Apple reportedly will make us wait until next year for the smarter Siri the company showcased during June’s WWDC24 keynote. According to a new report, the updated voice assistant won’t enter developer beta testing until January, with a public release slated for next spring in iOS 18.4.
The wait for a smarter Siri grows longer
Siri became the butt of many jokes over the years. Despite being the first to launch more than a decade ago, Apple’s voice assistant is nowhere close to its competitors at this point. However, the new AI-powered Siri could change all that when it arrives on iPhone, Mac and iPad.
The next-gen Siri will let you control in-app actions, pass data from one app to another, and more. Apple says the assistant will be smart enough to handle complex commands like, “Send the photos from the cookout on Saturday to Malia.” It can even understand and pull relevant info when you ask questions like, “When is Mom’s flight landing?”
Sadly, if you are eager to try the new Siri, prepare for a disappointingly long wait. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman says the new Siri design and ChatGPT integration won’t arrive with iOS 18 this fall. The new “Siri features are likely to go into beta testing for developers in January and then debut publicly around the springtime” with iOS 18.4, Gurman said in his weekly Power On newsletter Sunday.
AI-powered Siri could finally catch up to its competition
Apple previously admitted that several new Siri features would not launch with iOS 18. Still, waiting until next spring to try out Siri’s best features likely will disappoint many iPhone users.
While the delay is a bummer, the voice assistant could make up for that if it lives up to Apple’s promises. The big upgrade could enable Siri to catch up to, or even leapfrog, its competition.
When the new Siri experience goes live in an iOS 18 developer beta build, you can install the beta on your iPhone to try out the new features ahead of the public release.
