When Apple finishes developing the next generation of Siri, third-party apps will want to integrate with the new system.
The App Intents system, which will connect apps with Siri and Apple Intelligence, adds to the amount of work developers are already doing to adopt Apple’s new design in iOS 26 and more.
All app developers will likely have a brief window to prepare their apps for the new Siri before it launches to the public through Apple’s developer beta program.
For now, Apple includes a note on its developer documentation for App Intents, which has existed for Shortcuts, Spotlight, widgets, and more for years. Apple’s note on Siri integration reads:
Siri’s personal context understanding, onscreen awareness, and in-app actions are in development and will be available with a future software update.
Meanwhile, we already have an idea of some of the apps that may have a head start on working with the new Siri. According to Mark Gurman, Apple is working with companies behind these eight popular iOS apps to develop App Intents and the new Siri:
- Uber
- AllTrails
- Threads
- Temu
- Amazon
- YouTube
Additionally, Gurman reports that Apple has even tested the upgraded Siri with “a few games” which may come as a surprise. Apple is developing the system with its own apps, too, of course.
This detail is included in an update about the state of Apple’s delayed Siri upgrade, which Gurman continues to say could arrive as early as spring next year.
Apple originally announced the new system at WWDC in 2024 and planned to release it by last spring. The biggest developmental challenge seems to have been working toward a hybrid approach that used new large language models in addition to the legacy parts of the old Siri.
Amazon looked like it might beat Apple to the race after facing a similar strategy reset. Early reviews of the new Alexa+ system on select Echo devices find it less reliable at performing simple tasks the old system handles well.
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