AI is not even a band-aid, it's just the latest shiny toy to use as a selling point and boost stock price. Sure, you'll get features like search that could have already been implemented perfectly fine, and perhaps better, without this new version of AI, but the actual features aren't the main reason for going all-in on AI. The pursuit of ever-higher profits demands that sales continue to increase. Since phones have gotten "good enough" for virtually all use cases that the average user has, phone manufacturers were scrambling to come up with a reason to throw out your old phone to get a new one. AI has become an integral part of that. Whether it actually results in more sales remains to be seen.