iOS 18 will debut a smarter Siri that will be able to perform in-app actions on your behalf, and the iPhone is just the start.
I said earlier this week that the killer AI feature of iOS 18 might be privacy like nobody industry, but that was before a huge iOS 18 Siri leak dropped, detailing AI features more advanced than what ChatGPT or Gemini can do.
If Mark Gurman’s report is accurate, and they usually are, you’ll be able to tell Siri what actions to perform on your iPhone on your behalf. That’s the kind of voice control I’ve been dying to see on computers. With the arrival of AI, it was only a matter of time until it happened.
Telling Siri to open documents, move files around, send or delete emails, crop a photo for you, and share it with a friend is just the start. Siri controlling apps in iOS 18 will be much bigger than the iPhone. It’ll be a killer feature for wearable devices like the Apple Watch and the Vision Pro. And it should work amazingly well on the Mac and iPad, adding another layer of multitasking that’s currently impossible.
Gurman’s report mentions specific use cases for this Siri functionality and a few drawbacks. First, Siri voice control will work with Apple apps initially. But I expect Apple to allow third-party apps to plug into it as well in the future.
Second, Siri will take one command at a time rather than performing multiple commands stringed together. For example, you’ll have to tell Siri to transcribe a voice recording for you. Once the process is done, you might want to tell it to share that document with specific contacts. In the future, you might be able to give Siri that command in one go while you’re doing something else on any computer.
Here are some of the things Siri might do for you on iPhone and iPad, according to Gurman:
Siri will be a key focus of the WWDC unveiling.
