Apple unveils ground-up Siri redesign with Googles Gemini AI at WWDC 2026
Apple on Monday unveiled a ground-up redesign of Siri at WWDC 2026, transforming the voice assistant into a standalone app powered by Google’s Gemini AI and promising deeper personalisation across iPhones, iPads and Macs. Speaking in Cupertino, Tim Cook called it “the most significant update in Siri’s history,” fulfilling a two-year promise to customers frustrated by the assistant’s sluggish evolution. The shift comes as Apple races to close the gap with rivals like ChatGPT, integrating coding, web browsing, image generation and smart agents into a single conversational interface .
Key features include real-time context awareness, proactive suggestions and a new “Siri AI” mode that can handle multi-step tasks such as drafting emails, booking rides or summarising meeting notes. Apple demonstrated the assistant booking a ride via Uber, retrieving flight details and even generating custom emojis on demand. The redesign abandons the fragmented, server-dependent architecture of the past, running core models locally for faster responses and offline use .
Yet the rollout faces geopolitical headwinds. European users will not receive the full suite of new features, including the Google-backed capabilities, due to regulatory constraints under the Digital Markets Act. China, too, is excluded from the Gemini-powered enhancements, limiting the assistant’s reach in two of the world’s largest markets . Analysts note this could hand rivals like Baidu’s Ernie or Alibaba’s Tongyi an opening in regions where Apple once dominated.
Industry reaction has been mixed. Developers welcomed the app’s modular design and improved APIs, which allow third-party apps to plug directly into Siri’s workflows. “This is the first time Siri feels like a platform, not just a feature,” said one attendee at the Moscone Center. Privacy advocates, however, flagged concerns over Google’s involvement, given the search giant’s data-handling practices. Apple insists all queries are processed under its strict on-device encryption protocols, with cloud interactions anonymised and ephemeral .
Looking ahead, Apple plans to expand Siri AI to visionOS and watchOS later this year, with a staggered global rollout beginning in September. Cook, who is stepping down as CEO later this year, framed the update as a legacy-defining moment. “We’re not just catching up,” he told developers. “We’re reimagining what an assistant can be.”
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