Siri Reborn: iOS 27 to Debut Full Chatbot Experience
Apple is set to reinvent Siri as a true AI chatbot, delivering conversational power and deep integration across iPhone, iPad, and Mac in iOS 27.
The Siri you know is on its way out. For over a decade, Apple’s digital assistant has been a basic command-and-response tool—lagging as conversational AI reshaped expectations across the industry. That’s about to change.
A new report from Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reveals that Apple is preparing a complete overhaul of Siri for iOS 27. This update will transform Siri from a voice assistant into a deeply integrated AI chatbot, codenamed “Campos,” replacing the familiar interface with Apple’s most significant leap into generative AI yet. This marks a fundamental shift in Apple’s strategy, positioning the company to directly compete with leaders like OpenAI and Google.
This isn’t just an incremental update—it’s a reinvention. For iPhone users long frustrated by Siri’s limitations, this change is both welcome and long overdue.
What Is the New Siri Chatbot?
The defining difference between the old Siri and the upcoming chatbot lies in the interaction itself. Rather than a single-use tool for simple tasks—setting timers or checking the weather—the new Siri is designed for sustained, conversational engagement, much like ChatGPT. Activation remains familiar: users will still say “Siri” or hold down the side button. What happens next, though, will be fundamentally different.
The new chatbot will support both voice and text interactions, maintaining context across sessions. You’ll be able to start a conversation with your voice and seamlessly continue via text, with Siri remembering the flow of your previous exchanges. In addressing one of Siri’s most persistent weaknesses—its lack of memory—Apple is closing the gap with leading conversational AIs.
Deep Integration Across the Ecosystem
Perhaps the most powerful aspect of the new Siri is not just how it communicates, but how deeply it’s woven into Apple’s platforms. While third-party chatbots remain sandboxed, Apple’s AI will be embedded natively across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, unlocking tasks that no other AI can perform within the Apple ecosystem.
This integration delivers a range of new capabilities:
Content Creation: Generate images, summarize articles, or create content directly from user prompts.
Personal Data Mastery: Quickly find files, songs, messages, or calendar events using natural language.
Web Intelligence: Search the web and deliver conversational, summarized answers rather than simple links.
File Analysis: Upload files for Siri to review and provide insights.
In-App Actions: A Productivity Powerhouse
The real game-changer comes in how Siri can act inside native Apple applications. According to the report, this upgrade will make many workflows dramatically more efficient.
Picture a Siri that can:
Edit a photo: “Find the picture I took at the beach yesterday and make it black and white.”
Draft an email: “Write an email to my team about our meeting tomorrow, and include the agenda from my calendar.”
Control your music: “Create a playlist of upbeat rock songs from the ’90s and add it to my library.”
This elevated in-app control transforms Siri from a simple assistant into a productivity powerhouse, enabling users to accomplish multi-step tasks with a single command—a level of operating system integration unmatched by third-party solutions.
A Two-Step Modernization
The full Siri transformation is expected with iOS 27, set to be announced at WWDC in June and launched in the fall. But Apple isn’t making users wait entirely. An interim update is coming this spring as part of iOS 26.
This initial phase will deliver smarter, more accurate responses by leveraging Google’s Gemini models behind the existing Siri interface. It serves as the first step in a broader modernization strategy and sets the stage for the complete chatbot experience later in the year.
Apple’s Strategic Pivot
For years, Apple publicly dismissed the chatbot model for Siri. Now, faced with the rapid rise of tools like ChatGPT—and evolving user expectations—Apple is pivoting, building its own deeply integrated chatbot experience that balances power, privacy, and user control.
This move clearly acknowledges that conversational AI is the future of personal technology. While Apple may be entering the race later than some, its unique combination of hardware-software integration and user privacy could become a distinct advantage. Just as Apple once redefined human-computer interaction with the graphical interface, it now aims to reshape how we engage with our most personal devices through conversation.
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