Apple’s long-awaited iPad mini 7 is back, equipped with artificial intelligence features. However, as Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports, this update, which comes with Apple’s artificial intelligence platform Apple Intelligence, may not be impressive enough to make you say “wow” at first. Here are the details…

The Apple iPad mini is back after years with an artificial intelligence upgrade: But the real surprises are yet to come!

Inside the new iPad mini is an A17 Pro processor and 8 GB of RAM, meaning it’s as powerful as last year’s iPhone 15 Pro. However, just five days after the launch on October 23, the Apple Intelligence platform will kick in.

So in the first phase, these AI capabilities may be a bit “bland”. For example, only features like notification summaries will be available at first. This is a bit behind the AI capabilities offered by competitors like Google and OpenAI.

Gurman states that Apple’s artificial intelligence efforts are at least two years behind the features offered by Google, OpenAI and Meta. In fact, according to Apple’s own internal reports, OpenAI’s ChatGPT can correctly answer 25% more questions and answer 30% more questions than Siri.

However, Apple should not be dismissed out of hand. According to Gurman, Apple may be considered to be lagging behind in this race, but he reminds us that the giant brand was initially behind in other areas such as Apple Maps. With its massive resources, strong brand and broad device ecosystem, Apple has the capacity to bounce back quickly.

The company plans to bring AI capabilities to its other devices, such as the Vision Pro, and not just the iPad mini. It’s also thought that these AI features could be used indirectly on Apple Watch, meaning notification summaries will be available directly on your watch.

The big AI update will come with Apple Image Playground in late 2024. So, while AI capabilities may not be reaching their full potential at the moment, Apple is likely to make a major AI breakthrough in the future.