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Apple is racing to make Siri more agentic

Future versions of Siri will be able to control third-party apps and perform more complex tasks.

by Terrence O'Brien

Nov 8, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC

Photo: David Imel / The Verge

Terrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says CEO John Ternus is pressuring AI czar Craig Federighi to accelerate the Siri roadmap and deliver a powerful AI agent that can compete with OpenAI’s Dots or Meta’s Muse. While Federighi has delivered a functional version of Siri AI on an incredibly short timeline, the company has no illusions that it’s keeping pace with its rivals.

Two significant improvements are expected to be made to Siri in the coming months. One will give the assistant fine-grained control over Apple’s first-party apps, allowing it to do things like rotate and crop images...

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