currentlyStill unable to launch an upgraded version of Siri digital assistant serviceIn case,Bloomberg NewsIt is said that Apple is considering changing its strategy and may cooperate with OpenAI or Anthropic to promote Siri's upgraded functions through third-party large-scale natural language model technology.
Apple originally planned to launch a new generation of Siri in 2025 based on its own research and development model, which can understand personal meaning and perform operations across applications. However, due to the slow overall progress, news of the delay was reported in March this year. During the WWDC 3 this year, no specific upgrade schedule was announced, only that it would be launched inMore complete new architecture designCreate an upgraded version of Siri.
The report pointed out that Apple has recently contacted OpenAI and Anthropic, asking them to provide a version of the model that can run on Apple's own Private Cloud Compute cloud architecture to protect user privacy and data security.
While some features of Apple Intelligence already incorporate ChatGPT technology, making Siri's core functionality dependent on external, third-party models would represent a significant shift in the development of the digital assistant. This move also highlights a shift in Apple's internal structure: the Siri team is now led by Mike Rockwell, who previously oversaw the development of Vision Pro, while overall leadership of the AI technology department has shifted from John Giannandrea to Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi.
Similarly, Samsung's Galaxy AI development strategy also incorporates some in-house technology, but the core technology still relies on Google Gemini. Therefore, if Apple adopts a similar approach, it will be able to enhance its AI user experience through external technology in the short term, while retaining the flexibility to return to its own technology in the future. For example, Apple initially collaborated with Google on many applications, but is now increasingly focusing on its own services on iOS.
Judging from the current development, Apple is expected to add a number of artificial intelligence assistance functions to the operating systems such as iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26 released this fall, including text summarization, automatic writing assistance, personalized recommendations, instant translation, etc., but the upgraded version of Siri will not be released until 2026.
