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Apple is reportedly delaying the rollout of the revamped, AI-enhanced Siri even further amid engineering problems and software bugs.
The company is “still racing to finish the software,” according to anonymous sources who spoke to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Employees testing the new Siri have found that many new “features don’t yet work consistently.” As a result, some features originally pegged for the April rollout of iOS 18.4 may not land until May or later, following the rollout of iOS 18.5.
Apple is reportedly also mulling the idea of keeping the planned new features in Siri but keeping them turned off by default in iOS 18.4 before enabling them automatically in iOS 18.5, giving it time to fine-tune the technology.
Apple had been promising plenty of new features for Siri as part of Apple Intelligence, including better "onscreen awareness" and the ability to action users' requests across apps. Bloomberg notes how during previous demonstrations, Apple has showed Siri being able to perform personal assistant-style tasks such as quickly locating a user's flight and lunch reservation plans by accessing the iPhone's email and message history. But according to Gurman, this personal assistant-style functionality is one of the features at risk of being delayed.
Siri's new Apple Intelligence features were originally supposed to debut last fall. And if you're waiting for a supercharged version of Siri comparable to ChatGPT, known as "Siri LLM," you might be waiting until spring 2026, according to Gurman.
But regardless of recent setbacks, Siri has more AI functionality than it did just a few months ago. When Apple Intelligence debuted with iOS 18.1, it displayed some significant improvements, particularly in the field of Apple-specific knowledge or when users stumbled over their words. If Apple Intelligence isn't enough in its current state, Apple now allows users to tap OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI.