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Reboot for Siri: Apple cleans up its voice assistant

by Milan
April 22, 2025
in News
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A lot is happening at Apple right now in the area of voice control. Siri, the company's own voice assistant, is not only getting new leadership but is also undergoing a complete internal restructuring. The reason for this is long-standing dissatisfaction with its development to date. The new CEO, Mike Rockwell, was appointed by Apple's top management to change exactly that. And according to a recent report from Bloomberg, he's already in the midst of fundamentally reforming Siri.

If you use Siri regularly, you probably know that the voice assistant hasn't been particularly reliable in many situations. Compared to competing products like Google Assistant or Amazon's Alexa, Siri often seemed outdated, sluggish, or simply unusable. With the appointment of Mike Rockwell, previously responsible for software development for the Vision Pro, Apple aims to counteract this image. Rockwell not only brings extensive technical experience, but also directly influences the organizational structure – with a clear goal: to put Siri on the road to success.

New Siri leadership takes over and changes the teams

According to Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, Mike Rockwell has already taken the first major steps. He's replacing significant parts of the current leadership team with employees from his former Vision Pro department. At the same time, he's restructuring key teams such as language, speech understanding, system performance, and user experience. The personnel changes include:

  • Ranjit Desai, a longtime senior developer at Vision Pro, is now responsible for large parts of Siri's technical development, including the platform and systems groups.
  • Olivier Gutknecht, also from the Vision Pro environment, will lead the team responsible for the user experience.
  • Nate Begeman and Tom Duffy, two experienced engineering managers at Apple, are also joining the Siri team. They will be responsible for the architecture behind the scenes.
  • Stuart Bowers, who was previously responsible for data, training processes, and evaluation, will be given an expanded role. He will help Siri better understand how to respond to user input.
  • David Winarsky, who previously held a leadership role, now leads a new group that handles all speech and language processing components.

The report also reveals that the previous managers were either demoted or completely replaced. Rockwell is clearly relying on people with whom he had already successfully worked on Vision Pro. This clearly demonstrates that the previous course with Siri was no longer sustainable for Apple.

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Siri gets new technological foundations

Another important detail: Under the new leadership, large language models (LLMs) from third-party providers will now be integrated into Siri for the first time. Apple has been very reluctant in this regard. This change of direction suggests that the company no longer wants to miss the boat on modern AI technology. Whether Rockwell or Apple's software chief Craig Federighi is directly responsible remains open – but the decision clearly fits the current strategy. The changes are profound and speak for themselves. Siri is no longer just a nice-to-have feature in the Apple ecosystem, but a serious, powerful voice assistant. The previous standstill is being actively broken (via Bloomberg).

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Siri gets a real chance for a comeback

For you as a user, this means one thing above all: hope for a significantly better Siri. Faster reactions, more precise answers, better integration into your everyday life – these are the goals Apple is now taking seriously again. The days when Siri was considered an outdated voice assistant could soon be over. The restructuring sends a clear message: Apple is serious about its relaunch. Rockwell's approach is consistent, technically sound, and staffed by a team that has already proven itself in the development of the Vision Pro. This makes him one of the most important figures in Apple's current strategy surrounding artificial intelligence and voice control. (Image: Apple)

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