Apple Delays AI-Powered Enhancements to Siri
Apple has announced a delay in the rollout of AI-driven enhancements to its Siri voice assistant, originally slated for release in 2025. The company now anticipates these features will become available in the "coming year," potentially as late as 2026.
These enhancements aim to make Siri more personalized by improving its contextual understanding and enabling it to perform tasks across various apps. For instance, users would be able to ask Siri to locate a podcast recommended by a friend or retrieve flight information shared by a relative, leveraging data stored on their devices.
The delay highlights Apple's ongoing challenges in advancing Siri's capabilities to match those of competitors like Google's Gemini and Amazon's Alexa, both of which have rapidly incorporated AI feat...