Hidden Siri-Powered AI Writing Menu Discovered in macOS Beta
A hidden Siri-powered AI writing assistant menu has been discovered in the macOS beta, which can be enabled via a Terminal command. This experimental feature displays a mini Siri icon when text is selected, offering options like proofreading, rewriting in different tones, and editing with Siri. This feature showcases Apple's ongoing integration of Apple Intelligence directly into the macOS user interface, hinting at a more streamlined, context-aware AI writing workflow. It gives early adopters and developers a preview of how Siri will interact with text across the operating system. The menu includes options for proofreading, rewriting (in friendly, professional, or concise styles), and editing with Siri, but currently takes up to 10 seconds to appear. Users can enable this prototype UI by modifying the system's FeatureFlags via Terminal and restarting their Mac.
## BACKGROUND
Apple Intelligence is Apple's suite of AI features designed for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, which includes system-wide Writing Tools to help users summarize, proofread, and rewrite text. FeatureFlags are system configurations used by Apple to hide or test experimental features in beta software before they are officially released.