Apple's Siri app in iOS 27 will auto-delete your chats. It may also launch as a beta, again.

TL;DRApple’s iOS 27 Siri app will auto-delete chats after 30 days or one year. After a two-year delay, it may still ship as a beta.

Apple’s first standalone Siri app, coming in iOS 27, will include an auto-delete function for chat histories that borrows from the Messages app. Users will be able to configure the app to retain conversations for 30 days, one year, or indefinitely. The feature, reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter on Sunday, is designed to position Apple’s approach to AI privacy as structurally different from competitors that offer temporary or incognito chat modes as optional settings users must manually enable.

The Siri app will function as a chatbot akin to ChatGPT or Claude, serving as a repository for past conversations that users can search, continue, or delete. It can be accessed either through the standard Siri activation, via the side button or wake word, or through a new “Search or Ask” mode triggered by swiping down from the top centre of the screen. The app will support both voice and text input, file uploads, and web-sourced answers with images and bullet points. Users will be able to choose whether the app opens to a grid of prior conversations or a new chat each time.