{"id":797,"date":"2025-02-18T02:22:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/?p=797"},"modified":"2025-02-18T02:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:22:55","slug":"apples-siri-to-get-major-ai-overhaul-but-faces-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/archives\/797","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s Siri to Get Major AI Overhaul, But Faces Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/search?keyword=Apple&amp;post_type=product\">Apple<\/a>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<strong>working hard<\/strong>&nbsp;to integrate&nbsp;<strong>artificial intelligence (AI)<\/strong>&nbsp;into its voice assistant,&nbsp;<strong>Siri<\/strong>, but it seems the tech giant is&nbsp;<strong>lagging behind schedule<\/strong>, according to&nbsp;<strong>Mark Gurman<\/strong>, a well-known reporter for&nbsp;<strong>Bloomberg<\/strong>. In his&nbsp;<strong>Power On newsletter<\/strong>, Gurman shared details about the&nbsp;<strong>engineering challenges<\/strong>&nbsp;Apple is facing with Siri\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>AI upgrade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/25\/01\/apple-intelligence-new-language-support-april\/inline\/-1200\/gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally, Apple had planned for the major Siri upgrade to roll out with&nbsp;<strong>iOS 18.4<\/strong>, which was supposed to be released in&nbsp;<strong>April<\/strong>. However, due to ongoing technical issues and&nbsp;<strong>inconsistent smart features<\/strong>, the release date has now been&nbsp;<strong>pushed to May<\/strong>, likely with the&nbsp;<strong>iOS 18.5 update<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gurman revealed that&nbsp;<strong>Apple Intelligence<\/strong>, the company\u2019s broader initiative to enhance Siri with AI, has been&nbsp;<strong>released in stages<\/strong>. However, significant features are still&nbsp;<strong>missing from key global markets<\/strong>, including&nbsp;<strong>Continental Europe<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>China<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Siri features are expected to be a&nbsp;<strong>game changer<\/strong>&nbsp;for Apple, as the company aims to&nbsp;<strong>compete<\/strong>&nbsp;with leading AI platforms such as&nbsp;<strong>ChatGPT<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Google Gemini<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Meta&#8217;s Llama<\/strong>. Some key features include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Deeper integration with personal data<\/strong>\u00a0to provide\u00a0<strong>more accurate responses<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhanced abilities to\u00a0<strong>control apps<\/strong>\u00a0and interact with content on the device more precisely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The capability to\u00a0<strong>understand and interpret what&#8217;s happening on the screen<\/strong>, allowing for more intelligent interactions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite these ambitious goals, Apple is encountering significant&nbsp;<strong>internal struggles<\/strong>&nbsp;to meet deadlines, which may delay some features further. It\u2019s even been suggested that certain features planned for&nbsp;<strong>iOS 19<\/strong>&nbsp;might not roll out until&nbsp;<strong>2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple aims to sustain its competitive edge amidst the rapid advancements made by&nbsp;<strong>OpenAI<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/search?keyword=Google&amp;post_type=product\">Google<\/a><\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Meta<\/strong>. These competitors have already gained significant momentum with their AI-powered tools, and Apple must accelerate its efforts to catch up. Delays in development and implementation indicate that the company is encountering obstacles that could delay its broader ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Apple Intelligence<\/strong>&nbsp;initiative is expected to&nbsp;<strong>elevate Siri<\/strong>&nbsp;from a basic voice assistant to a&nbsp;<strong>more capable AI tool<\/strong>, but the company\u2019s ability to&nbsp;<strong>meet deadlines<\/strong>&nbsp;and deliver on its promises will be key to its success in this rapidly changing space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&nbsp;is&nbsp;working hard&nbsp;to integrate&nbsp;artificial intelligence (AI)&nbsp;into its voice assistant,&nbsp;Siri, but it seems the tech giant is&nbsp;lagging behind schedule, according to&nbsp;Mark Gurman, a well-known reporter for&nbsp;Bloomberg. In his&nbsp;Power On newsletter, Gurman shared details about the&nbsp;engineering challenges&nbsp;Apple is facing with Siri\u2019s&nbsp;AI upgrade. Originally, Apple had planned for the major Siri upgrade to roll out with&nbsp;iOS 18.4, which was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-apple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":798,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions\/798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}