With the announcement that Apple has tapped Google’s Gemini to help power its Siri assistant, a new report from The Information has indicated that the revamped Siri will be able to do the following:
- Answer more factual/world knowledge questions in a conversational manner
- Tell more stories
- Provide emotional support
- Assist with more tasks, such as booking travel
- Create a document in the Notes app with information, such as a cooking recipe
The report said Apple plans to announce additional Siri capabilities at WWDC in June, including providing proactive suggestions based on information from apps such as Calendar.
Apple has already announced that the upgraded/personalized Siri would have a better understanding of a user’s personal context, as well as on-screen awareness, and deeper per-app controls. In a recent example, Apple showed an iPhone user asking Siri about their mother’s flight and lunch reservation plans based on info from the Mail and Messages apps.
The report also indicated that the latest prototype of the more personalized Siri would not feature any Google or Gemini branding, and that Apple will be able to fine-tune the Gemini AI model to respond to queries in a way that Apple prefers.
Apple first previewed the more personalized Siri at WWDC 2024, and the revamped assistant is expected to launch as part of iOS 26.4 in March or April. However, per the report, some capabilities will not arrive until iOS 27.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via MacRumors and The Information
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