The tech giant, Apple, is postponing the introduction of its enhanced “more personalized Siri” experience, which was initially announced as part of the rollout of Apple Intelligence. As stated in a statement released by Apple and published on Friday by the Apple blog Daring Fireball, the company acknowledges that it will “take longer than anticipated” to deliver these new Siri features, and now expects to roll them out in the “coming year.”

At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference last year, the company unveiled plans for a revamped, more personalized Siri, designed to enhance the digital assistant’s capabilities by enabling it to understand personal context, such as relationships, communications, routine, and more, according to CEO Tim Cook. He referred to this upgrade as not merely artificial intelligence, but personal intelligence, touting it as the “next significant step for Apple.”

Additionally, the updated Siri was intended to increase the service’s usefulness by allowing it to perform actions on behalf of the user within and across various apps.

This announcement comes at a time when critics argue that Apple is lagging behind in the AI sphere, making Siri appear even less capable compared to modern AI assistants like ChatGPT. Recently, users have reported Siri providing incorrect basic facts, prompting some, such as technology investor M.G. Siegler, to question whether it’s time to discontinue Siri altogether or replace it (rather than just augment it) with ChatGPT.