Apple Plans to Turn Siri Into an Autonomous AI Agent
Apple wants Siri to track goals and act on its own, moving beyond one-off commands to compete with OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse agents.
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What Siri can do today
Siri can already understand what is on the screen, search through messages and perform actions inside apps. What it cannot yet do is follow a task over several days, watch for changes and act without being prompted. Apple's expanded App Intents framework lets developers expose more complex in-app actions to Siri, which lays the groundwork.
Two updates on the near horizon
The first step is expected with iOS 27.3 and would give Siri finer control over Apple's own apps. It could rotate and crop images in Photos and organize open tabs in Safari. Third-party app integration is then expected to arrive in the spring.
Apple's longer-term goal goes beyond app control. The company wants Siri to follow goals without waiting for a new command at each step, decide on follow-up actions and keep working in the background. That is similar to how ChatGPT's Dots and Meta's Muse operate.
Why it matters
A more independent assistant raises privacy and security questions, since it would act on a user's behalf with less direct oversight. For iPhone owners, it could mean fewer repetitive tasks handled by hand. Gurman says more autonomous Siri capabilities could appear as early as next year. Apple has not made an official announcement about the features or a timeline.
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