Apple: new Siri is ready, but will not be released before 2026

In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple's top executives, Craig Federighi, head of engineering, and Greg Joswiak, head of marketing, dispelled doubts about Siri's personalised features that the company showed at WWDC 2024.

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Journalist Joanna Stern asked whether a working version of the voice assistant was actually demonstrated during the presentation at WWDC 2024. Federighi assured her that the software was actually working, with large language models and semantic search. Joswiak also refuted the widespread belief about the demo video and stressed that it was not true.

Despite the features' readiness, Apple decided to postpone the release due to quality issues and the transition to a new Siri architecture. According to Federighi, this is what caused the delay.

Personalised Siri was first announced at WWDC 2024. It will be able to better understand the user's personal context, have an awareness of what is happening on the screen, and gain deeper control in applications. For example, Siri will be able to notify you of your mum's flight or lunch plans based on data from Mail and Messages.

The features are expected to be available in 2026.

At the WWDC 2025 conference, Apple announced a complete design update for all its platforms - iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, and CarPlay. The new style is called Liquid Glass and is the first unified design for the entire Apple ecosystem.

Source: The Wall Street Journal