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Apple’s artificial intelligence upgrade plan for the next generation of Siri has been delayed again. The latest news shows that the highly anticipated "application depth control" capability will not arrive in the short term, and users may have to wait until the spring of 2027 to experience this key feature.
It is reported that Apple is advancing the development of a new generation of Siri based on the Apple Intelligence architecture, but the development progress of core functions that allow Siri to perform complex tasks across applications, deeply control the system and third-party software is slower than expected. This means that users still cannot get many of the advanced AI assistant experiences that Apple has previously demonstrated.
The so-called "application depth control" function means that users can let Siri complete continuous operations between multiple applications through natural language. Find specific information, edit content, manage calendars and reminders, send messages, and even automate complex workflows across multiple software. Apple believes that this capability will become an important development direction for future smart assistants.
However, due to challenges in related technology development, Apple has further delayed the official release of this feature. According to people familiar with the matter, the company currently anticipates that it will not be able to provide this capability to users until the spring of 2027 at the earliest.
This delay means that the development speed of the Apple Intelligence ecosystem has not yet reached the initial expectations of the outside world. Since Apple officially announced its artificial intelligence strategy, the company has been emphasizing the deep integration of AI capabilities into the iPhone, iPad and Mac product lines, and improving the level of device intelligence with the help of the new Siri experience.
To achieve this goal, Apple not only needs to enable language models to accurately understand user intent, but also must ensure that it can safely and reliably access and control data in applications. Compared with traditional chatbots, it is significantly more difficult to develop such functions involving system permissions and user privacy.
The report pointed out that Apple is still improving the underlying architecture to ensure that Siri can maintain stability, security and privacy protection standards when performing complex cross-application tasks in the future. Since Apple has long regarded user privacy as a core selling point, any feature involving app control permissions must be rigorously tested and verified.
At the same time, Apple continues to promote the deployment of other functions of Apple Intelligence, including text generation, content summarization, intelligent notification management, and hybrid AI processing on the device and the cloud. These features will continue to be gradually made available to users through future software updates.
Industry analysts believe that this delay reflects Apple’s relatively cautious strategy in the artificial intelligence competition. Unlike some competitors that prioritize launching features and then gradually improving them, Apple prefers to officially release features after they meet established standards. Therefore, although development cycles are lengthened, companies hope to reduce security risks and product defects.
For users who are looking forward to "truly smart Siri", this means they still need to wait. Although Apple Intelligence related capabilities are constantly expanding, the cross-application autonomous operation function that represents the next stage of AI assistant development is still a long way from being officially launched. The latest timetable shows that this important upgrade will meet users as soon as the spring of 2027.
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