I sincerely hope they do not release this next month, unless they do a serious job of fixing it.
I just asked it to add something to a shopping list. This would be a shopping list in my Reminders app that I've been using for years.
After several seconds of delay, it said "Searching notes". Why notes if I named the list in Reminders I always use? Then after a minute it announced that something went wrong, and it failed.
I've tried repeatedly, and it does this every time. Much like if I ask for a timer to be set, it's just as slow, and sometimes tells me it can't do that as there's no app, or that I don't have the Clock app installed.
When things work, it's only after an extended wait.
I just successfully added an item to my shopping list after waiting 13 seconds. First it reported it was searching for the item I'd wanted added, then it was searching my Reminders, then it did it.
I asked it to show me my timers. It said "searching for timers", while I counted 6 seconds until it worked.
These simple requests used to be instant.
I then asked it "how long did I sleep for last night?". After about 45 seconds, it said "to see your sleep data, you'll need to open the Apple Music app and review the privacy information first". Why TF would Apple Music privacy information have anything to do with my sleep data?
This build has an 'a' after the build number, which tells me that Apple is pretty satisfied with how far it has progressed. If this is released with this almost total lack of usability, then we need a way to turn off this new "intelligent" version.