No one cares about AI on our phones. We just want better battery life. [Video]

Apple’s newest update, iOS 18, brought with it a long list of AI features, dubbed Apple Intelligence. Gemini Live is now available on Android phones, Lenovo created an AI-powered laptop, and Google can’t get enough AI in its search results, or its phones.

If you’ve looked around at phone updates recently and thought, “huh, that’s a lot of AI features — too bad I don’t care about that at all,” you wouldn’t be alone. According to a survey of 2,484 adults including 2,387 smartphone owners from CNET and YouGov, people aren’t ecstatic about AI on their phones.

A quarter of smartphone users reported that they “don’t find AI features helpful” at all while about half of respondents said they weren’t interested in paying a monthly subscription fee for AI capabilities. Meanwhile, about a third have privacy concerns about AI on their phones.

This changes a bit depending on generation, with younger people more comfortable and willing to spend on AI than older …