Siri is already capable of handling some tasks for iOS 27.3 developer beta users. Apple is exploring making it even more useful to keep up with rival AI apps.
Developers in iOS 27.3 are discovering that Siri AI can do a lot more for users. For first-party apps, users can ask Siri what it can do, and then ask for it to carry out those same tasks.
However, this is only one step for Apple. It wants to do a lot more, both in terms of task complexity and for third-party apps too.
In Sunday's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg, Mark Gurman points out this Siri AI capability, but adds that this extended support for Apple's own apps can arrive to the public version in December.
Third-party support is still on the way, but that won't happen until the spring of 2027 as part of a "preview." This will probably be part of iOS 27.5 or iOS 27.6, ahead of the 2027 WWDC.
A more productive future
The moves, which Apple has planned as App Intents for quite some time, are important but behind other AI apps in terms of sophistication.
Services like Muse and Grok are capable of handling tasks and working between conversations. They can also elect to pause and resume work on their own, depending on the project's needs and the user's preferences over time.
Apple is allegedly trying to move in that direction, in terms of providing long-term assistance to users for specific tasks without necessarily needing user oversight every step of the way.
This more agentic style of Siri could also arrive early in 2027.
