Introduction to the New Version of Siri

The latest version of Siri, which was showcased alongside Apple Intelligence, may not be available until Spring 2026, according to a report by Apple Intelligence. This news comes after Apple officially delayed the release of Siri’s updated version to some time "in the coming year" back in March.

Planned Release and Updates

The new Siri could be included in a planned iOS 26.4 update next year, which Bloomberg writes will likely arrive in March. Apple initially announced the smarter and more personal version of Siri at WWDC 2024 over a year ago, and nearly two years before this hypothetical Spring 2026 release date.

New Features of Siri

Apple’s proposed update to Siri is designed to grant the company’s aging voice assistant the authority to take action inside of apps and comprehend the content and context of your screen. The company’s demos showed off Siri referencing emails for flight information and embedding photos in documents, all on its own, as evidence of how much more capable the assistant could be.

Delays and Disagreements

In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple executives attribute the delay of the new Siri to it simply not being up to the company’s standards. Internally, Bloomberg writes that there’s also disagreement between Apple’s marketing and engineering teams as to who is really at fault.

Impact and Future Plans

As testament to how careful Apple is being now, its focus on AI at WWDC 2025 was far more muted. The closest the company got to touching on some of the magic of the new Siri was the updated version of Spotlight that’s coming in macOS 26, which can leverage the same App Intents framework Siri is supposed to use to perform select actions in apps, like sending a text in Messages without having to open the app.

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