Does
It's not all copycat features. In some cases, Apple makes it better for iPhone users.
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Android can do satellite messaging? Android phone makers are shipping on device LLMs?
I'm not an Apple fanboy nor do I use an iPhone currently but this headline is ridiculous.
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Satellite messaging is already available in Android 15 beta
Perhaps in software, but I don't think there is a current phone that has the hardware to take advantage. For now, this is essentially an Apple only feature. It's a pretty good bet we are going to see some flagships released with it in the next year though.
I know that Pixel 7's and above support it. There are Reddit posts showing they have the feature already. Satellite messaging is just using standard 4G/LTE from Starlink. I wouldn't be surprised if this is only an OS update away for most newer phones.
That's pretty cool, I assumed they needed additional hardware. Thanks.
Correct. It needs hardware and will only be on flagships, if the OEM includes it..
Another nice feature on the latest iPhone is the UWB chip egg even the older models have but now you can find another iPhone 15 user in a crowd if they share their location. The UWB chip will guide you right to them
I've wanted something like this for at least a decade for when my wife and I get separated in the Mall so that instead of calling her to see where she is (and she often doesn't hear it ringing) I'd be able to just use the phone to lead me to her... Pretty useful in real life. And it also works for your misplaced tracker tile, air pods, iPad etc
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And? How many android devices can you name that actually support satellite messaging today? When the feature DOES come on the android side, I imagine it is going to probably be flagship devices as well. Seems to be a silly thing to call Apple out for.
Its been on every Pixel since the 7 I believe, I realize that's only a couple iterations but its out there.
But is Android doing the on device LLM already? Because it sounds like they aren’t..
https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-get-gemini-nano-on-pixel-8-8a-3450466/
Pixel 8 pro already does. I'm not sure, but I think Samsung has something too.
I think Pixel 8 and 8a do too, or at least are capable, since they're the same chip. I'd check, but I put GrapheneOS on my phone so I don't have all of the Google stuff.
I don't see anything in the article regarding satellite messaging on the phone. As far as I am aware, the ability has been added to the latest beta software but no manufacturer has released a phone in the US with the hardware. I could be missing something though.
To be honest, saying Android has the feature feels like whataboutism since nothing meaningful has been released on android (yet) while Apple has definitely released a phone with the functionality. I thought this was previously available on Apple devices though, so not sure it really applies in context of the article since they're calling out the new iPhone update. But I may be missing something there as well.
I doubt it. The Pixels may be doing some but with Google I'm sure it's not much as they always prefer server side computing.
iPhone will definitely aim to do most of it on device and use the server as little as possible. Which imo is the way to go.
Android 15 beta... so it'll be available on phones, out of the box, without anyone having to build/install a custom, on phones actual normal humans buy in about 2030 then.
Android phone makers are shipping on device LLMs?
Do people actually want these?
Yes, in fact that is the only kind of ai i would ever use and entrust my data to. Not the apple one, but an open source model that is running only on my device and answering only to me; using the data I provide only for my interests? That one I would use.
I bet these LLM models wont be 100% locally hosted. I imagine some form of data will be piped back to a cloud server
Apple’s cloud model is built as secure as is possible with current tech.
"secure" meaning "apple sees all your data"
The data is unavailable to Apple.
I just honestly don't believe that.
Isn't Apple one of these companies that actually does not sell user's data?
So? I don't want apple themselves knowing my data either.
Is that why there are so many celebrity iCloud leaks floating around the internet?
It wasn’t a software issue, but a human issue. People got scammed and gave their logins away.
This system is built so that nobody can access it and they’ve went to extreme lengths to make it so. It’s also available for auditing, it hardware and software.
LMFAO
“It’s a very thoughtful design. Indeed, if you gave an excellent team a huge pile of money and told them to build the best “private” cloud in the world, it would probably look like this.”
- Matthew D Green, cryptography teacher at Josh Hopkins
You can go argue with him if you disagree.
LLM is AI correct? If my phone is going to do AI at all, I prefer it be done on device for sure. For privacy reasons if nothing else. But it's not anything I've really looked into. I have the S24 and the only AI feature I use is the Circle to search... which I don't consider to be AI.
LLM is a form of AI, specifically the text AIs like ChatGPT that have suddenly made "AI" a dinner table term. AI in some form or another is almost definitely being used in your device - even for things like filling in gaps in low-quality voice calls, and probably has been for a while. But the problem is that unlike those "old" AIs, LLMs require some significant power to run, so running them on phones will probably require meaningful trade-offs. But the increased security is also a meaningful benefit.
They add a kinda nifty "copy subject" option that is supposedly local AI stuff to the samsung gallery, fun to mess with
"Android phone makers are shipping on device LLMs?"
...yes?