Apple has again shifted the promised upgrade of its intelligent, voice-activated virtual assistant integrated across all its devices such as iPhone, Mac, Watch, HomePod, which is programmed to simplify tasks through voice commands, typing, or screen context. It’s been nearly two years since the American multinational technology company promised the new and improved,
AI-powered Siri, but still keep both customers marketers waiting for the promised upgraded virtual assistant. The company had promised a smarter and more conversational assistant that could understand context and pull information from your apps, when it unveiled Apple Intelligence in 2024, a promise yet to be seen two years after.
Bloomberg in a recent report by Mark Gurman, said Apple has extended the launch date for the upgraded Siri. “After planning to include the new capabilities in iOS 26.4 — an operating system update slated for March — Apple is now working to spread them out over future versions, according to people familiar with the matter.
That would mean possibly postponing some features until at least iOS 26.5, due in May, and iOS 27, which comes out in September,” Gurman said in his report. He added that the new Siri still struggles with processing complex or multistep requests, sometimes misinterprets queries, and can be noticeably slow to respond. “Testing uncovered fresh problems with the software, prompting the latest postponements, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private.
Siri doesn’t always properly process queries or can take too long to handle requests,” he reported. Gurman also reported that there were also problems with Siri’s ability to interact reliably with apps using Apple’s “App Intents” framework, which is supposed to let users chain together actions like finding a photo, editing it, and sending it to a contact using a single command.
Apple is still reportedly pulling back, at least for now, on features that would allow Siri to scan more personal data, such as messages or emails, to answer highly contextual questions, likely due to performance and privacy concerns.
