New report claims Siri upgrade may not arrive until iOS 18.5
A report claims that Apple has stumbled with Siri’s big AI rollout
The company is apparently facing ‘engineering problems’ and bugs
Ironing all this out may mean the revamped Siri doesn’t make the seemingly intended cut for iOS 18.4
Apple is reportedly struggling with its much-awaited major revamp of Siri and may have to push back the upgrade until iOS 18.5 in May.
That’s according to seasoned Apple watcher Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, who claims «engineering problems and software bugs» may further delay the overhaul, which was set to give the assistant more far-reaching AI powers driven by Apple Intelligence.
If you cast your mind back to WWDC 2024, Apple revealed a huge AI upgrade for Siri, some of which came into play last year, but other more complex abilities are still in the works.
Citing «people with knowledge of the matter», Gurman reports that this functionality is proving more difficult to implement than expected and that some of these in-depth features are apparently not working consistently enough. That includes some of the more impressive powers demonstrated by Apple previously, such as having Siri scour across emails and text messages to find a relative’s flight and lunch reservation plans, to pick a specific example highlighted by Gurman.
More broadly, Gurman’s sources paint a picture of Apple’s engineers “racing” to finish these AI features. The original plan was supposedly to launch the upgraded Siri in iOS 18.4 – an update rumored for April 2025 (the beta should be imminent, in fact) – but now, that might be pushed back to May (in iOS 18.
