It was hop that the launching of Apple Intelligence would give the company ’s Siri voice assistant amuch - neededupgrade . But almost nine month on from the promulgation of this plan , there ’s no foretoken of its arrival – and further time lag are now hindering Apple ’s attempt to compete in the AI arena .
But the clause add further bad word . Whereas the newfangled version of Siri conformation ( a surprisingly late ) part of the iOS 18 release cycle , a more radical shake-up is slated as part of iOS 19 , and this one face major delays too .
Known internally as LLM Siri , this will be built from the ground up around Apple Intelligence . ( The upcoming version of Siri , Gurman says , is a grafted - together hybrid system with “ two brainiac ” that treat legacy commands and AI functions separately . ) Aside from this fresh architecture , iOS 19 Siri was contrive to sport a “ more colloquial glide path , ” but this has tally developmental obstacles and wo n’t be include when the other elements of Io 19 Siri are foretell at WWDC 25 this June .
This was always likely when AI Siri first started struggling . Resources have to be pulled from long - term labor to push firing in the short term , and that mean a cascade of delay stretching into the time to come . And Gurman thinks it ’s going to get worse before it gets better . “ hoi polloi within Apple ’s AI division now consider that a true modernised , conversational variant of Siri wo n’t reach out consumers until iOS 20 at unspoiled in 2027 , ” he writes .
With other companies hurrying to perfect their own AI offerings , Apple confront a struggle to stay relevant . No wonder Gurman shout this “ an even bleaker timeline than many of us imagine . ”
