Overview
- The capability was uncovered in iOS 27 beta 3 through developer posts showing Siri pulling live data from select apps rather than from Apple services alone.
- Test demonstrations used EV apps to report vehicle battery levels, including Tesla via the third‑party app Tessie and Ford’s official app.
- Siri asks users for permission before accessing an app’s data, following iOS permission dialogs and Apple’s privacy patterns.
- The feature is narrow and uneven in the beta: some testers could not reproduce it, Apple has not published a supported‑apps list, and it likely requires developers to add integration.
- Apple presented a rebuilt Siri and a hybrid Apple Intelligence architecture at WWDC, and this beta behavior—unannounced by Apple—may show how the company plans a staged, permissioned rollout that could change how people use apps and how developers share data with assistants.