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Siri hasn\u2019t had the best year, largely owing to major feature delays<\/a> amid ever-stronger AI competition. While the big Siri upgrades we\u2019ve been waiting for are reportedly<\/a> coming next spring, Apple has five surprise new features available now in iOS 26.<\/p>\n iOS 26 makes Siri\u2019s existing Apple Intelligence features more powerful and useful<\/p>\n Apple launched iOS 26 yesterday<\/a> to all users, and simultaneously published a document<\/a> outlining new features in more depth than ever before. Surprisingly, the document mentions five upgrades for Siri in iOS 26.<\/p>\n Until now, Apple has never mentioned Siri getting improvements in its latest update\u2014likely to avoid reigniting criticism over the previously announced features that aren\u2019t available yet<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what Apple says is new for Siri in iOS 26:<\/p>\n Siri product knowledge: Device and context awareness Copy and paste responses from ChatGPT with rich formatting Create files from ChatGPT Follow up on ChatGPT responses with actions AirPlay Enhancements with Siri Siri features in iOS 26: wrap-up<\/p>\n I understand why Apple didn\u2019t want to publicize its new iOS 26 features for Siri, since the bigger updates we\u2019ve been waiting for are still MIA. That said, I\u2019m glad iOS 26 offers improvements to some of the key Apple Intelligence changes that did actually ship in iOS 18.<\/p>\n ChatGPT integration is a compelling addition, and these latest changes help close the gap between how ChatGPT works through Siri and how it works in the native ChatGPT app. And Siri\u2019s product knowledge gaining device and context awareness is similarly a solid improvement that should make that feature more useful than before.<\/p>\n What do you think of iOS 26\u2019s new Siri features? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n Best iPhone accessories<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Apple](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ios-26-apple-intelligence.jpg\")
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When offering you product knowledge, Siri now takes your on-screen and on-device context into account, including information about your settings, model, and software.<\/p>\n
Maintain rich formatting, like bold, links, headings, inline images, bullet points, and tables, when you copy and paste responses from ChatGPT into new places.<\/p>\n
You can now ask ChatGPT to generate a document based on the response to a prompt like, \u201cMake a spreadsheet.\u201d Then use the Share Sheet to save to Files or open in your preferred app.<\/p>\n
Siri can help you take action on responses from ChatGPT, so if you ask something like \u201cWhat are some great songs for karaoke?\u201d you can follow up by saying \u201cPlay the third one.\u201d<\/p>\n
When you\u2019re using AirPlay to play music on HomePod, you can now ask Siri to play to other HomePod speakers in your home.<\/p>\n
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