Interesting change in guidance for App Intents this year, probably in preparation for upcoming Apple Intelligence features. Direct quote from ‘Design App Intents for system experiences’:

“Previously, app intents were meant to be the most habitual tasks in your app that could be useful outside of your app. This meant an app was expected to only have a few app intents. In iOS 18, we’re changing this guidance to go beyond common functionality. Now, anything your app does should be an app intent.”

@mactanaka I LOVE this but am very curious how far certain companies are willing to go handing off behavior and functionality to the system, since the end result seems to be less interaction directly with the app. Especially with iOS 18
@notkoalas I think indie developers will adopt it, especially if users come to expect it. But bigger companies/apps like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram will have a hard time justifying it.