Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple could make Siri AI more like an agent as early as next year. MacRumors reports it from his Power On newsletter, and Apple hasn’t commented or announced an agentic Siri feature or release date.
The Siri AI agent would close a gap with OpenAI’s Dots and Meta’s Muse. Gurman says that “Dots, Muse and Grok can keep track of goals, determine what needs to happen next and continue pursuing objectives without the user initiating every individual step.” Siri still waits to be asked. Apple CEO John Ternus said on the 2 November earnings call that Siri is “primarily request-based today”.
Apple ultimately wants to go in this direction, I’m told, and I believe the company could make Siri more like an agent as early as next year.
Mark Gurman, Bloomberg
MacRumors notes that Siri AI is “much more intelligent and personalized compared to classic Siri”, but it’s “still not nearly as advanced” as those always-on agents. Gurman also says Apple lacks the computer-use skills of OpenAI and Anthropic agents, which operate software and click buttons themselves.
The push comes from the top. Gurman reports that Ternus told software chief Craig Federighi in a closed-door meeting in recent weeks. Apple needs to “accelerate” its software roadmap and “move quickly beyond merely making necessary improvements to Siri”.
On 14 September, Siri AI shipped with iOS 27, and iOS 27.3 beta 1 has it learn 15 apps. That’s still the request-and-response model, though. The team behind it is also in flux, with Siri AI chief Mike Rockwell reportedly weighing an exit next year.
It’s unclear what an agent Siri would actually do. MacRumors says that “if this plan moves forward, the exact implementation remains to be seen”. With Dots already in ChatGPT, Apple’s timeline will decide how long Siri stays a step behind.
