# Siri AI is an "entirely new version of Siri," says Apple.

*genai · news · 2026-06-08 · XDA Developers*

## Key points

- Apple unveiled Siri AI, featuring expressive voice, on-screen content reading, and improved context awareness.
- Siri AI will have a dedicated ChatGPT-style app with iCloud-synced text and voice chat history.
- Siri AI will launch across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, and Vision Pro, each with unique activation gestures.
- Apple confirmed Siri AI beta will roll out in the US later this year.

Summary Apple unveils Siri AI: a more conversational, capable assistant with expressive voice and on‑screen reading. Siri AI rolls out across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch and Vision Pro with device‑specific launch gestures. Includes ChatGPT‑style app with text/voice chat, iCloud‑synced history; US beta due this year. Roughly two years after first showing off its plans for Apple Intelligence and its more capable Siri at WWDC 2026, Apple has finally revealed its next-generation AI assistant, Siri AI. During the tech giant's WWDC keynote, Apple described Siri AI as an "entirely new version of Siri," emphasizing that it's both more conversational and capable. New features include an expressive voice with a customizable pace and the ability to read what's on-screen. Siri AI is also capable of better understanding personal context, says Apple. During the keynote, Apple showed off Siri's ability to recognize people and faces in your Photos library, making it easier to locate the photos you're looking for. If these features sound familiar, you're right; a lot of this functionality made its way to Google's Pixel with Gemini several years ago. Craig Federighi, Apple's SVP of software engineering, says that all of Siri AI's features have been designed "with privacy at every step" and that requests are processed on-device or through the tech giant's Private Cloud Compute. Siri AI is coming to all of Apple's major operating systems The AI assistant is launching in beta later this year Siri AI will be released across Apple's entire ecosystem, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and the Vision Pro (it seems Apple does remember the Vision Pro). On iPhone, you'll be able to access Siri AI by swiping down from the phone's Dynamic Island, while on Mac, you can use the new AI Assistant in Spotlight. With the Vision Pro, users will need to look at a Siri visualization to launch the feature. Siri AI is also getting a dedicated ChatGPT-like app with an interface for text and voice conversations, as well as a saved history. These conversations are also synced with iCloud. Apple says Siri AI will launch in the US as a beta later this year. Apple's suite of AI features is a long time coming, and the company first announced it was working on the project back at WWDC 2024. Along with confirming a partnership with Google's Gemini back in early January (which the tech giant also mentioned during its WWDC keynote), the company recently settled a $250 million class action lawsuit where it was accused of "misleading consumers" about Apple Intelligence's availability and performance. During Apple's keynote, the company also announced iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate.

**Companies:** Apple
**Countries:** United States

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