TL;DRApple says EU regulators rejected all its proposals to ship Siri AI on iPhone and iPad under the DMA. Mac, Watch, and Vision Pro users get it.
Apple announced on Monday that Siri AI, the rebuilt assistant it unveiled hours earlier at WWDC 2026, will not be available on iPhone or iPad in the European Union when iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 ship later this year. The company said EU regulators rejected every proposal Apple put forward over several months to bring the feature to Europe while supporting other virtual assistants. There is no timeline for when EU users will get Siri AI on the platforms where they use Apple devices most.
“We’re deeply disappointed that our EU users won’t have Siri AI on iPhone or iPad when we share our new software releases later this year,” Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, said in a statement. He added that the European Commission’s “refusal to engage constructively on solutions that preserve privacy and security” had left the company without a path forward.
The restriction applies only to iOS and iPadOS. EU users will be able to access Siri AI on macOS 27, visionOS 27, and watchOS 27, a distinction that reflects the DMA’s designation of iOS as a gatekeeper platform subject to interoperability obligations. Developers located in the EU will also be unable to test or use the new Siri AI features for their apps on iPhone and iPad.
