iOS 27, launching next week at WWDC, promises a major overhaul with Siri 2.0 powered by Google Gemini, enhancing contextual awareness, app control, and third-party integrations, alongside the anticipated release of a new Apple TV. Picture: Google Gemini
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While iOS 26 was a fairly big visual overhaul for Apple’s operating system last year, the next update is set to be even bigger.
iOS 27 will be launched next week at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), and the big star of the event is set to be an updated Siri 2.0.
Though Apple launched Siri way back in 2010, to this day it’s been little more than a digital assistant that can only assist with very basic tasks and functionality.
A lot of this has to do with the fact that Apple’s version of AI— Apple Intelligence— is well behind the competition. Even though the iPhone 16s were launched with the slogan ‘built for Apple Intelligence’, this proved to be false advertising. It promised a number of features that didn’t exist and led to a $250m lawsuit accusing Apple of false advertising.
However, Siri and Apple Intelligence are set to be reworked completely to use Google Gemini.
Now, Siri is believed to be improved in a number of ways, including contextual on-screen awareness, deep app control, and optional third-party integrations like Google Gemini and Anthropic Claude.
All this means that Siri will be able to understand its users’ commands better and become an actually valuable tool—which to this point has not been the case.The update will also have a knock-on effect for the hardware Apple is set to unveil at WWDC.
A new Apple TV is expected to be launched, to coincide with the new Siri. In fact, insiders say that the Apple TV, which has not been updated since 2022, has been ready for release for some time but Apple wanted to unveil it with the Siri 2.0 functionality.