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Siri's Biggest Upgrade Won't Arrive Until iOS 19

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iOS 18.4 is expected to be released in April with several new Apple Intelligence enhancements for Siri, including on-screen awareness, deeper per-app controls, and better understanding of a user's personal context. However, an even bigger upgrade planned for Siri is still more than a year away, according to a recent report.

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A few months ago, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said iOS 19 will introduce a "more conversational" version of Siri powered by "more advanced large language models." He said this upgrade will make Siri more like ChatGPT, allowing the assistant to "handle more sophisticated requests" and better respond to "back-and-forth conversations."

Apple will likely preview the more conversational version of Siri when it announces iOS 19 at WWDC 2025 in 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, which is likely to be released in March or April next year.

Siri was already inferior to competing voice assistants like Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant, and the rise of chatbots like ChatGPT and Google's Gemini set Siri even further behind. With the enhancements coming between the iOS 18.4 and iOS 19.4 updates, Siri should finally see some meaningful improvements.

The revamped Siri will require an iPhone 15 Pro or newer due to Apple Intelligence compatibility.

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I will be impressed with Siri once she can logically add destinations on a route I am following turn by turn directions on in CarPlay. Over the holiday I was driving from Houston, TX to Milwaukee, WI and it is very irritating to ask that she adds a “Loves Truck Stop on my route” and have her suggest a restaurant in Colorado when she should be aware of the route I am on since she created the route in Apple Maps. This is what causes me to get frustrated and to just use google maps instead.
 
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jdawgnoonan said:
I will be impressed with Siri once she can logically add destinations on a route I am following turn by turn directions on in CarPlay. Over the holiday I was driving from Houston, TX to Milwaukee, WI and it is very irritating to ask that she adds a “Loves Truck Stop on my route” and have her suggest a restaurant in Colorado when she should be aware of the route I am on since she created the route in Apple Maps. This is what causes me to get frustrated and to just use google maps instead.
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The sort of stories that remind me why I don't even bother with Apple Maps -- still -- after all these years

Thank you for sharing -- saved me the energy of even trying AM again
 
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However, an even bigger upgrade planned for Siri is still more than a year away, according to a recent report.
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turbineseaplane said:
It's always "next year Siri will finally be better"

I think everyone is pretty skeptical at this point
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time…

*sigh*
 
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turbineseaplane said:
It's always "next year Siri will finally be better"

I think everyone is pretty skeptical at this point
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I asked Siri if next year will finally be the year and she replied: "I don't know what you mean by next year will finally be the year, but I'll see what I can find on the web next year"... so that seems like some kind of progress. ;)
 
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vertsix said:
I work in engineering and have tight deadlines for everything, it baffles me how Apple hasn't cleaned house or consolidated/expanded teams working on iOS to meet them. Seems like a managerial incompetency at the company.
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Maybe. Or it's all about Shareholder Value and they absolutely have to come up with "innovations", even if they may not yet be fully refined or market-ready or even useful. And of course Apple had to jump on the AI bandwagon.
 
Why not wait until iOS 23 at this point? Maybe by then they can improve on the "here's what I found on the web" syntax.
 
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WarmWinterHat said:
Eh, whatever. I gave up on voice assistants completely about a year ago, including but not limited to Siri.

No interest anymore, and don't expect it'll return.
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I know what you mean and I’m kind of there myself.

Then again, if you’ve tried the ChatGPT voice mode, it provides a sense of what’s possible. It’s a bit of leap to something that’s fully integrated and context aware of my data, but one can dream. We’re not that far off…
 
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