Revamped Siri may launch in beta, despite two year delay
The long-awaited overhaul of Siri is already two years later than planned. Even so, it will still be beta software when it does actually arrive. Current Siri has a colorful animation, but none of the New Siri smarts. Back in WWDC 2024, Apple introduced its new Siri with contextual awareness and other major improvements for the digital assistant. However, while it ultimately didn't arrive later in the year in iOS 18 , and didn't even make it to iOS 26 , it is now expected to turn up in iOS 27 . However, despite Apple having an extra two years to work on the new AI-infused Siri, it won't be a fully completed product release. According to Mark Gurman in Sunday's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg , it will be arriving as a "beta" release. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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The long-awaited overhaul of Siri is already two years later than planned. Even so, it will still be beta software when it does actually arrive. Current Siri has a colorful animation, but none of the New Siri smarts. Back in WWDC 2024, Apple introduced its new Siri with contextual awareness and other major improvements for the digital assistant. However, while it ultimately didn't arrive later in the year in iOS 18 , and didn't even make it to iOS 26 , it is now expected to turn up in iOS 27 . However, despite Apple having an extra two years to work on the new AI-infused Siri, it won't be a fully completed product release. According to Mark Gurman in Sunday's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg , it will be arriving as a "beta" release. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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The long-awaited overhaul of Siri is already two years later than planned.
Even so, it will still be beta software when it does actually arrive.
Current Siri has a colorful animation, but none of the New Siri smarts.
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