Get Apple Intelligence early

Apple Intelligence is out, and if you’re brave enough to download the latest developer beta, you can start playing around. (Of course, you must have a relatively new device to run it on — see the post for details.)

This first release of Apple Intelligence is rather basic, but also surprisingly deep.

A bunch of the marquee features shown at WWDC24 haven’t been rolled out yet — including the smarter “Siri 2.0” — but there’s enough to get a tantalizing glimpse at what is coming up.

Here’s how to get started.

Also in today’s newsletter:

• An auction of Apple memorabilia includes Steve Jobs’ famous bomber jacket — the one he’s wearing in the famous “flipping IBM the bird” photo.

• Apple reports its spring results this afternoon after the closing bell, and all signs point to a blockbuster quarter after 18 months of ho-hum performance. If you’re tuning in to the analyst call, here’s a refresher on all the financial jargon.

• Yeah it’s vintage, but it’s still a great machine: Get a 13.3-inch, grade-A refurbished MacBook Pro with Touch Bar for less than $400.

• Right after yesterday’s leak of the purported iPhone 16 colors, we get a new leak showing the potential colors of the iPhone 16 Pro Max. The big change? A much blacker black option.

• Yesterday’s poll about the best iPhone 16 colors got hundreds of votes. Guess what the favorite color is? See below.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

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Today’s poll

Results from yesterday’s poll: Based on the iPhone 16 dummies, which color would you choose?

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