Siri's Biggest Upgrade Won't Arrive Until iOS 19

iOS 18.4 is expected to be released in April with several new Apple Intelligence enhancements for Siri, including on-screen awareness, deeper per-app controls, and better understanding of a user's personal context. However, an even bigger upgrade planned for Siri is still more than a year away, according to a recent report.

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A few months ago, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said iOS 19 will introduce a "more conversational" version of Siri powered by "more advanced large language models." He said this upgrade will make Siri more like ChatGPT, allowing the assistant to "handle more sophisticated requests" and better respond to "back-and-forth conversations."

Apple will likely preview the more conversational version of Siri when it announces iOS 19 at WWDC 2025 in June, but Gurman said it will not be available until as early as spring 2026. That suggests the feature will be released as part of an iOS 19.4 update, which is likely to be released in March or April next year.

Siri was already inferior to competing voice assistants like Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant, and the rise of chatbots like ChatGPT and Google's Gemini set Siri even further behind. With the enhancements coming between the iOS 18.4 and iOS 19.4 updates, Siri should finally see some meaningful improvements.

The revamped Siri will require an iPhone 15 Pro or newer due to Apple Intelligence compatibility.

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Top Rated Comments

turbineseaplane Avatar
12 weeks ago
It's always "next year Siri will finally be better"

I think everyone is pretty skeptical at this point
Score: 45 Votes (Like | Disagree)
vertsix Avatar
12 weeks ago
I work in engineering and have tight deadlines for everything, it baffles me how Apple hasn't cleaned house or consolidated/expanded teams working on iOS to meet them. Seems like a managerial incompetency at the company.
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Expos of 1969 Avatar
12 weeks ago
Not holding my breath.
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jdawgnoonan Avatar
12 weeks ago
I will be impressed with Siri once she can logically add destinations on a route I am following turn by turn directions on in CarPlay. Over the holiday I was driving from Houston, TX to Milwaukee, WI and it is very irritating to ask that she adds a “Loves Truck Stop on my route” and have her suggest a restaurant in Colorado when she should be aware of the route I am on since she created the route in Apple Maps. This is what causes me to get frustrated and to just use google maps instead.
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
turbineseaplane Avatar
12 weeks ago

I’m expecting better Siri when competition begins to make flying phones
If you use Siri much, your phone will be flying

(as in ... thrown across the room in frustration)
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
HJM.NL Avatar
12 weeks ago

It's always "next year Siri will finally be better"

I think everyone is pretty skeptical at this point
So a good personal assistant will only be available for iPhone 15 pro and up.

By the time it’s supposed to be ready, we are talking about 2026 and maybe later.

More than 13 years ago Apple made a commercial of what Siri is capable of:



I still can’t ask Siri to set two seperate timers today. Try it… it doesn’t work in Dutch Siri.

In the meantime all (also the cheap) mobile phones running android are able to do all the things Apple promises for 2026 today. I’m curious what those are capable of in 2026.

There must be something going very wrong with the development of iOS. I can’t see how they’re able to stay competitive.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)