Apple released the iOS 27 public beta on Tuesday, giving iPhone owners their first non-developer taste of a completely rebuilt Siri. The voice assistant now runs on a large language model, maintains conversational context, and can execute complex actions across third-party apps.
This is not the Siri that misheard your restaurant reservation and texted your ex instead. Apple rebuilt the assistant from scratch on top of a large language model, giving it the ability to handle multi-step requests, remember context from earlier in a conversation, and interact with apps in ways that previously required manual navigation.
There’s now a standalone Siri chat app, essentially Apple’s answer to ChatGPT living natively on every iPhone. AI-powered Shortcuts enable automation chains that can span multiple applications.
The catch is hardware. Advanced Siri AI capabilities require an iPhone 15 Pro or later. If you’re running an older device, you’ll get iOS 27 but not the full AI suite.
The update is available to anyone enrolled in Apple’s Beta Software Program, with a general release expected this fall. Apple Intelligence, the broader AI framework powering Siri’s new brain, combines on-device processing with what Apple calls “Private Cloud Compute,” a zero-retention cloud layer designed so that even Apple can’t see your data.
