Apple has finally taken the wraps off its much anticipated Siri at its WWDC 2026. The company introduced a completely redesigned AI assistant which is built on Apple Intelligence. Interestingly, this is the biggest overhaul to Siri in years. The new assistant, branded as Siri AI, can interact with apps, understand personal information stored across Apple services and even analyse visual content. It can also assist with the writing tasks. Check out what the new Siri AI offers.
With the new update, Siri has finally moved beyond voice commands and finally entered the ear of AI assistants. During the event, the company says Siri AI can now understand personal context by pulling information from apps such as Messages, Mail, Photos, Notes and Calendar allowing it to provide more relevant responses and complete tasks across different apps.
The assistant can now understand what users are looking at on their screens and respond accordingly. From finding information from an email/messages to locating a recommendation shared by a friend or helping organise files and content, the new Siri AI can do it all.
The company also claimed that Siri is more conversational and can maintain context across interactions, answer follow-up questions and fetch information from the web when required. On an iPhone, Siri AI can be accessed through voice commands, the side button and Dynamic Island, while Mac and iPad users will be able to invoke the assistant directly through Spotlight.
Adding on, the Siri app can store conversation history and syncs it via iCloud giving users to continue interactions seamlessly across supported Apple devices.
The company has also enhanced Visual Intelligence. Apple introduced a new camera powered Siri mode that allows users to point their iPhone camera at objects, products or locations and ask questions about what they see. The assistant can also identify items, offer contextual details and related actions directly from the camera interface.
Interestingly, it works on Mac, iPad and Apple Vision Pro along with iPhone. The users can analyse images, webpages, documents and on-screen content without switching apps. Apple says this will help users gather information faster and improve productivity across workflows.
The company has additionally upgraded its AI-powered Writing Tools. Siri can now generate text, rewrite drafts, change tone, summarise content and suggest edits across supported apps.
Apple has started developer testing for Siri AI as part of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 and visionOS 27. A public beta is expected later this year, with English being the first supported language.
The feature will be available on the iPhone 16 lineup and newer devices, iPhone 15 Pro models, Macs and iPads powered by Apple Silicon, Apple Vision Pro, Apple Watch Series 10, Apple Watch Ultra 2 and the latest Apple Watch SE when paired with a compatible iPhone.