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Apple may make Siri more proactive as early as 2027
Apple is working on making Siri handle tasks more proactively, with less need for users to direct every step.
The plan involves Apple’s voice assistant and its apps, with support for Apple’s own apps expected to reach the public in December.
Users can already ask Siri what some Apple apps can do and then ask it to perform those tasks in an iOS 27.3 developer beta.
Third-party app support is expected as a preview in spring 2027, possibly in iOS 27.5 or iOS 27.6.
Apple’s longer-term goal is for Siri to manage tasks over time, closer to rival AI services that can continue working without a new instruction at every step.
This matters because Apple is seeking to keep pace with rival AI assistants as they take on more complex tasks.
Apple is also giving engineers six weeks for coding and exploration and two weeks for integration in an early iOS 28 development cycle, instead of two equal four-week periods.
Apple may make Siri more proactive and able to pursue tasks with less user oversight as early as 2027, according to reports citing Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Apple’s planned support for third-party apps is not expected until spring 2027, when it will arrive as a preview.
Siri’s expanded support for Apple’s own apps could reach the public in December 2026, AppleInsider reported.
Apple is also changing its iOS 28 development schedule, giving engineers six weeks for coding and exploration and two weeks for integration during the first cycle.
The articles say Apple is seeking to keep pace with rival AI services that can work on tasks across conversations and without users initiating every step.
- Who
- Apple, which is considering making Siri more proactive.
- What
- Apple may develop Siri into an agent that can pursue tasks with less user oversight. Support for third-party apps is planned as a preview.
- When
- As early as 2027; third-party support is expected in spring 2027.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- Apple is seeking to make Siri more useful and keep pace with rival AI apps.
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Extended Siri support for Apple’s own apps could arrive in the public version, according to AppleInsider.
Siri’s third-party app support is expected to arrive as a preview.
- Apple’s own apps
- Expanded Siri support could reach the public in December 2026
- Third-party apps
- Support expected as a preview in spring 2027
- iOS 28 development
- Six weeks for coding and exploration; two weeks for integration in the first cycle
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What people are saying
Apple ultimately wants to go in this direction, I’m told, and I believe the company could make Siri more like an agent as early as next year