2026 will be the year of Siri, but not because of an internal turn at Apple or because of the maturity of Apple Intelligence. It will be because the pact with Google will allow Apple to use Gemini technology as your assistant’s base. The details about what Apple will do with its assistant have not taken long to come to light and, we have good news: they will arrive in the next version of iOS.
The new Siri. Apple has been announcing the benefits of the new Siri since before having prepared their news. With the Apple Intelligence announcement He put on the table a Siri completely integrated into the system, capable of functioning as a complete assistant and functioning mostly locally. The reality? Everything remains practically the same as before and, when Siri doesn’t know how to respond to something, ends up opening ChatGPT.
What is going to change. They explain in Bloomberg that Apple, as of iOS 27will surrender to the chatbot model that has worked so well for companies like OpenAI and Google. The mere assistant model has expired, and Siri will become a chatbot at the service of any of our requests.
This new chatbot will be integrated into all Apple apps (expecting an API open to developers to integrate it into their apps), allowing us, for example, to find specific photos in the app Photosfunction as a programming assistant in Xcodeetc.
What won’t change. The only certainty with the new chatbot model is that Apple will continue to maintain its obsession with privacy and maintaining its AI ecosystem as its own, even if it is based on Gemini.
Apple’s intention is to integrate this experience into iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watchmaintaining activation through Voice command “Siri” or holding down the power button on the iPhone.
The difference. Today, Siri is an assistant, a command system.
- You tell him something
- Siri classifies the intention (set an alarm, call X person, send a message)
- Execute the order
Moving to the chatbot model means having a generative model capable of interpreting natural language, maintaining conversations and a more “human” interaction with the phone. This is what their rivals have been doing for a few years.
Adapting to the inevitable. That Siri will evolve in 2026 is proof that the classic assistant model is exhausted. Apple will have to adopt the chatbot model as an inevitable transition, previously led by OpenAI and in which Gemini now seems to be leading the way.
The thing doesn’t end here. The destination of the new Siri is not only current Apple devices. As my colleague Javier Pastor says, the company plans to launch a device without a screenits first AI-focused wearable.
According to the leaked information, it will have a format similar to that of AirTags, a microphone system and a launch scheduled for 2027. New assistant, new devices, and alliance with Google. The new stage of artificial intelligence for Apple is finally arriving. The question is whether they will manage to offer something new.
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