Overview
- Multiple reports Friday say Apple is testing an iOS 27 feature called Extensions that lets Siri route questions to installed chatbot apps such as Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, and ChatGPT.
- Apple is set to preview the revamped assistant at WWDC on June 8, 2026, with some capabilities likely to ship in stages after the developer betas.
- The redesign turns Siri into a full chatbot with a standalone app, saved conversation history, text and voice modes, Dynamic Island cues, an Ask Siri option in app menus, and a Write with Siri tool on the keyboard.
- Apple and Google confirmed a multi‑year deal in January 2026 to base next‑gen Apple Foundation Models on Gemini, and reports say the companies have discussed running some chatbot processing on Google TPUs alongside on‑device and Apple Private Cloud Compute.
- Reporting indicates Apple may take its usual App Store commission on subscriptions sold through Siri integrations, creating an AI marketplace inside Settings and giving users clear choice over which service handles specific tasks.