Apple Siri AI Reset With iOS 27 Could Finally Turn Siri Into a Real Chatbot

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Apple’s long and difficult relationship with its pesky assistant, Siri, is set to take a significant turn as the firm reportedly contemplates a fundamental makeover that promises to transform the assistant into a fully-fledged chat-based artificial intelligence system with the launch of iOS 27. If the firm does follow through on its planned changes, then this is the biggest change to the assistant since its initial launch, and arguably the first time that the firm is actually using the assistant as a real interface.

From the patterns of the company’s previous platform resets, it appears to me this kind of major shift is usually necessary when internal limitations have become too obvious to ignore. In its current form, the product’s limitations have probably been obvious for several years now.

What exactly is changing in Siri with iOS 27?

Also, the new version of Siri is being developed with the internal codename “Campos” and is said to be rolled out with the corresponding version of the operating systems like iOS 27, macOS 27, iPadOS 27, etc. Apple is planning to shift the old command-based Siri with the new version of conversational Siri that can have end-to-end conversations with users.

The assistant is said to be previewed at WWDC 2026 before being rolled out throughout the latter half of 2026. Apple’s purported intention is to replace the existing Siri experience altogether instead of adding to the existing infrastructure. The reason this detail is important is that it indicates Apple has come to realize that fixing what’s wrong is no longer an option.

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Will the new Siri work like ChatGPT or Gemini?

In that sense, yes! The redesigned Siri seems promising as it would allow users to have a dialogue that is both voice and text-based and would enable them to carry out several steps without breaking their flow or starting all over again.

This will be done while allowing users to call up Siri with either the side button press or by speaking the “Siri” wake word. This process may suggest that for Apple, Siri is not just useful for something to be done with it, but actually where work gets done as well.

Why is Apple using Google Gemini for Siri?

Among the most revealing details is that Apple is allegedly working to develop the new Siri around a custom model based on Google's Gemini. Ugliness is one thing; a sense of urgency is also recognizable. Apple is lagging in generative AI, particularly compared to Google and Samsung, whose AI capabilities already appear integrated on their smartphones.

The use of Gemini helps Apple achieve speed to relevance. It takes years for a company to develop a large language model that can contend at such a level. Apple isn’t looking to spend years to achieve this, and hence, it isn’t a partnership so much as a survival move in a world dominated by AI.

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What will the new Siri actually be able to do?

The list is long, and more importantly, practical. The overhauled Siri is expected to:

Answer complex questions and perform web searches
Summarise text and analyse documents
Generate images
Understand on-screen content
Adjust system settings using natural language
Use personal data to find messages, files, songs, and events

Siri will also be able to act on that information. For example, finding a message and then scheduling a meeting based on it, or pulling a photo and editing it based on what’s inside the image.

Context retention within a session is expected, though long-term memory across conversations may still be limited. That suggests Apple is being cautious about privacy and data storage, an area where it tends to move slower than rivals.

How deeply will Siri be integrated into Apple apps?

This is where the reset could really make a difference. The new Siri is said to integrate with Mail, Photos, Music, TV, Podcasts, Calendar, and Xcode. No longer would users have to launch an app and travel through menus to get where they are going; users would simply have to describe their desired actions.

For instance, it could create an email message using information from the calendar, edit a photo based upon its contents, or help a developer write code inside Xcode after translating the request into a phrase a human would use. If things go smoothly, Siri might become the most popular interface feature on Apple devices.

Apple's approach to Siri has long been conservative: privacy-first design, on-device processing, and tightly controlled data flows have limited how fast the assistant could evolve. That caution made some sense early on, but the AI landscape has shifted.

From what we've seen, Apple only makes architectural changes when the company senses long-term risk. Allowing Siri to fall behind ChatGPT and Gemini was no longer a feature gap; it was a perception problem. Rebuilding Siri around a modern language model is Apple copping to the reality that AI assistants now define the user experience, not enhance it.

The real challenge will be for Apple to balance power and privacy without breaking usability.

What this means for iPhone and iPad buyers

It's all a question of timing for buyers. Smaller AI upgrades are expected to ship before iOS 27, but the real transformation of Siri seems tied to that release. That means upcoming iPhones won't necessarily reflect the assistant Apple is promising internally.

The people who do upgrade should go in with realistic expectations. The version of Siri that feels conversational and capable and reliable remains at least a year away. iOS 27 might be the update that finally makes Siri feel competitive with modern AI assistants.

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There are some questions left unanswered. What percentage of that is going to run on the device? Are older iPhones going to be able to use the full version of this new Siri? What is Apple going to do about data usage when Gemini is involved? Possibly the biggest question of all is whether it is going to be consistent, or whether it is going to continue to have trouble doing everyday things.

This is where Apple's record with first-gen features for these devices might be observed to have some rough edges to them. Ambition is all well and good, but execution is what will count here.

Apple’s Siri reset has been long overdue, but it’s a necessary one,” Liam Tung writes at ZDnet-AppleInsider, “to change Siri from a feature that’s occasionally useful to central to people’s interaction with their devices.” If it succeeds, “consider the possibilities,” indeed, “if it fails, neither will the gap between Android’s AI experience close anytime soon.”