Siri AI Is Becoming Apple’s Everything Tool

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The latest version of Apple’s smartphone software, iOS 27, is available for iPhone owners as a public beta. It’s the first time Apple’s long-promised revamped version of Siri is available to the general public.

Showcased at the company’s WWDC event in June as “Siri AI,” Apple expanded on the original voice controls of the smartphone assistant, adding a chatbot-style app and further weaving it into the iPhone user experience.

In my initial hands-on with a developer beta version of Siri AI, I was generally impressed by Apple's overhaul. It made the assistant feel actually helpful for navigating my phone and useful for tasks beyond voice-based interactions. Siri AI was able to help find old vacation photos, send quick texts, and pick a decent pancake spot—all from basic prompts—during my limited tests. It wasn't flawless, but the new Siri does feel worth giving a whirl, especially for iPhone...

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