Apple unveils “Siri AI,” a rebuilt version of its voice assistant, at its annual developer conference. Multiple outlets describe the upgrade as the biggest Siri overhaul in about 15 years, designed to make the assistant more conversational and more capable across Apple’s software and apps. Apple presents Siri AI as understanding personal context, handling follow-up questions, and using information it can access from the user’s messages, emails, photos, and what appears on-screen. It also adds “visual intelligence,” allowing Siri AI to interpret visual content and interact with elements seen in the device camera or displayed in screenshots, with features expected to expand beyond iPhone.
The company also announces new ways to access Siri AI, including a dedicated Siri app that keeps conversation history synced and enables users to continue chats across devices. Ars Technica and others note that the overhaul comes alongside a broader, multi-model AI strategy, with some aspects described as using Google-powered models, while other reports emphasize privacy controls such as on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute.
Apple says Siri AI is available for developer testing immediately, with a public beta later this year, starting with English and expanding to more languages later.
