Apple has officially unveiled Siri AI, its biggest overhaul of Siri since the voice assistant first launched in 2011.
Announced at WWDC 2026, Siri AI is powered by Apple Intelligence and brings a more conversational interface, personal context awareness, visual intelligence and the ability to take actions across apps. Apple says the new assistant can answer questions from the web, understand what's on your screen, surface information from messages, emails and photos, and help users write, edit and complete tasks.
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Here's everything you need to know about Siri AI, including supported devices, how to access it and when it will be available.
What is Siri AI?
Siri AI is a completely rebuilt version of Siri powered by the next generation of Apple Intelligence.
Unlike the old Siri, which primarily handled voice commands and basic queries, Siri AI can understand personal context, maintain conversations, answer follow-up questions and take actions across apps.
For example, users can ask Siri to:
- Find a restaurant recommendation sent by a friend in Messages
- Pull up a hotel booking confirmation from an old email
- Find photos from a recent trip
- Draft emails and messages
- Edit and share photos
- Answer questions about content currently displayed on screen
- Search the web for up-to-date information on virtually any topic
Apple says Siri AI combines personal information, onscreen awareness and web knowledge to provide more useful and contextual responses.
How to access Siri AI
Apple has introduced several new ways to access Siri AI across devices.
On iPhone
Users can access Siri AI by:
- Saying "Hey Siri"
- Pressing the side button
- Swiping down from the Dynamic Island to start a conversation
- Using the new dedicated Siri app
The dedicated Siri app allows users to revisit previous conversations and continue chats across devices.
On Mac
Siri AI is integrated directly into Spotlight.
Users can search for answers, ask questions and access Siri AI from anywhere in macOS. Siri is also integrated into system context menus, allowing users to control-click files, images or text and ask questions about them.
On iPad
Siri AI is integrated into Spotlight and Visual Intelligence features, including screenshot-based interactions.
On Apple Watch
Users can start conversations directly from their wrist, while Smart Stack can suggest continuing previous Siri conversations.
What is the new Siri app?
One of the biggest additions is a dedicated Siri app.
The app stores conversation history using iCloud syncing, allowing users to start a conversation on one device and continue it on another.
For example, users can begin chatting with Siri on a Mac and pick up the same conversation later on an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Apple Vision Pro.
Siri AI gets Visual Intelligence
Apple has significantly expanded Visual Intelligence.
On iPhone, Siri AI is integrated directly into the Camera app through a new Siri mode. Users can point the camera at objects and ask questions about what they see.
The feature can:
- Identify objects and places
- Provide information about food
- Offer nutritional insights
- Help split restaurant bills using Apple Cash
- Answer questions about visual content
Visual Intelligence is also coming to iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro for the first time.
Which devices support Siri AI?
Apple Intelligence and Siri AI will only be available on supported hardware.
Supported iPhones
- iPhone 16 series and newer
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPad mini with A17 Pro
- iPads powered by M1 chips or newer
- Mac models with M1 chips or newer
- Apple Watch Series 10 and newer
- Apple Watch Ultra 2 and newer
- Apple Watch SE 3 (when paired with a compatible iPhone)
Notably, while iOS 27 supports iPhone 11 and newer devices, Siri AI itself requires Apple Intelligence-compatible hardware.
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When will Siri AI be available?
Apple says Siri AI is available for developer testing starting now through the Apple Developer Program.
A public beta will launch later this year as part of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27 and visionOS 27.
Initially, Siri AI will be available in English, with support for additional languages rolling out later.
