One of the biggest developments coming to the iPhone and other Apple products is the all-new version of Siri. And a new report has explained why there’s good reason to think it won’t arrive until iOS 27, due later this year.
This is not entirely a surprise, as many had predicted iOS 27 would be the earliest release of the advanced version of Siri, though many others were still looking keenly at each iOS 26 version to see if there were hints of it coming sooner.
As you’ll know, an advanced version of Siri was announced in June 2024, only to be withdrawn later. Apple’s latest confirmation for new Siri, with its game-changing use of Apple Intelligence, is that it will arrive some time in 2026.
WWDC 2026 Teaser: A Glimpse Of The New Interface
Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, in the latest edition of his Power On newsletter has said that Apple’s teaser for WWDC26 “provides a glimpse of the revamped Siri interface coming in iOS 27,” as he put it.
Well, that settles when it’s coming. Not a later version of iOS 26, after all.
“Gurman says the new Siri design includes visual elements that resemble the glow effect seen in the WWDC26 poster art. It is reportedly most striking when the iPhone is used in dark mode, which is why the WWDC art used a black background,” 9to5Mac reported.
The glimpse, as revealed in a post on X by Apple exec Greg Joswiak, for instance, shows a pulsing glow effect around the number 26. But this effect is very different from the rainbow surround that currently tells you Siri is listening.
Gurman says the new Siri look will be found around the Dynamic Island on the iPhone, appearing with a prompt to “Search or Ask”.
New Siri Release Date
It’s not yet clear which release of iOS 27 will show off the new Siri, though that will become clearer in June when the first developer beta is expected to be released.
The general release of iOS 27 will be in September, just before the next hardware such as the iPhone 18 Pro.
My guess is that the new Siri will land in an early iOS 27 update, but possibly not the very first one — Apple may want to bed the new software in before its headline feature launches.
This article was originally published on Forbes.com