Siri’s New Capabilities
Based on Apple’s promises and rumors about what’s coming in the new version of iOS, Siri in iOS 27 will be nothing like Siri in iOS 26. In 2024, Apple showed us three ways that Siri will improve, but two years have passed and extra work has been done, so we’re expecting even more than what Apple demonstrated back then.
Siri is going to be able to draw on user data and information from Apple devices, with access to personal data for completing tasks. The assistant is also going to be able to do more with apps, and it will be able to tell what’s on the screen to answer questions.
Personal Context
Siri will be able to access emails, messages, files, photos, and more, learning all about you to help you complete tasks and keep track of what you’ve been sent. Apple offered some examples of how personal context will work:
Show me the files Eric sent me last week.
Find the email where Eric mentioned ice skating.
Find the books that Eric recommended to me.
Where’s the recipe that Eric sent me?
What’s my passport number?
Onscreen Awareness
Onscreen awareness will let Siri see what’s on your screen and complete actions involving whatever you’re looking at. If someone texts you an address, you can tell Siri to add it to their contact card. Or if you’re looking at a photo and want to send it to someone, you can ask Siri to do it for you.
App Integration
Siri will be able to do more in and across apps, performing actions and completing tasks that are just not possible with the personal assistant right now. We don’t have a full picture of what Siri will be capable of, but Apple gave a few examples of what to expect.
Moving files from one app to another.
Editing a photo and then sharing it with someone.
Getting directions home and sending the ETA in the Messages app.
Drafting and then sending an email.
Siri will be able to complete tasks in Apple apps and in third-party apps, with developers able to expose app capabilities to Siri.
Siri as a Chatbot
Apple is turning Siri into a full chatbot that users can interact with similarly to Claude or ChatGPT. The Siri chatbot will be integrated into Apple’s operating systems at the system level, plus there will be a Siri app for back-and-forth conversations.
Siri will be able to do the same things that other chatbots can do. It will be able to search the web for answers to questions and provide summaries, evaluate and summarize uploaded documents, and even generate images and content so you can do things like get help with writing or creating an infographic.
Unlike ChatGPT and Claude, Siri will have deeper Apple device integration and more access to user data. Current chatbots can’t access your mail app, what you’ve written in notes, your Photos Library, or your messages, but Siri will have that information. Personal data access will set Siri apart and give iPhone users some of the features that Android users have been able to enjoy thanks to Gemini’s integration with Google services.
Siri will be able to answer multi-part questions, remember what it was asked before, maintain context across requests, and remember details about the user.
Siri’s Design
With Siri’s chatbot transition, Apple will be making multiple Siri-related design changes. Siri will largely live in the Dynamic Island, and there will be new ways to access Siri.
Swiping down from the center of the iPhone’s display from the Home Screen or any app will bring up a new "Search or Ask" feature in the Dynamic Island. A glowing, pill-shaped animation will be displayed in the Dynamic Island to indicate that Siri is processing a request.
Source:
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/02/ios-27-siri-features/
Diem ‘Richard’ Nguyen
Liên Minh Bảo Hiến Mỹ Gốc Việt
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