Report: 7 New Features Coming to Google Gemini-Powered Siri
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– Apple and Google are collaborating, with Gemini AI set to power a more personalized version of Siri, as detailed in a report from The Information.
– The enhanced Siri will gain new capabilities, such as answering factual questions conversationally, telling stories, and providing emotional support.
– It will also handle more complex tasks like booking travel and creating documents in apps such as Notes based on user requests.
– Apple plans to announce additional features at WWDC, including Siri’s knowledge of past conversations and proactive suggestions using app data.
– The revamped Siri, first previewed at WWDC 2024, is expected to launch with iOS 26.4 in spring, though some features will arrive later with iOS 27.
A major shift is coming to the iPhone’s virtual assistant, with Google’s Gemini AI set to power a significantly smarter and more capable Siri. According to a recent report, this integration will unlock a suite of new features designed to make interactions more natural, helpful, and deeply integrated into a user’s digital life. The first wave of these enhancements could arrive as soon as this spring.
The upgraded assistant is expected to move far beyond simple commands. It will be able to answer complex factual questions with a conversational tone, making information retrieval feel more like a dialogue. Siri will also gain the ability to tell engaging stories and even offer a degree of emotional support, aiming for a more human-like interaction. On the practical side, it will assist with intricate tasks like booking travel arrangements and can automatically create documents, such as a cooking recipe, directly within the Notes app.
Further capabilities are slated for announcement at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June. These include Siri developing a memory of past conversations to provide continuity, and offering proactive suggestions by intelligently pulling data from other applications like Calendar. This aligns with Apple’s earlier demonstration of a context-aware Siri that could, for example, inform a user about a family member’s flight status using details from the Mail and Messages apps.
Notably, the report indicates that while Gemini provides the underlying intelligence, the user experience will remain distinctly Apple’s. The prototype shows no Google or Gemini branding, and Apple has the ability to fine-tune the AI model to ensure Siri’s responses match the company’s preferred style and standards. This personalized version of Siri was first previewed at WWDC 2024 and is on track for a public release with iOS 26.4 in March or April, though some of the more advanced features may not be fully available until the subsequent iOS 27 update.
(Source: Mac Rumors)
