Apple is planning the biggest Siri overhaul ever with iOS 27. The voice assistant is to become a fully-fledged chatbot – with its own app, Gemini technology, and third-party integration.
WWDC 2026 on June 8th is fast approaching, and with it comes Apple's answer to a question that has plagued the company for over two years: When will Siri finally become competitive with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini? The rumors so far paint a clear picture: iOS 27 is expected to bring the most radical overhaul of Siri yet. We summarize what is currently known.
Siri becomes a Chatbot
The central element of the innovation is a fundamental architectural change. Instead of being limited to single voice commands and short answers as before, Siri will become conversational in iOS 27. This means: multi-stage conversations, contextual follow-up questions, and the ability to process complex, multi-step requests in a single conversation.
Apple had not originally planned to develop a full-fledged chatbot like ChatGPT or Claude. However, the enormous reach and use of these services—with hundreds of millions of weekly active users—has changed the strategy. The fact that Google has already implemented deep Android integration with Gemini has likely increased the pressure even further.
A dedicated Siri App is planned
In addition to system-wide integration, Siri will receive its first standalone app. This app will be structured similarly to the apps from OpenAI or Anthropic, offering an overview of past conversations, the ability to favorite and search chats, and suggestions for new conversations. The chat format will be reminiscent of iMessage conversations.
The classic activation via side button or voice wake word will remain available. Siri will therefore be usable both as a quick system assistant and as a fully-fledged chat interface.
What Siri should be able to do
The planned features go far beyond what Siri currently offers. According to reports, the new assistant will be able to search the web, summarize content, analyze uploaded documents, generate images, and access personal data from emails, messages, and files. Screen content analysis and device control are also planned.
Particularly noteworthy: Siri is intended to replace the existing Spotlight search and thus become the central search function on the iPhone. At the same time, Apple plans to integrate Siri more deeply into core apps such as Mail, Messages, Photos, Apple TV, and Xcode.
Many of these features were already announced for iOS 18, but were repeatedly delayed. Apple had officially admitted that a personalized Siri with deep contextual understanding required more development time than originally planned.
Gemini as a technical foundation
In January 2026, Apple and Google announced a multi-year partnership in which future Apple AI models will be based on Google's Gemini technology. According to Bloomberg, the Gemini team is developing a custom-designed AI model for the Siri chatbot, which is expected to be comparable in performance to Gemini 3 and surpass Apple's internally developed models.
The server infrastructure is also expected to initially come from Google. Apple reportedly does not yet have the necessary capacity to process chatbot requests from billions of active devices daily. Therefore, the service will likely run on Google's Tensor Processing Units.
Third-party chatbots in Siri
Apple is also opening Siri to third-party AI services in iOS 27. For example, users who have installed the Claude app from Anthropic or Google's Gemini app can forward requests from Siri directly to these services. This integration is controlled via a new category called "Extensions" in the Siri and Apple Intelligence settings.
The model builds on the existing ChatGPT integration, but goes significantly further: Instead of a single partnership, an open system is created in which users themselves decide which AI services they want to use within Siri.
New Design and Dynamic Island
Siri's appearance is also set to change. According to Bloomberg, Apple is testing a version where Siri is integrated into the Dynamic Island. While a request is being processed, the Dynamic Island displays an animated Siri icon; once complete, a translucent panel opens with the results. Additionally, a "Ask Siri" button in app menus is being discussed, which could directly send content to Siri.
When will the new Siri be released?
Apple is expected to unveil the new Siri features at WWDC 2026 on June 8th. Which features will actually be available at launch this fall and which will follow in later updates remains to be seen. Given the previous delays with Apple's AI features, the WWDC keynote should reveal how much of its ambitious vision Apple has actually implemented by then.
For a comprehensive overview of all the expected new features in iOS 27 – not just for Siri – see our iOS 27 overview. The best products for you: Our Amazon storefront offers a wide selection of accessories, including those for HomeKit. (Image: Shutterstock / DANIEL CONSTANTE)
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