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Apple is done pretending chatbots don’t exist
Apple is preparing a major update to Siri later this year, turning it into a full AI chatbot and marking its most direct move yet into the generative AI race.
The new assistant, internally called Campos, will replace the current Siri interface across iPhone, iPad and Mac.
It will be accessed the same way users open Siri today but will support real conversational back-and-forth, closer to tools like ChatGPT and Gemini.
This shift follows a shaky rollout of Apple Intelligence in 2024, where features arrived slowly and failed to impress.
Before the chatbot launches, Apple will release a smaller Siri update in iOS 26.4, adding on-screen analysis, better web search and deeper use of personal data, while keeping the existing interface.
Campos is expected to be unveiled in June at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference and released in September as part of iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27.
Outside of the chatbot, Apple’s operating system updates will mainly focus on performance and bug fixes.
In short:
Apple is replacing Siri with a full AI chatbot later this year.
The assistant will be built directly into Apple’s devices and apps.
Google’s AI powers the system for now, with privacy limits under review.
Chatbots won, sorry
The chatbot will allow users to search the web, generate content and images, summarise information, analyse files and control device features.
It will also be integrated across Apple’s core apps, enabling more complex voice-based tasks such as editing photos or drafting emails.
Apple’s chatbot will use an Apple-designed interface but rely heavily on AI models developed by Google.
The company is paying Google roughly $1 billion a year for access and is keeping the option open to change models in the future.
Apple is also considering limits on how much the chatbot can remember about users, citing privacy concerns.
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