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Apple is being sued for delaying Apple Intelligence features once again. This time, the lawsuit comes in the form of a federal securities class-action on behalf of all individuals or entities who purchased Apple shares between June 10, 2024, and June 9, 2025.
Filed by shareholder Eric Tucker, the lawsuit names CEO Tim Cook, current CFO Kevan Parekh, and former CFO Luca Maestri as defendants. It claims that the company promoted a supercharged Siri for iPhone 16 despite knowing it wasn't ready.
"Unbeknownst to investors, Apple lacked a functional prototype of these advanced AI-based Siri features at the time of the 2024 WWDC and had no reasonable basis to believe it could deliver the product it was advertising within the iPhone 16 product cycle, if ever," the lawsuit says.
The complaint also notes the number of times Apple promoted the Siri features on its website and YouTube since June 2024 before removing them and announcing they were behind schedule in March 2025. Apple's stock hit an all-time high in December 2024 and fell in March after an executive told Daring Fireball that Siri features would not be available until 2026.
As MacRumors notes, the case is yet to be certified by a judge, but the plaintiffs have alleged violations of US securities laws and demanded relief for damages.
Similar claims have been noted in at least three other lawsuits filed by iPhone 16 users. They claim they have had to pay a premium for some iPhone 16 features that are not yet available. The device launched in September 2024, and the delayed Siri features won't reportedly arrive until iOS 26.4 in spring 2026.
Among those delayed is Siri's ability to tap into users' personal context and take actions based on what's on the screen. According to a demo at WWDC 24, when you ask Siri about the arrival details of a flight you booked, it would be able to go through your email, find the ticket, search for its live status on the web, and then provide a response.
Responding to what caused the delay, Apple software boss Craig Federighi recently said that things started falling apart when the team tried to merge old Siri code with new. Following the debacle, Siri has been completely shifted to the new code to meet the quality standards customers expect from Apple, Federighi added.