# Describe your group. Find your Pings.

> Coming in PingRoom v1.5.2: a little help choosing four useful Pings, with Apple Intelligence on supported devices. Describe your group, make the suggestions yours, and save when you’re ready.

- Published: 2026-09-13
- Author: PingRoom
- Category: Product
- Topics: PingRoom v1.5.2, Quick Ping suggestions, Apple Intelligence, Private Cloud Compute, group notifications
- Canonical: https://pingroom.io/blog/quick-ping-suggestions-v1-5-2
- Cover image: https://pingroom.io/blog/quick-ping-suggestions-v1-5-2/cover.webp
- Cover description: Pingo the Pigeon beside four handmade clay tiles showing a game controller, headphones, a coffee cup, and a group of people.

You know who belongs in the room. Deciding what goes on its four Ping buttons can take a little longer.

For a Counter-Strike 2 squad, you might want to invite everyone to queue, find one more player, get people into voice chat, or call a short break. For housemates, the useful moments might be dinner, deliveries, chores, and getting home.

**Help me choose** gives you a starting point. Describe your group in your own words, and Apple Intelligence suggests four short messages with an emoji for each one.

We’re preparing **PingRoom v1.5.2 for submission to the App Store and Google Play soon**. Availability will follow store review and rollout. The AI helper in this preview is for supported Apple devices; it won’t be available on Android or the web in this implementation.

*On the cover: [Pingo the Pigeon™](/Pingo), our fictional red clay mascot, considering four useful signals. AI-generated editorial artwork using approved Pingo references; not an app screenshot.*

## Start with the people and the activity

Open **Help me choose** while creating a room or editing its Quick Pings. A bottom sheet asks one question: **Who’s here, and what do you do together?**

You can write something like:

> My friends and I play CS2 in the evenings. We need quick ways to get a match together.

That gives the helper more to work with than “team.” You can be just as specific about a running club, a family, or the people sharing your kitchen. A few example descriptions are there if you want a starting point.

Tap **Find ideas** when you’re ready.

## Four things worth sending

A Quick Ping is a message someone can understand when it arrives. Its emoji helps them recognize it at a glance.

For the gaming group above, these are examples of the kinds of messages you might want:

- **Ready to queue?** — a game controller
- **Need one more player** — a group of people
- **Join voice chat** — headphones
- **Taking a short break** — a coffee cup

These are illustrative examples, not promised AI responses. Suggestions vary, and you should change any wording or emoji that doesn’t fit your group.

The helper has a focused job: suggest four distinct, reusable notifications based on your description. Each suggestion pairs a readable title with a separate emoji. Existing Ping labels help it avoid repeating what you already have.

## Make them yours before they become buttons

All four suggestions appear together as familiar Ping tiles, with a small tilt and a gentle entrance. You can read every title without moving through a stack of cards. Larger text sizes use a simple scrolling column.

Tap a Ping to edit its title. Leave out anything you don’t need, or add it back. **Use these Pings** updates the included slots on the page you’re editing. Save in the editor to keep the changes, or finish creating the room.

Nothing is sent automatically. You’re choosing the buttons your room will use later.

## Apple Intelligence, with availability made clear

On-device suggestions require **iOS 26 or later**, an Apple Intelligence-compatible device, Apple Intelligence enabled, and an available model that supports your language. Apple maintains the current [device, language, and region requirements](https://support.apple.com/en-us/121115).

The implementation also supports **Apple Private Cloud Compute (PCC)**. When that path is enabled and available, the helper tries it first, then tries the on-device model if cloud generation is unavailable or fails. The result tells you which path produced the suggestions.

PCC access has additional requirements: Apple’s app API needs iOS 27 or later, a network connection, available daily quota, and approved PCC access for PingRoom. Cloud availability at launch is therefore conditional. [Apple explains those requirements in its PCC integration guide](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundationmodels/adding-server-side-intelligence-with-private-cloud-compute).

If neither model is available, **Help me choose stays hidden**. You can still write your own Pings and use templates.

## Your group’s context, chosen by you

The helper uses your description and limited room context: the room description, member count, visibility, app language, and existing Ping labels. It does not include member profiles or Ping history.

On-device generation runs locally. A cloud attempt sends its request through PCC; a later on-device fallback does not undo that earlier request. PingRoom’s server does not perform this AI generation. When you save the chosen Pings, they become part of your room through the usual save flow.

The **About Apple Intelligence** link keeps this explanation close to the suggestions.

## Coming soon in v1.5.2

We’re getting the update ready for the stores. The helper will appear only when it has been enabled for rollout and a supported model is ready on your device.

Until then, [get the current version of PingRoom](/i) or explore [how Quick Pings become a room’s shared language](/blog/quick-actions-are-a-room-language).

Pick the moments your people recognize. Give each one a Ping.
