Siri has been the punchline of the AI assistant world for years. While it was one of the first voice assistants to launch, it has lagged behind the competition for a while now. With the launch of agentic AI assistants, the gap has only become wider, and a string of upgrade delays has only worsened the situation.
While Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude kept getting smarter, Apple’s virtual assistant stayed stuck in 2011. But if fresh reports are anything to go by, Siri’s woes are about to end soon. The impending iOS 27 update might bring the biggest Siri overhaul in the assistant’s history.
Apple is set to unveil its next software update at WWDC 2026 on June 8, so there’s not much time left. Ahead of the official reveal, I’ve compiled all the rumors, leaks, and everything under the horizon to find features that would make the upcoming Siri upgrade worth the wait.
Siri might finally get its own chatbot app
Until now, Apple has not released a dedicated Siri chatbot experience. That means there is no chat history and no memory feature to keep track of everything you ask. iOS 27 update might put an end to that.
Apple is reportedly building a standalone Siri app, similar to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. The new app will let you chat with Siri using text or voice, keep track of your chat history, revisit your past conversations, pin your favorites, and start new chats with a tap.
The interface is said to look a lot like the Messages app, with chat bubbles and a text field at the bottom. I am quite excited for this, and it’s about time Siri gets its very own interface.
The standalone app might also mean that Apple can push updates to Siri without requiring a whole OS-level update, which would let Apple iterate faster, something imperative in today’s fast-moving AI world.
Google Gemini could be powering the new Siri
Apple and Google have reportedly signed a multi-year deal, which might mean that the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be built on Google’s Gemini technology.
The new Siri chatbot could run on a custom AI model developed by the Google Gemini team. It might seem like a surprising partnership, but once you think about it, it completely makes sense for Apple to partner with Google.
Google has already built Gemini Nano, which can perform on-device AI tasks, something Apple prefers over the cloud-based AI modes. The partnership might finally give Siri the brains it has been missing.
Siri might actually understand your personal stuff
This one’s been a long time coming. Apple first promised personal context at WWDC 2024, then delayed it multiple times, and still has not released it. In iOS 27, it could finally be ready for prime time.
Siri might finally be able to pull information from your emails, messages, photos, calendar, and files to answer questions and complete tasks.
Imagine asking Siri, “What’s the sushi place my sister recommended last week?” and getting an actual answer instead of a web search. Siri is also supposed to get complex conversation capabilities with multi-step commands.
For example, you can ask for directions to a place and then ask Siri to send it to someone in your contact list. This is the kind of feature that will actually make Siri helpful, and if nothing else, I want Apple to at least deliver on this.
On-screen awareness could change how you use your iPhone
On-screen awareness is another long-promised Siri upgrade that might finally land with iOS 27. Siri could finally understand what you’re currently looking at.
While Visual Intelligence already exit in Siri, in its current form, it’s fairly limited. It can do reverse image search, scan and create calendar events from invites, and find products online, but that’s about it.
It cannot interface with Apple apps. With the new upgrade, you will be able to do much more. For example, you might be able to say things like “Add this event to my calendar”, or “Remind me about this in the evening”, and it will do those things, saving you from copying and pasting and switching between apps.
As reported by Macrumors, Visual Intelligence might also let your iPhone read nutrition labels, add phone numbers and addresses to contacts, save physical tickets and passes to Wallet, and auto-generate names for your Safari tab groups.
It’s the kind of feature that sounds small until you use it, and then you can’t imagine going back.
Siri might finally work across your apps
One of the most exciting features coming to Siri is the ability to work across apps. Siri could finally perform multi-step tasks within your apps, and even across them, without you opening anything.
Apple has provided a few examples as to what we can expect. You would be able to edit a photo and share it, move files between apps, or send a drafted email, all from a voice request without opening those apps.
The magic behind all this is reportedly the App Intents framework. Think of App Intents as a connective thread that lets your apps tell Siri what they can do. Developers can expose their app’s core actions, like logging a workout, recording your caffeine intake, or applying a filter, and Siri can trigger them with simple voice commands.
The more apps adopt App Intents, the smarter the new Siri becomes. It’s also the reason Siri could have an edge over ChatGPT or Claude, which don’t have the same deep, system-level access to your apps.
The Dynamic Island might become Siri’s new home
If Mark Gurman is right, Siri could be getting a cozy new home in the Dynamic Island. When you talk to Siri, it might appear in the Dynamic Island, and you could track the progress of longer requests without the assistant taking over your whole screen.
There are also reports of a systemwide “Ask Siri” button inside Apple’s apps and a “Write with Siri” button above the keyboard. If these rumors pan out, Siri will be there when you need it and out of the way when you don’t.
ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini could live inside Siri
If you have a favorite AI assistant, iOS 27 might play nice with it. Apple is reportedly expanding its Extensions system, which currently only supports ChatGPT, to integrate more third-party chatbots like Claude and Google Gemini.
You could connect your preferred AI and route specific tasks to it, all from within Siri. That said, these third-party chatbots likely won’t get deep system-level access the way Siri does.
They will answer questions and generate content, but they probably won’t be able to control your device settings or perform cross-app actions. It will work similarly to how it works now. Actions that are beyond Siri’s capabilities will be offloaded to an AI assistant.
Right now, ChatGPT is the only supported AI, but with the latest update, you might be able to use your favorite AI model, including Claude, Perplexity, and more.
Building Shortcuts could be as easy as talking to Siri
Shortcuts is one of my favorite apps. It lets me automate tasks and perform multi-step actions with just a tap or Siri command. That said, most people never bother with it, as the app is confusing, and building a useful shortcut often feels more like writing code than automating your life.
iOS 27 could change that by letting Siri generate shortcuts for you using nothing but a natural language prompt. You might be able to say something like, “Create a shortcut that turns on DND mode and starts a 25-minute focus timer when I open Ulysses,” and Siri could build it for you automatically.
If Apple pulls it off, the Shortcuts app might finally get the mass appeal it has always deserved.
The big question is whether Apple can actually deliver
Apple fans, including me, have heard the “smarter Siri is coming” story before, so a bit of skepticism is fair. The Apple Intelligence Siri features were promised for iOS 18 and pushed multiple times.
But this time feels different. The reported Google Gemini partnership, the standalone app, and the Dynamic Island integration all point to a coordinated, full-scale relaunch rather than a quiet feature drop.
With WWDC 2026 just weeks away, we’ll know soon whether Apple can finally deliver the Siri we were promised.
