iOS 19 Rumors: More ChatGPT-Like Siri, Some New Features 'Postponed'

[MacRumors]

iOS 19 is not expected to be announced until June 2025, but the software update's first major new feature has already leaked.

In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reiterated his previous report that said iOS 19 will introduce a "more conversational Siri" powered by "more advanced large language models." He said this upgrade will make Siri more like OpenAI's ChatGPT, allowing the assistant to "handle more sophisticated requests."

Apple will likely unveil the revamped Siri when it unveils iOS 19 at WWDC 2025 next June, but Gurman said it will not be available until as early as spring 2026. That suggests the feature will be released as part of an iOS 19.4 update.

In his newsletter, he revealed that additional features have been "postponed" until iOS 19.4.

"I'm told that a larger-than-usual number of features scheduled for iOS 19 (beyond the new Siri) are already postponed until spring 2026 (when iOS 19.4 debuts)," he wrote.

He did not provide any details about those other planned features.

In the meantime, iOS 18.2 adds ChatGPT integration to Siri, and Gurman expects an integration with Google's Gemini to follow in a later update. Apple previously confirmed that iOS 18.2 will be released to the public in December. And with iOS 18.4, Siri will gain on-screen awareness, deeper per-app controls, and a few other enhancements, but it will still not offer fully-fledged ChatGPT-like conversational abilities directly.

Once the new Siri is released, iPhone users should not have to tap into third-party services like ChatGPT and Gemini as often. iOS 19.4 is still around a year and a half away from being released, though, so a long wait remains.

Article Link: iOS 19 Rumors: More ChatGPT-Like Siri, Some New Features 'Postponed'

 

[sniffies]

I’d rather Apple work on more useful, necessary features than this AI/ChatGPT stuff.

 

[mgmacius]

That’s what you get when you replace a charismatic visionary with a phlegmatic boring bean counter with a charisma of a damp rag.

 

[robgreene]

Why not just release 19.0 in Spring '26, with ALL the features?

 

[Kylo83]

I hope iOS 19 isn’t just another Apple intelligence update and that’s all they focus on now going forward. I want changes and new features that isn’t part of AI

 

[JokoWidodo]

SHIIII we got ios 19.4 rumors before gta 6

 

[redbeard331]

I’m ready to test iOS 19, already bored with iOS 18.

 

[John_Blackthorne]

I absolutely hate these "yearlong" releases.

Say what you want about Android devices, but you are generally not waiting more than six months for a feature to arrive after it was announced.

 

[John_Blackthorne]

I’m ready to test iOS 19, already bored with iOS 18.

I guess if they give us the betas early enough.

 

[swingerofbirch]

How did Tim Cook go to all those Bilderberg meetings and the Silicon Valley summer camps for tech CEOs, etc., and not realize generative text was going to be a huge thing? It seems like they caught on at the same time as the public.

And even if he had never heard of it, Siri alone, apart from being nothing like ChatGPT is still so often non-functional for the most basic voice commands you could do with IVR systems back in the 1990s.

I quite frequently will try to place calls hands-free and Siri just goes completely wildcard in picking names of whom to call.

 

[ipedro]

Apple has been shifting its major features further towards the Spring, which leads me to believe that WWDC in the Summer will eventually become the pinnacle of their OS flagship feature releases each year and then the announcement of upcoming features over the year to come. Bunching everything into a September release wasn't sustainable. Year-long feature updates will ensure more OS stability and that features are released when they're ready, not when they have to be.

 

[pksv]

I’d rather Apple work on more useful, necessary features than Apple Intelligence.

Like what exactly?

 

[gigapocket1]

I’m not against the year long updates.. but they can’t do what they did with iOS 18 and iPhone 16 again. They need to ship with some New features.

 

[pksv]

Why not just release 19.0 in Spring '26, with ALL the features?

Because you will get the rest of the features earlier, starting from September 2026.
I hope I helped, best regards.

 

[neuropsychguy]

I’d rather Apple work on more useful, necessary features than Apple Intelligence.

What are some examples of more useful, necessary features you think Apple should add?

Also, people have been clamoring for Siri updates for about a decade. It's probably about time for Apple to improve it.

 

[DrJR]

For the love of all that is holy, skip a year, get what you’ve got working well and properly integrated into the UX and put out iOS18 “Snow Leopard” for 2025.

 

[ricketysquire]

I’d rather Apple work on more useful, necessary features than Apple Intelligence.

Or just take a break from the yearly OS updates. We don't need new OSs every year. I wish we'd have a 4-5 year release schedule like we used to from software companies. We don't need constant releases, we shouldn't rush to push code and features. Let's slow down.

 

[breather]

19.4 for LLM Siri, and then add 6 months for additional languages, perhaps even longer.
yawn

 

[BorisDG]

Designed with With rebooted Apple Intelligence at it's core, iPhone 16 18 Pro brings the next-generation Pro experience to our users.

Literally this.

 

[Edgecrusherr]

Maybe Apple just needs to release their software when it’s ready, not when the marketing department tells they to?

 

[Levo317]

I understand the frustration of many affluent Apple fans. I am one of them. Apple seems to be late in the AI game but I don’t think it is a disaster. Let’s not forget that only a tiny fraction of smart phone users use so called AI. I am pretty sure Apple will have a functional and “for dummies” version when masses are ready. They don’t rush to the latest technologies before it can be popular and mainstream.

 

[dchronus]

Smaller feature patches are easier to maintain and test. It makes sense that Apple is doing this more and more lately. It’s just tough from a consumer perspective because a lot of people just see “iOS 18” and wonder why it’s not all there on day 1. Makes me wonder how Apple should best angle this next year to hopefully avoid what happened this year with “AI” 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[DrWojtek]

Maybe Apple just needs to release their software when it’s ready, not when the marketing department tells they to?

Absolutely not. Stock price would plummet when it's evident they are losing grip on the market. It already should. Apple was busy designing animated emojis and useless AR apps and Vision Pro while generative AI was developed. They are just lucky they had some NPU in their chips for other purposes when ChatGPT launched. They were caught completely off guard. Now they're doing everything to avoid people finding out.

What's good is, chips from M6 and onwards should have some pretty fantastic features and I can just use thirdparty services until then.

 

[hagjohn]

If you are just going to postpone features, then they should not tell us about them.

 

[fwmireault]

That’s what you get when you replace a charismatic visionary with a phlegmatic boring bean counter with a charisma of a damp rag.

You are absolutely right, the charisma of one person is critical for software development

/s