Overview
- Apple introduced Siri AI at WWDC on Monday as the centerpiece of a redesigned Apple Intelligence platform and rolled out developer betas for iOS 27 with a public user beta planned later this year and a full release set for September 2026.
- The new Siri AI can read on‑screen content, access personal data like messages and photos to perform multi‑step tasks, and use a Visual Intelligence camera mode to identify objects and act on them inside apps.
- Apple said it is using a partnership with Google to adapt Gemini foundation models into smaller versions that run locally or on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute and that the company will not route users’ personal queries to Google servers.
- Regulatory and hardware limits will restrict the launch: Apple warned Siri AI will not be available at initial release in the European Union or China and several advanced features will be limited to newer, compatible devices.
- The announcement follows criticism and a roughly $250 million settlement over earlier missed Apple Intelligence promises and marks a key effort to catch up to rivals as Apple prepares a leadership handover from Tim Cook to John Ternus later this year.