There is an unwritten marketing rule and it is that, in terms of communication, Fridays are only used to announce bad news. Apple, queen of marketing where there are, generally fills it. The exception was two weeks ago, when Friday, they launched the first beta version of iOS 18.4 with Apple Intelligence in Spanish. Today, they come back to this rule.
In relation to Apple Intelligence, the company led by Tim Cook now brings us the Confirmation of what was a secret of Polichinelle: The new Siri will not arrive on time. Not only with iOS 18, which advances for its fourth major update. It may not even be for iOS 19.
Siri's best has no release date
In a statement sent to Daring Fireball, Apple confirmed what many were afraid. This new Siri capable of understanding our context according to the use of the iPhoneIt is delayed. He had to arrive with iOS 18 (it was assumed that with iOS 18.4 then with iOS 18.5) an assistant capable of integrating both into the system and to be able to answer complex questions.
The example we used to define it explains very well. Imagine that your friend Pepito, who lives in another city, visits you this weekend and does not remember the time when his flight has arrived. If this had sent you this data at some point, whether for text in a message or to attach a boarding or similar card, you could ask Siri to tell you at what time Pepito has arrived and I would tell you. In fact, although in English, it could be tested by our partner Pedro Aznar after the WWDC 2024 in which he presented himself.
Now, eight months after announcing it, the spokesperson for the Californian firm confirm the bad news with a statement that says:
“Siri helps our users find what they need and do things quickly, and in the past six months, we have made Siri more conversational, we have added new features such as the type of SIRI and product knowledge, and we added integration with Chatgpt. We also worked on a more personalized decision in applications. It will take more time than we plan to respond to these characteristics and hope to be able to implement them next year. “”
The most devastating sentence is the last: “Next year”. Knowing the error of announcing this improvement without having lend it, and even thanking that even late, they can confirm the delay, the truth is that it leaves a soft taste. This “next year” could be iOS 19.4 in April 2026 or iOS 20.2 in December. And everything if there is no longer delays (we don't hope).
It should be noted that for the future iOS 19, an LLM was also planned for Siri, this would allow it to be a kind of apple cat. It is not official, but a filtration of Mark Gurman, Bloomberg analyst. In any case, it is expected that it is also in the air for what is happening now with this other improvement which, although not so deep, is also powerful and demanding in terms of development. There is nothing more to see this declaration to verify this request.
Fortunately, Siri has already improved
Be a partial, total or zero consolation, the truth is that Siri has already improved with iOS 18. It is delayed from what would be the icing on the cake, but some improvements by Siri which are already in Spanish with iOS 18.4 -Stversion which will come out of the beta and will be stable for all in April.
Example of chatgpt intervention in the SIRI interface with iOS 18.4 BETA
Siri, in addition to having a new interface, is also capable of Remember the context of the conversationSo that if you ask, for example, “turn on the lounge light” and then say “now that of the bedroom”, she will understand you. It seems basic, but the assistant has not been capable so far. It has also been given with greater knowledge and improved the understanding of natural language so as not to have to twist our requests to understand them.
Although undoubtedly, Siri's great improvement is not Siri. It is its integration with Chatgpt, the OpenAi chatbot which was already available on iPhone via the web and with its official application (and now it can also be the default search engine in Safari). What Apple has implemented is the possibility that Siri is able to respond to everythingOtherwise alone, access Chatgpt and show it in your own interface. All this warning that an external service is accessible, but filling after all.
In any case, that the delay in the rest of the functions is bad news is something undeniable. Further both like the current When the AI race is frantic and competitors as a goal, Microsoft, Google or Openai keep launching news. And Siri was Apple's seduction weapon for whom I demanded the most on the iPhone. And for the moment, it remains in half of seduction. In a sweet caress with the promise of going more.
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