WatchOS 27 Fixes Siri at Last, but You May Need to Buy a New Apple Watch to Get It

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Apple's WWDC keynote on Monday put a supercharged Siri in the spotlight, but the ripple effects of that upgrade will likely be felt most on the Apple Watch -- if you have a new enough model, that is.

With WatchOS 27, Apple is bringing a revamped Siri -- now dubbed Siri AI -- to the wrist, with better contextual awareness, natural language support and the ability to pull information from other apps on the fly. In theory, that should finally stop Siri on Apple Watch from defaulting to showing a list of web links for nearly every request. That's especially important on a device where you don't have the screen real estate or time to dig through websites or conduct a back-and-forth chat with a chatbot.

If you've used an Android-based watch running Wear OS recently, the gap is pretty obvious. Google brought Gemini to the wristlast year, and...

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