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iOS 26 to Bring ChatGPT-5 Integration to Apple Intelligence

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Apple Intelligence will integrate OpenAI's newly launched ChatGPT-5 model when iOS 26 arrives next month, Apple has confirmed (via 9to5Mac).

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The integration means Siri will tap into the latest AI model when Apple's own systems can't handle specific requests. ChatGPT-5, which OpenAI announced Thursday, offers enhanced reasoning capabilities and coding tools, and better voice interaction and video perception, compared to the current GPT-4o model powering Apple Intelligence.

Currently, ChatGPT can be invoked selectively within Apple Intelligence for tasks like web searches, document queries, and Visual Intelligence on iPhone 15 Pro and later models. Users can access these features without an OpenAI account, although linking one enables subscription benefits.

Apple Intelligence will also gain new capabilities in iOS 26, including Live Translation for real-time conversation interpretation in FaceTime and Messages, plus Visual Intelligence upgrades for systemwide content searching.
When iOS 18 communicates ChatGPT, Apple obscures IP addresses and prevents OpenAI from storing user requests, and the same technique will be used in iOS 26 to maintain privacy. The software update will arrive alongside the expected iPhone 17 launch next month.

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Just iOS 26? So we are already in the era of Apple Intelligence bifurcation. This means More Personal Siri will never come to iOS 18 as advertised, lending more weight to the current class action lawsuits. Now if users want Apple Intelligence, they also have to deal with Liquid Glass.
 
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Great. Are they ever going to get rid of those useless warnings at the bottom of the screen? I know you can’t do anything Apple Intelligence, I don’t need you telling me every time or adding an extra click to reach my result.

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Why do users have to wait for OS 26 in order to use GPT-5? I'm already working on integrating it into WristGPT for Apple Watch which runs on anything from an Apple Watch Series 4.

As an indie dev, I got tired for waiting for this stuff, so just decided to make it myself. (If you're interested, check out: https://wristgpt.app — It's already in the App Store and I'm actively working on it, and looking for feedback to make it better!)
 
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atomwork said:
I am curious why not any LLM? I would prefer Grok to be in my iphone vs ChatGPT. Or swap with Gemini 2.5 pro or Claude.
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Apple has specific terms they've negotiated with OpenAI to preserve user privacy. They've also negotiated to not pay any sort of licensing fee for the service. They'd need to negotiate something similar with xAI, Google, and Anthropic.

I also suspect ChatGPT is being viewed as a stopgap until Apple's own LLMs are up to snuff (or until they cave in and use their massive cash pile to just buy one).
 
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This is the only AI feature that's actually genuinely somewhat useful to me because of how bad Siri is at answering questions.

Though I have Apple Intelligence turned off anyways because... well, I think it goes without saying (again).
 
The Cockney Rebel said:
I think this is a good thing.

Siri is pretty useless, so if Apple can't make her/him better, then they have little options.
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The problem is that this just appears to be Siri sending requests to OpenAI which can already be done by simply typing the same request into ChatGPT. It's just replacing "here's something I found on the web" with "here's what chatGPT has to say on the matter" 😁

What I want is for Siri to get better and have better integration to stock and third-party apps. I want to be able to add events to a named calendar, or activate a Focus mode I created from scratch. Simple things. ChatGPT won't have access to control the phone, so I'm confused as to what new features this "integration" will bring.

I'm hoping I'm misunderstanding, and it's a deeper integration than I'm describing.
 
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adrianlondon said:
The problem is that this just appears to be Siri sending requests to OpenAI which can already be done by simply typing the same request into ChatGPT. It's just replacing "here's something I found on the web" with "here's what chatGPT has to say on the matter" 😁

What I want is for Siri to get better and have better integration to stock and third-party apps. I want to be able to add events to a named calendar, or activate a Focus mode I created from scratch. Simple things. ChatGPT won't have access to control the phone, so I'm confused as to what new features this "integration" will bring.

I'm hoping I'm misunderstanding, and it's a deeper integration than I'm describing.
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I only use Siri to make calls for me, really.

We’ve all wanted Siri to get smarter, for years now, but it hasn’t.

I’d rather ChatGPT integration, than nothing.
 
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Sort of a big nothing burger. Same functionality - just swapping the model in the backend. For some reason tying it to the new os release.

At least my iPhone 13 is aging well. I can easily just open up the ChatGPT app myself vs using Siri. Also the speech to text is better that way.

I’ve learned my lesson on iOS releases after 18. No way in hell I’m updating my phone until 27 is announced.
 
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HouseLannister said:
Just iOS 26? So we are already in the era of Apple Intelligence bifurcation. This means More Personal Siri will never come to iOS 18 as advertised, lending more weight to the current class action lawsuits. Now if users want Apple Intelligence, they also have to deal with Liquid Glass.
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Ios18 like all previous versions of iOS will not get features back ported from new versions.

This isn’t new.
 
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throAU said:
Ios18 like all previous versions of iOS will not get features back ported from new versions.

This isn’t new.
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Except it doesn't make sense.

www.theverge.com

The 6 biggest changes coming to ChatGPT

OpenAI just gave ChatGPT a refresh.
www.theverge.com www.theverge.com

"With the rollout of GPT-5, OpenAI is getting rid of the model picker and retiring many of its older models, including GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, and GPT-4.5."

There is no reason it shouldn't be 5 on everything since the old models are supposedly gone now.
 
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...plus the addition of Apple Intelligence to Apple Shortcuts - that by far is the biggest and most useful thing Apple Intelligence has done so far.

Now you can build anything you can think of and link it together with an LLM - be in the tiny on device model if you need something very simple to work off line, private cloud for something more complex but data sensitive and GPT5 for the most complex stuff.
 
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