Siri AI Is Becoming Apple’s Everything Tool
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The latest version of Apple’s smartphone software, iOS 27, is available for iPhone owners as a public beta.
Key facts
- The reporter will note that nothing went wrong with their iPhone 16 Pro Max when the reporter tried the earlier developer betas
- Below is a guide to some of the major changes to Siri AI, aimed at early adopters interested in downloading the iOS 27 public beta
- The latest version of Apple’s smartphone software, iOS 27, is available for iPhone owners as a public beta
- They've integrated it across the entire ecosystem, so you can access Siri AI no matter where you are on the device,” says Nabila Popal, a senior research director who focuses on consumer devices
Summary
Showcased at the company’s WWDC event in June as “ Siri AI,” Apple expanded on the original voice controls of the smartphone assistant, adding a chatbot-style app and further weaving it into the iPhone user experience. In their initial hands-on with a developer beta version of Siri AI, the reporter was generally impressed by Apple's overhaul. Siri AI could help find old vacation photos, send quick texts, and pick a decent pancake spot—all from basic prompts—during their limited tests. Siri now feels like part of the smartphone’s infrastructure. “They've integrated it across the entire ecosystem, so you can access Siri AI no matter where you are on the device,” says Nabila Popal, a senior research director who focuses on consumer devices at International Data Corporation.