Overview
- Apple will ship the new, standalone Siri app preinstalled across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch as part of the OS 27 update in September 2026.
- Siri includes persistent conversation history, accepts uploaded documents and photos, can perform device actions, and pulls context from Messages, Mail, Contacts and web history for personalized replies.
- The assistant runs on Apple Foundation Model (AFM) 3 in on‑device (Core) and cloud variants and will route queries to third‑party models such as ChatGPT, Gemini and potentially Claude based on the task.
- Apple says it will process cloud AI work through its Private Cloud Compute to limit data exposure, a privacy claim analysts say could distinguish Siri but will need technical proof as usage scales.
- Journalists and analysts note Apple must move faster than its yearly release rhythm because frequent AFM updates and capability rollouts are now standard among OpenAI, Google and Anthropic and will shape user comparisons after launch.