Apple introduces a new journal app that is a dedicated element of iOS 17 named “Journal,” the company announced at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today. The new app was created to allow users to keep an eye on their daily activities with a format that’s like the popular journaling apps that are available on the market at present, such as Days One. Journal allows you to record your thoughts and actions on a regular schedule.
By using machine learning in the device machine learning, your iPhone can provide you with personal suggestions of events to help you write. Suggestions are derived using information stored that you have on your iPhone including your photos, locations music exercises, and much much more. Users can decide what they wish to include when they allow suggestions, and they can choose which suggestions they wish to store in their journals.
You can set notifications to be sent at the beginning and close of your work journaling day, to encourage you to keep it in mind and to inform you when fresh ideas are made available. Apple states that Journal is specifically designed to keep your notes confidential, using on-device processing, complete encryption, and the option to secure your journal.
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iPhone users have used it for a long time specific apps to journal as well as the Notes application, which allows users to record their experiences throughout the day and to record memories. The company has launched a separate area for users to journal.
Apple’s entry into the journal market will surely cause a stir among app developers, who often claim Apple is “sherlocking” popular categories of apps in reference to the company’s inclination of borrowing ideas from the community of app developers and partners. It’s important to note the fact that Apple is currently subject to DoJ examination for anticompetitive conduct on the App Store as well as in its various other practices in business.
This announcement shouldn’t be a complete surprise as Bloomberg published in the last few months in which Apple had plans to release a separate journaling application. The announcement further expands the company’s efforts to expand its presence to expand its efforts in the physical and mental healthcare technology industry.