Overview
- Tim Cook said Apple is making “good progress” on a more personalized Siri and expects to release it next year.
- Multiple outlets report the upgrade is likely to debut in spring 2026 as part of iOS 26.4, though Apple has not provided a firm date.
- The planned feature set includes personal context awareness, on-screen understanding, and in-app and cross-app actions processed with a privacy-first design.
- Apple is preparing platform interoperability, including Model Context Protocol support, but has not announced any new AI partners beyond the existing ChatGPT integration.
- Internal testing concerns and class-action lawsuits over earlier delays persist even as Apple reported a record $102.5 billion quarter.