A major Siri overhaul may not happen for another year or more, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman says in his latest “Power On” newsletter.
Last November he said, purportedly dubbed “LLM Siri,” this version of Apple’s personal digital assistant would be previewed next year with a rollout coming in 2026. According to Bloomberg, Apple wants its personal digital assistant to be better able to compete with chatbots like ChatGPT. To do this, the company will utilize “advanced large language models.”
The goal is for Siri to be able to have human-like conversations with users. Bloomberg says Apple is testing the new Siri in a separate app on Macs
Apparently, Apple has run into problems with this, and is taking the time to get it right. However, Gurman says this year’s iOS 19 to include some changes to Siri’s underlying architecture that will allow it to handle more advanced queries.
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