Apple rolls out beta testing for Audio Intelligence features on Apple Watch

Live Rewind can be triggered by double‑pressing the digital crown, showing a text snippet of the last 15 seconds that disappears after 30 seconds unless saved to the Siri app. Siri Recaps creates short sentences and bullet points about dates, pricing or tasks, which can be saved to Notes or exported to the Journal app and are deleted after seven days if not kept. Apple says the system runs on the S11 chip, a secure enclave, and Private Cloud Compute, with encryption end‑to‑end and no impact on battery life.

The rollout follows privacy concerns around AI wearables, and Apple emphasizes that the features do not identify speakers, store raw audio, or record when headphones or noise‑cancellation are active, aiming to balance utility with user privacy.