Apple may be ready to give Siri a red pen.
The tech giant is reportedly planning a Grammarly-like writing tool for the next version of Siri, one of several features expected at WWDC in June. The system would show suggested revisions at the bottom of the screen, where users could accept them individually, accept all, or reject all. It would sit alongside “Write With Siri,” a keyboard tool for generating texts, emails, and essays.
If announced at WWDC, the updates would signal Apple’s next attempt to close the AI feature gap with Google and Samsung while still leaning on the privacy pitch that has long defined the iPhone.
AI-generated shortcuts could make iOS more personal
This news comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who also reports that users will be able to use AI to create shortcuts based on prompts detailing what they want to do. This would be a major expansion of the Shortcuts tool, which previously required the app developer to create the shortcut and get it approved by Apple for use. It follows a similar announcement by Google a few weeks ago, at the launch of Android 17, that lets users create widgets using AI prompts.
Giving users the power to create their own shortcuts could potentially make the iOS experience more unique for each person by allowing them to truly personalize their home screen to maximize what they want. It will, however, depend on how much users can achieve with these prompts, as both Apple and third-party developers may want to limit how much control they can exert.
The third reveal in the report suggests Apple will let users create wallpapers for the lock and home screen using AI. Users have already been able to craft AI wallpapers in other apps and add them to the home and lock screens, but in the next version of iOS, this may be natively supported.
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Just a few of the many AI features to be added
Reports toward the end of last year suggested that Apple was focused on cleaning up iOS and improving performance. While that may still be happening in the background, there has been a clear shift in focus toward improving the AI feature list on iOS.
Even though the iPhone maker has made some inroads through Apple Intelligence and its integration with ChatGPT, it is considered by many to be behind rivals Samsung and Google on the AI front. To that end, it has enlisted the help of its rival to build the next version of Siri, with Google Gemini as the underlying AI model. Google will reportedly receive $1 billion a year for this.
The next version of Siri will behave much more like an AI chatbot, with text alongside audio and much better contextual awareness during conversations. Users may even be able to stack multiple requests into a single command, with Siri parsing the conversation and providing answers to each request in turn.
Apple is still keen to find ways to differentiate itself from the competition. One of those ways may be improved privacy. A report on iOS 27 indicates that Apple will let users set how long Siri keeps conversations, with a limited-memory option for privacy-focused users.
Another way Apple may beat the competition is by making itself the AI kingmaker.
Given its enormous iOS user base, Apple has apparently looked into a flexible approach to which AI model a user chooses, potentially creating a market where AI model makers battle it out. Similar to search, it could also rake in cash from whichever model maker pays to be the default.
Also read: Apple may refine macOS 27 with Liquid Glass UI tweaks aimed at improving transparency, shadows, and readability.
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