Apple's new Siri ships as a beta, on models built in collaboration with Google.
The release says the models behind it were custom-built with Google, and it ships switched off in the EU and in China.
Part of a running story: Siri AI ios 27 (2 parts)
On September 14, 2026, Apple turned on a new Siri. The newsroom release, Siri AI, a profoundly more capable and personal assistant, is here, went up the same day as the updates that carry it: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27 and visionOS 27.
- Available
- September 14, 2026
- Siri AI
- Beta in English, more languages coming in October
- Models
- Custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models
- Not in
- Initially the EU, and China
- Server features
- Subject to daily usage limits
Apple's models, built with Google
The release calls them Apple's models, in the same sentence that credits Google.
These new capabilities are powered by the next generation of Apple Foundation Models, custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models for deeply integrated Apple Intelligence experiences.
Those models "run on device and on servers using Private Cloud Compute", the arrangement Apple uses when a request is too big for the phone. The release says that while Private Cloud Compute is handling a request, the personal data in it "is not stored nor made accessible to Apple or anyone else".
The headline feature is a beta
Siri AI "begins rolling out today in beta in English", and Apple names the languages that follow: French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, in October.
Siri AI is a more capable and conversational assistant with personal context understanding, broad world knowledge, onscreen awareness, and even more systemwide app actions
Personal context lets Siri answer from a user's own messages, emails and photos. Onscreen awareness lets it act on whatever is in front of you.
Where it isn't, and what runs out
Two places don't get it. "Siri AI will not be available initially in the EU in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS", and in China neither Siri AI nor the other new Apple Intelligence features arrive "while Apple works through regulatory requirements".
Anything that leans on Apple's servers is "subject to daily usage limits, including but not limited to Siri AI, intelligent photo editing tools, Image Playground, and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts".
The release gives no number for those limits. It says they "may vary by feature, request complexity, system demand" and other factors, and sends you to a support page.
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