Apple was preparing a feature similar to the logbook, which would remember your daily activities and the people you met during the day. Everything would be stored locally.
“Jurassic” is the code name of the application currently being developed by Apple, the objective of which would be to allow you to keep a logbook which traces your activities and your moods of the day, according to internal documents analyzed by THE wall street journal. A concept that recalls that of many popular applications on iOS and Android, but which could be taken further thanks to Apple’s mastery of these products. Jurassicwhich probably won’t be called that, might automatically remember people you’ve passed by.
An app that could kill many more
To develop it, Apple is suspected of having drawn heavily on applications that already allow you to keep a daily diary, such as Day One, founded in 2011.
This practice of emulating existing applications for its own products is not new to the Apple brand, and it even has a name: “sherlocking”. It originates from a search tool called Sherlock, which Apple developed before Spotlight two decades ago. Copied by a more powerful software called Watson, Sherlock will finally be updated by Apple by taking over the more advanced functionalities of their competitor.
“It’s always the worst thing to hear you’re about to be Sherlocked,” has also admitted to WSJ Paul Mayne, the co-founder of the Day One app, who has since sold it. Three years ago, he was concerned that Apple’s support for his company seemed to be waning, with Day One, for example, being featured less frequently on the App Store than in the past.
A revolution for day tracking?
Installed by default on Apple products, “Jurassic” could determine what a typical day looks like for its user, by timing the time spent at home and elsewhere, and analyze whether a particular day falls outside this norm. By tracking nearby devices, the tool could also let you know if you’re currently near friends or co-workers – distinguishing between the two. He would also suggest writing notes on some personalized topics, for example, detailing your workouts if you play sports (we imagine he could integrate data from the application activity).
Jurassic could go even further by collecting data from calls and texts. According to the documents consulted by the WSJ, this information would be processed locally, then deleted four weeks later. Apple would not exploit this data and would above all create an ultimate tool to remember what we did the day before.
On June 5, Apple organizes its traditional WWDC keynote, where iOS 17 should be announced. It is this version that could add the diary to iPhones. Unless Apple launches it later.
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