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EU iPhone and iPad Users Could Still Face Months-Long Wait for Siri AI

ios 27 siri animationApple's upgraded Siri AI could remain unavailable in the European Union for several months yet, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said a delay of around five months would be the "absolute best-case scenario," with European users potentially facing an even longer wait while Apple negotiates its compliance with the bloc's digital rules.

Gurman reckons Apple is withholding the upgrade to pressure the European Commission, hoping that frustrated customers will push for changes to its approach, and he compared the situation with Apple Intelligence's delayed EU rollout. Note that Siri AI is not available in the EU on iPhone or iPad, but EU users have access to it on Mac. ‌

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Top Rated Comments

ibRckr Avatar
34 minutes ago at 03:04 am
I am so happy about this.
None wants this AI surveillance slop on their phones. God bless EU for this.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
31 minutes ago at 03:07 am
As a European I’m very happy about this. I don’t want and need AI forced on my phone. Especially not for useless features like image playground or response snippets in other apps.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Mr. Nice Avatar
31 minutes ago at 03:07 am
And I’ve learned my lesson:
Don’t buy an iPhone 16 just for AI features that are supposedly coming “someday.” 😝

That’s why, as a European, there’s no need to even look at a new Apple Watch with a new Health AI app that’s supposed to be coming “soon.” 🤣
Or even the latest iPhones.

The good news:
just wait for the new 2027 models ✌️
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
28 minutes ago at 03:10 am
As a French enthusiast I am not even mad, I know that ChatGPT / Claude are way more powerful and it’s even more true if you have a paid subscription.

But when it will be truly refined and allow to use Apple’s PCC with privacy in mind I’m in. At this stage it feels like a beta marketing gimmick to accelerate the upgrading iPhone cycle that is slowing. Don’t get me wrong I am happy to have more RAM and top tier SoC but even with A20 Pro and 12GB ram you are quite far for doing anything top tier on-device for local AI. Apple PCC is way more viable to be competitive than raw local AI processing. A20 pro with 12GB ram is baby hardware compare to llm providers compute power and it’s not even close
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
34 minutes ago at 03:04 am
Just get a real AI agent like Claude or DuckDuckGo AI. Siri AI is two years behind now. They should open up to the frontier models like EU is asking, in order to have a chance of being useful in the near future.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Macusercom Avatar
41 minutes ago at 02:57 am
The thing is, Apple would have to allow other AI apps to have the same privileges as Apple Intelligence does. This would be a good thing imho but Apple prefers not to give users a choice.

Would I rather use Apple Intelligence than ChatGPT or Claude for said features? Yes. Do I want to be forced to use it forever? Absolutely not
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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