The tech giant officially announced a completely overhauled Siri at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2026), now dubbed Siri AI, and it is powered by Google’s Gemini. The new AI assistant is way more conversational and handles most tasks on-device.
For heavier lifting, it taps into Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, ensuring your personal data stays completely locked down, private, and out of reach from anyone, including Apple itself.
There is also a brand-new Siri app that keeps track of your past chats, and it is popping up everywhere. You will find it in the Dynamic Island on iOS, integrated into Spotlight on iPadOS 27 and macOS 27, and it is also coming to watchOS and visionOS.
If you have a supported device, the on-device version promises much more expressive, natural voices with customisable pacing, alongside a massive accuracy boost for systemwide dictation that automatically handles things like punctuation, formatting, and capitalisation as you speak. The coolest part is how it understands your personal context. It can scan your messages, emails, and photos to connect the dots.
This works seamlessly with Apple’s native apps, but third-party developers can also get in on the action by integrating with Spotlight. It can answer questions about whatever is currently on your screen or use broad world knowledge to pull up-to-date answers from the web, with all your conversations effortlessly syncing across your Apple gear via iCloud.
iPhone users are getting a neat Siri mode right inside the Camera app, allowing you to point your phone at the world and ask questions. It can do everything from splitting a dinner bill with friends using Apple Cash to giving you nutritional insights about whatever is on your plate.
This visual intelligence is also jumping over to the iPad and Mac for the first time. On iPadOS, it is baked right into the screenshot experience, while Mac users get a dedicated keyboard shortcut to select anything on screen and start typing questions directly to Siri AI to get quick answers.
Writing tools are getting a massive upgrade too, appearing pretty much anywhere you can type. You can just describe what you need, and Siri AI will draft it or polish up your existing text based on your prompts. If you are replying to messages or emails, it even attempts to mimic how you usually communicate with specific contacts, matching your usual tone and punctuation style.
It also handles systemwide proofreading as you type, even inside most third-party apps. Image editing and generation are also part of the package, though this feature will have daily usage limits unless you pay for an iCloud+ plan.
As for when you can get your hands on it, Apple says Siri AI will launch later this year as a beta for devices set to English, with more languages rolling out soon after.
The hardware requirements are predictably steep. You will need an iPhone 16 model or later, an iPhone 15 Pro, an iPad mini with the A17 Pro chip, or any M-series iPad or Mac. It is also supported on Apple Vision Pro, Apple Watch Series 10 or later, Ultra 2, and the Watch SE 3, though the watch will need to be paired with an Apple Intelligence-compatible iPhone nearby.