Apple has officially unveiled Siri AI, an entirely new version of Siri powered by Apple Intelligence. Introduced at WWDC 2026, the redesigned assistant combines personal context understanding, broad world knowledge, onscreen awareness, Visual Intelligence, and integrated Writing Tools to help users find information and complete tasks more naturally across Apple’s ecosystem.
The announcement marks the biggest overhaul of Siri since its debut. Apple says Siri AI has been rebuilt from the ground up around Apple Intelligence, allowing it to deliver more conversational responses, understand context across apps and content, and perform more advanced actions throughout iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro.
“We’re excited to introduce Siri AI, a dramatically more capable and conversational assistant designed to help users find information and get things done throughout the day,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “With access to broad world knowledge for up-to-date answers on virtually any topic, along with onscreen awareness and personal context understanding, Siri AI can help users take action across apps more naturally than ever.”
Siri AI understands personal context
One of the biggest additions to Siri AI is its ability to understand personal context. The assistant can search across messages, emails, photos, notes, and other content to help users find information when they need it.
For example, users can ask Siri AI to find a restaurant recommendation shared in a text message, locate a hotel confirmation from an old email, or surface photos from a recent trip. Apple says this personal context understanding can also extend to third-party apps when developers integrate with Spotlight.
New Siri app keeps conversations synced
Apple is also introducing a dedicated Siri app that allows users to revisit previous conversations and continue them across devices.
Conversation history is privately synced through iCloud, making it possible to start a conversation on a Mac and continue it later on an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Apple Vision Pro. The new app serves as a central place for managing and reviewing interactions with Siri AI.
Siri AI also introduces more expressive and customizable voices powered by Apple’s most advanced on-device AI model. Users can adjust the pace and expressiveness of Siri’s voice to better match their preferences.
Siri AI can take action across apps
Beyond answering questions, Siri AI can perform actions across apps using natural language. Users can draft emails, edit and share photos, create notes, and complete multi-step tasks without manually switching between apps.
The assistant also gains onscreen awareness, allowing it to understand what is currently displayed and respond accordingly. If a user receives a message about a potluck, for example, Siri AI can suggest what to bring and then save a recipe directly to Notes.
Apple has also expanded Siri AI’s access to broad world knowledge. Users can ask questions about current events, travel plans, science, entertainment, sports, and more, then continue the conversation with follow-up questions for additional context.
Visual Intelligence expands across Apple devices
Visual Intelligence is becoming a much larger part of the Siri experience. Siri AI can now understand and interact with visual content across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro.
On iPhone, Apple is introducing a new Siri mode within the Camera app. Users can point the camera at objects, meals, receipts, and other items to receive information or take action. Apple demonstrated features such as splitting a bill with Apple Cash and receiving nutritional insights about food.
Visual Intelligence is also coming to iPad and Mac. On iPad, it is integrated into the screenshot experience, while Mac users can access it through a dedicated keyboard shortcut to ask questions about selected content on their screen. On Apple Vision Pro, users can ask Siri about both app content and real-world objects simply by looking at them.
Siri AI adds powerful Writing Tools
Apple is expanding Writing Tools with deeper Siri integration across the system. Users can generate drafts from scratch, rewrite existing content, and make specific edits by describing the changes they want.
In Mail and Messages, Siri AI can adapt generated content based on how users typically communicate with individual contacts. The assistant can also offer suggestions to improve writing and automatically proofread text as users type, including within many third-party apps.
Built with privacy at its core
According to Apple, Siri AI takes advantage of the latest Apple Intelligence architecture, combining on-device processing with Private Cloud Compute.
When requests require cloud processing, Apple says personal data is not stored or made accessible to Apple. Many Siri AI capabilities continue to run entirely on device, helping maintain user privacy while delivering more advanced intelligence and reasoning capabilities.
Siri AI availability
Siri AI is available for developer testing starting today through the Apple Developer Program as part of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and visionOS 27. Support for watchOS 27 will arrive in a future developer beta.
Apple plans to release Siri AI as a beta later this year for users with supported devices set to English, with additional languages to follow. Siri AI will be available on iPhone 16 models and later, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPads with M1 or later, Macs with M1 or later, Apple Vision Pro, and supported Apple Watch models paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone.
