Apple is reportedly planning a major overhaul for its virtual voice assistant Siri that will make it more conversational. The Cupertino-based tech giant has already released the new interface for the voice assistant, and is expected to add other features early next year that will enable it to handle app-related tasks and better contextual understanding of user commands. Will develop. But according to a report, the iPhone maker is now planning to elevate Siri to the level of ChatGPT with better natural language conversations and other capabilities.
Apple is reportedly working on improving Siri with AI
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that while the upgrades announced for Siri make it more capable, Apple is aiming to take on ChatGPIT and Gemini by further upgrading the voice assistant. Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, the report claims the tech giant plans to use more advanced large language models (LLMs) to make Siri more conversational, all in-house. have been developed.
With this upgrade, Siri is said to be able to handle back-and-forth conversations and “increasingly more sophisticated requests.” Gurman claimed that the new version of Siri is being called LLM Siri internally. The report claims that it will also be able to generate AI-powered Siri texts and perform other AI chatbot tasks.
Apple is said to be planning to announce the new Siri as part of the iOS 19 and macOS 16 updates, which will arrive in Q3 2025. However, the features reportedly won’t ship until early 2026.
Interestingly, the tech giant has also posted new job listings that are related to the reported functionality. Earlier this month, the company opened a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Audio Generation, Siri, and Information Intelligence position, where the job description highlights, “You will join a team that is redefining computing, are creating groundbreaking conversational assistant technologies for both large-scale systems and new ones.” Client devices, and with those who built intelligent assistants.
Specifically, for now, compatible Apple device users can look forward to Siri integration with first-party and third-party apps using a feature called Apple Intents. This will let the virtual assistant perform app-specific tasks. Part of Apple Intelligence, the expected update will also allow Siri to be more contextually aware and use user data to respond to vague requests made by users. This update is expected to arrive early next year.
