Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference may disappoint as the anticipated Siri 2.0 update is reportedly delayed, affecting the release of new products like the Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad, which rely on this software enhancement. Picture: Google Gemini
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Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday evening SA time is suddenly shaping up to be quite underwhelming.
For weeks, the rumours swirled that an updated Siri 2.0 was ready to be released, but according to YouTuber MaxTech, the new AI assistant may be delayed. The only seemingly still guaranteed software update will be the release of iOS 27.
MaxTech told their 1.26m subscribers on YouTube that Apple may now release a beta version of Siri this week, which will have a knock-on effect for many of its new products.
Chief among those new products is the Apple TV, which has not been updated since 2022.
According to reports, the Apple TV has been ready for release for some time now but has been delayed until the new Siri is also ready. The new Apple TV is said to have Siri 2.0 heavily integrated into its operating system and therefore won’t be fully capable until this software update is ready.
There were also new iPhones expected to be announced this week, but again, the Siri delay could throw a spanner into the works there as well.
It’s also the same story for new iPads, which are due now and are said to have increased unified memory over the A16 released last year. Crucially, the A16 only has 6GB of RAM, which is not the minimum 8GB needed to use Apple Intelligence. The iPad update will address this, upping the unified memory to at least 8GB, but like every other product expected imminently, the delay in Siri 2.0 could be extremely problematic.
Of course, whether this is just all last-minute anti-hype or rumour remains to be seen.