Apple Introduces Siri AI With Personal Context and Onscreen Awareness

Apple today introduced Siri AI, a new version of Siri powered by Apple Intelligence that adds personal context, onscreen awareness, web-based answers, a dedicated Siri app, expanded Visual Intelligence, and integrated writing tools.

Apple says the new features are available for developer testing starting today across iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and visionOS 27. Siri AI will arrive for developer testing in a future watchOS 27 beta, and will be available as a beta to users later this year.

Personal Context and Onscreen Awareness

Siri AI can draw on personal context across messages, emails, photos, and other apps to help users find information. Apple says examples include asking Siri to find a restaurant recommendation from a message, surface a hotel confirmation number from email, or pull up photos from a recent trip. Personal context can extend to third-party apps when developers integrate with Spotlight.


Siri AI can also answer questions about what is currently on the screen and take action across apps. Apple says a user could ask Siri what to bring to a potluck mentioned in a text thread, then add a recipe to Notes.

World Knowledge and System Access

Apple says Siri AI can use broad world knowledge to pull current information from the web and generate answers on topics such as an upcoming solar eclipse or concert dates. Users can continue with follow-up questions in a richer conversation.

On iPhone, Siri AI can still be invoked with Hey Siri or the side button, and users can also swipe down from the Dynamic Island to start a conversation. On iPad and Mac, Siri AI is integrated into Spotlight. On Mac, it is also available from systemwide context menus, letting users control-click to ask about images, files, or text on screen.







On Apple Vision Pro, Siri AI uses a 3D visualization that can be placed in the user's space and invoked by looking at it and speaking. Apple also says Siri AI will work across iPhone, Apple Watch, CarPlay, and AirPods, with Apple Watch users able to start a conversation from the wrist or continue one from a Smart Stack suggestion.

Privacy Architecture

Apple says Siri AI uses the next generation of Apple Foundation Models running on device and, when needed, on servers through Private Cloud Compute. According to Apple, when Private Cloud Compute processes a request, personal data is not stored or made accessible to Apple or anyone else, and outside experts can continue to verify the system.


Siri AI also uses a system orchestrator to tap into capabilities such as the Spotlight index and App Toolbox, which Apple says work on device.

Voice, Dictation, and Conversation History

On devices that support Apple's most advanced on-device model, Siri AI adds more expressive voices and improved systemwide dictation. Users can customize the expressiveness and pace of Siri's voice, while dictation can handle capitalization, punctuation, and formatting as users speak.



Apple is also adding a dedicated Siri app for revisiting previous conversations and starting new ones. Conversation history syncs privately through iCloud, allowing users to continue a Siri conversation across Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Apple Vision Pro.

Visual Intelligence and Writing Tools

Siri's Visual Intelligence features are expanding beyond iPhone. On iPhone, a new Siri mode in Camera lets users ask Siri about what the camera sees and take actions such as splitting a bill with Apple Cash or getting nutritional information about food.

Visual Intelligence is also coming to iPad and Mac for the first time. On iPad, it is built into the screenshot experience. On Mac, users can invoke it with a keyboard shortcut, select something on screen, and type to Siri. On Apple Vision Pro, users can ask Siri about app windows or physical objects around them.





Siri AI also adds integrated Writing Tools that can generate a draft from scratch, revise existing text based on a user's instructions, and offer suggestions. Apple says Siri can adapt writing in Mail and Messages based on how a user usually communicates with each recipient, and can automatically proofread text across the system, including in most third-party apps.

Availability

Siri AI will be available as a beta later this year for users with a supported device set to English. Apple says support for more languages will expand quickly.

Apple Intelligence currently supports English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, though some features may vary by region or language.

Apple says Apple Intelligence and Siri AI in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 will be available on iPhone 16 models or later, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad mini with A17 Pro, iPad models with M1 or later, Mac models with M1 or later, Apple Vision Pro, Apple Watch Series 10 or later, Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later, and Apple Watch SE 3 when paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone nearby.

Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro users in the EU will be able to access Siri AI when set to a supported language, but Siri AI will not initially be available in the EU on iOS or iPadOS. Siri AI and other new Apple Intelligence features will also not be available in China while Apple works through regulatory requirements.