LLM Siri With 'World Knowledge' Search Feature Coming in Early 2026

[iDento]

Apple hasn't shown itself to be worth anywhere near $20, or even $2. Almost no one trusts Siri and isn't willing to pay anything until Apple has a solid track record.

Even tech illiterate know Siri sucks.

Sure, but we’re talking about a new Siri that has nothing to do with the current one.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Sure, but we’re talking about a new Siri that has nothing to do with the current one.

And we're talking Apple that hasn't been able to make Siri any better in the last 14 years, and has been tripping over their own shoelaces trying to do anything with LLMs. Quite frankly, I don't trust Apple that they can make this work within the next couple years.

 

[GioGiusi]

For me, the reason I know it’s Siri is that if I click the button in the home app, things happen immediately. There is never a delay then.

It is still slower than it should be from the Home app, but yes much faster. There should be ostensibly no delay, as it is a simple network request and a simple boolean switch.

 

[mjs916]

This sounds somewhat fragmented to me.

Are Siri, Apple Intelligence and World Answers all separate aspects of a new super Siri? Do you get one over the other based on your query or do you need to call up a specific one based on your needs?

 

[turbineseaplane]

My faith in Apple to deliver in this space is ROCK bottom low.

 

[GermanSuplex]

Given how far behind Apple Maps and Siri are, and how lackluster Apple Intelligence is, my hopes of this being any better than just using a simple Google search is low.

 

[JulianL]

Given how far behind Apple Maps and Siri are, and how lackluster Apple Intelligence is, my hopes of this being any better than just using a simple Google search is low.

So true. I’m visiting Cape Town at the moment and I was looking for local craft beer places in the downtown area. I actually know Cape Town well because I visit every year so I was looking for any new stuff that might have opened since I was last here. Google Maps is my default maps app and that showed me various places that I already knew; sadly nothing new. I then thought I’d try the same search on Apple Maps just out of interest and the results were truly shocking. It showed a whole load of places that had closed down years ago as if they were still there. One place it showed right across the street about 20 metres from where I’m staying closed down in 2013 but is still shown on Apple Maps as if it’s still there. That was by no means the only anomaly although it was the biggest! I know that South Africa isn’t the biggest and most visited country in the world by any means but even so it’s frankly embarrassing for a company the size of Apple to have ground truth in Apple Maps that is that bad.

If the rumours are true about Apple partnering with Google to use a custom-built-for-Apple version of Gemini as part of the new enhanced Siri then I really hope that agreement might expand to include Apple giving up on trying to create its own Apple Maps ground truth and just licensing Google’s data instead because really Apple, you are so bad at this (perhaps outside of certain core countries in the world) that you would be doing yourself a favour if you just gave up and licensed in a credible dataset.

 

[TracerAnalog]

So true. I’m visiting Cape Town at the moment and I was looking for local craft beer places in the downtown area. I actually know Cape Town well because I visit every year so I was looking for any new stuff that might have opened since I was last here. Google Maps is my default maps app and that showed me various places that I already knew; sadly nothing new. I then thought I’d try the same search on Apple Maps just out of interest and the results were truly shocking. It showed a whole load of places that had closed down years ago as if they were still there. One place it showed right across the street about 20 metres from where I’m staying closed down in 2013 but is still shown on Apple Maps as if it’s still there. That was by no means the only anomaly although it was the biggest! I know that South Africa isn’t the biggest and most visited country in the world by any means but even so it’s frankly embarrassing for a company the size of Apple to have ground truth in Apple Maps that is that bad.

If the rumours are true about Apple partnering with Google to use a custom-built-for-Apple version of Gemini as part of the new enhanced Siri then I really hope that agreement might expand to include Apple giving up on trying to create its own Apple Maps ground truth and just licensing Google’s data instead because really Apple, you are so bad at this (perhaps outside of certain core countries in the world) that you would be doing yourself a favour if you just gave up and licensed in a credible dataset.

My mantra is: use Google Maps to find places, but use Apple Maps for navigation. At least here in Europe it seems to me A.M. is more accurate when navigating, especially when using public transportation.

 

[JulianL]

My mantra is: use Google Maps to find places, but use Apple Maps for navigation. At least here in Europe it seems to me A.M. is more accurate when navigating, especially when using public transportation.

Yeah. That makes sense. It’s a practical solution because Apple Maps has the best integration with the rest of the Apple ecosystem, in particular my Apple Watch when walking. I just hate having to have 2 apps installed though when in theory one should be able to do the job. It adds clutter to the home screen and, more annoyingly, to the Apple Watch app launcher. Less is more is my mantra when it comes to installing extra stuff on my devices but often times one is forced to deviate from that.

I’ve found Google Maps to be excellent for public transportation but I admit that I’d never thought to try Apple Maps for that. I’ll give it a go when I’m back in the UK.