Apple has revealed the brand new Siri AI tool for iOS 27, iPad OS 27, watchOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, and visionOS and it promises to transform how users interact with the personal assistant right across Apple’s hardware portfolio. Siri AI will arrives during the release cycle for the new operating systems, which begins this autumn.
Revealed during the WWDC keynote on June 8, Apple finally relaunched its plans for the Google Gemini-powered Siri AI, which it says is “more capable and conversational” and can call upon deep personal context while maintaining user privacy. Apple explained new capabilities, debuted a new “expressive” voice that can be customised, and showcased Siri’s various new homes within the ecosystem.
The company said it’s a “profoundly more capable and conversational assistant with personal context understanding, broad world knowledge, and onscreen awareness, Siri AI can help users find what they need in the moment, from answering questions from the web on virtually any topic, to surfacing relevant information from a user’s personal messages, emails, photos, and more. Siri AI also includes a dedicated app for users to revisit conversations across their products, an expanded Visual Intelligence experience, and integrated tools for writing.”
Siri now shows up in various places across the various operating systems. In the Dynamic Island on the iPhone, within the Camera app, and as a Chatbot-like standalone app that houses all of your previous queries in a card-like interface that syncs with iCloud. Mac users will find it in Spotlight search and the Menu bar. If you have a Vision Pro, you can simply glance up to a floating orb to access Siri without the need for a voice command.
Users can still wake Siri by holding the power button or speaking “Siri” but there’s also a new swipe down gesture to reveal a new “Search or Ask” users can issue commands to and engage in back and forth conversation with deep contextual awareness whether it’s through voice or text.
There’s also an omnipresence about Siri due to the on-screen awareness that enables users to ask for contextual information about what is displayed within, for example, an Instagram photo. On the Mac, users can right-click on a window to ask a question directly.
Within Messages, you can ask Siri a question about a particular message and draft an email based upon the contents. There’ll also be Siri suggestions to add an event to a calendar, picking up on times and locations mentioned in the back-and-forth.
Within the Camera app there’s a new dedicated Siri mode that builds upon the Visual Intelligence features. Apple showed how you can easily add events to your calendar, just by aiming your lens at a gig poster. You can more easily split a bill by showing it to the camera to choose from an itemised list of what you ordered. This can be integrated with Apple Cash for settling up with pals.
In Mail, Siri will automatically proofread your content and in Safari if will organise your tabs into topic. Furthermore, Siri can automatically fix the passwords that have been compromised, with your permission. As well as Siri enhancements, Apple is bringing a cavalcade of Apple Intelligence features that’ll “up-level” every day apps like Safari, Messages, Mail and Photos.
Siri AI will be available to test in the developer betas available from today. However, the EU and China are set to miss out for now as Apple works through various regulatory issues.
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