In this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 25), Apple announced updates for its operating system, services and software, including a new form “liquid glass” and a Rebranded Naming Conference. Apple was particularly quiet on a highly anticipated product: a more individual, AI-powered Siri, which he first introduced at the previous year’s conference.
The SVP of Software Engineering, Craig Federghi, gave a brief mention to the Siri update only during the main speech, “As we shared, we are continuing our work, which makes Siri even more individual. This work requires more time to reach our high-quality bar, and we are more timeless to share it in the coming years.
The time limit for the “coming year” indicates that Apple will not have news before 2026. This is a significant delay in the AI era, where new models, updates and upgrade ship at a rapid pace.
The first announced in WWDC 24, More individual head It is expected that I am expecting virtual assistant to bring artificial intelligence updates to the virtual assistant built in iPhone and other Apple devices. At that time, the company hypnotized it as a “next big step for Apple” and said that Siri would be able to understand your “personal reference”, such as your relationships, communication, routines and more.
In addition, the assistant was going to be more useful by allowing you to take action within and within your apps.
While Bloomberg Informed The in-development version of more individual Siri was functional, it was not working continuously. The report states that its quality issues mean that Siri only performed as it should have two-thirds time, making it not viable for the ship.
Apple officially announced in March Push the launch backSaying that the Siri update will take longer than an expected. The company also removed the SVP of Machine Learning and AI Strategy John Gianndria from the Siri project and Put the mike rockwellThose who worked on Vision Pro, in charge.
Shake-up indicated that the company was trying to go back to the track after stumbling on a large release. It also suggested that Apple’s AI technology was behind rivals, such as Openai, Google and Enthropic, worrying of worrying investors.
Meanwhile, Apple participated with Openai to help closure the difference; When users asked the question that the assistant could not answer, they can be Directed to chat insteadWith the upcoming release, iOS 26, Apple has updated its AI image generation app, image playground, as well as to use chat.
In this year’s wwdc, company Ongoing Other AI promises, including Developer access For on-device foundation model, Live translationUpgrade for genmji (in addition to the above image playground), Visual intelligenceAn AI ”Workout for Apple Watch Big “, AI in XcodeAnd the beginning of an update, AI-Integrated Edition of your shortcut app For scripting and automation.
