Apple accelerates Siri rebuild under pressure from autonomous AI agents

TechnologyInternationalynetnewsNov 9, 2026, 11:50 AMAI summary

According to Bloomberg, Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, asked software engineering chief Craig Federighi in a private meeting to speed up the roadmap and turn Siri into an autonomous AI agent. The new Siri, launched two years late in iOS 27 and rebuilt on Google's Gemini, still requires users to request each action. Apple will change how it develops iOS 28 and macOS 28 to allow more time for early research.

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Ternus demanded Federighi accelerate development and turn Siri into an autonomous AI agent
The new Siri arrived two years late in iOS 27 and was rebuilt on Google's Gemini
The iOS 27.3 beta is expected to let Siri perform complex actions inside Apple's own apps, and in third-party apps by spring

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