- Apple states that he is “making good progress” in his upcoming characteristics of Siri
- But many forums are full of frustrated Siri users publications
- Cook says that the updated functions of Siri will arrive at some point in 2026
It is no secret that Siri’s voice assistant of Apple has lagged behind his rivals, and that idea was reinforced by Apple’s inability to fulfill his Siri promises since the summer of 2024, with his new more interesting new ideas that are not yet seen a year later. However, this situation does not seem to be bothering the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, who says that the company is “moving in a more personalized Siri” (through macrumors).
The announcement occurred during Apple’s recent call calls, where Cook explained that he hopes that Siri’s new features, infused with Apple’s intelligence, are available “next year.” That is something that Apple has said before, but it is likely that it does not fit users who expect impatient improvements to the virtual assistant.
In fact, you can see that it develops in forums and communities on the Internet. Siri Subreddit, for example, is full of publications that denounce the state of Apple’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant. Explore today and you will find publications “Siri is a complete disappointment”, “Okay, Siri can not even establish timers” and “Siri is no longer Siri”. It is a fairly gloomy reading, and it seems to have worsened in recent months.
While Siri captivated the world when he launched in 2011, he was quickly surpassed by his rivals, even before attendees appeared as Chatgpt. With the advent of AI, Siri’s weaknesses have been exposed flatly, which led Apple to fight to update it. Unfortunately, we have not yet seen the results of that work, and although Tim Cook may seem optimistic, users are clearly exasperated.
Slow progress
At this time, Siri can perform some basic tasks for you, such as establishing timers and telling you the weather forecast. For more advanced applications, you can deliver to Chatgpt, but that only highlights its own limitations through the comparison.
To put that right, Apple is working on some new features that it presented at its WWDC 2024 in June 2024. At that time, Apple said Siri would soon come with a better screening awareness, an understanding of his own personal context and powerful tools to perform actions within the applications.
But in March 2025, Apple told Pundit John Gruber that “it will take more time than we think about delivering these characteristics,” with the firm adding that “in next year.” While there was some hope that this would mean that the characteristics would later arrive in 2025, Apple confirmed on WWDC 2025 that points to a 2026 launch.
Taking into account how mediocre many of Siri’s characteristics are felt compared to their competitors, that might seem a long wait. Tim Cook could be optimistic about Siri’s prospects, but if Reddit’s publications have something to happen, it could take more place to placate some more and more exasperated Apple fans.
