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Apple could make Siri work "more like an agent" as early as next year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter published on November 8. The report says CEO John Ternus has pushed software chief Craig Federighi to speed up Siri's roadmap. Apple has not confirmed any timeline or feature list.
Key facts
- Source: Gurman's Power On newsletter, covered on November 8 by MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Verge and Digital Trends.
- Gurman says Apple wants Siri to follow goals and keep working on them without the user starting each step, as OpenAI's Dots, Meta's Muse and Grok do.
- Gurman believes this could arrive as early as 2027, per Digital Trends. It is a rumor, not an announcement.
- Per The Verge, Siri is expected to get control of first-party apps in iOS 27.3 and third-party app integration in the spring.
- For iOS 28, Apple reportedly changed its internal schedule to favor six weeks of coding and two weeks of integration.
What an agentic Siri would change
Digital Trends notes that Siri can now handle several actions in one request, but it still waits to be asked. It cannot track a task over several days, watch for changes and act when needed. Dots can reportedly work in the background, monitor connected apps and prepare unfinished work for approval. Meta's Muse has shown similar behavior, such as finding a permission slip in an email and filling it out.
According to 9to5Mac, Muse and Grok Bot run in their own virtual machines and handle tasks in the background before delivering results. The outlet argues Apple's existing frameworks, such as App Intents, could let Siri rely less on expensive computer-use methods.
Pressure inside Apple
MacRumors reports that Ternus told Federighi in a closed-door meeting in recent weeks that Apple needs to accelerate its software plans and go well beyond routine Siri improvements. The Verge writes that Federighi delivered a working Siri AI on a very short timeline, but that Apple has no illusions about keeping pace with rivals. 9to5Mac says Siri's personalized version shipped with iOS 27.
Gurman also reports a change to the iOS 28 process. The usual cycle has two four-week stages. For the M1 milestone, engineers got six weeks for coding, exploration and feature work, followed by two weeks of convergence. Employees reportedly like the change, since it leaves more time to test ideas before locking features in. 9to5Mac suggests the shift was likely driven by advances in agentic coding tools, which is the outlet's inference rather than a reported reason.
What to watch next
The near-term markers are the iOS 27.3 release and the spring third-party app integration, which The Verge says would let Siri do things like place a Grubhub order or book an OpenTable reservation. Those steps would show how far Siri can act inside apps before it gains any autonomy.
Privacy and security are the open question. Digital Trends says letting an assistant decide when to act raises a different set of concerns, and that Ternus has acknowledged them. Apple's WWDC timing, any official comment on timelines, and the scope of what Siri may do unprompted will show whether the 2027 estimate holds.
