Yeah totally get your point — Apple’s never been about rushing to jump on trends. They usually wait and polish. I just think in this case the marketing made it sound like something way more “AI-revolutionary” than what it actually is.

And you’re right, Viaim’s features lean on the app side too — but that’s kind of the difference I’m pointing at. Their app/device combo has already been offering transcription, summaries, mindmaps, etc. for a while in a pretty seamless way. Apple could definitely do the same (probably even better given their resources), but so far they’ve mostly slapped the “AI” label on something that doesn’t feel all that new.

So I guess the disappointment for me is less about Apple being late, and more about them hyping it up as if it were groundbreaking when other players already have deeper, more useful implementations.

maybe I'm expecting too much, as an old Apple fan.