Apple's iOS 27 Siri overhaul uses Gemini models to improve personal assistant capabilities
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Apple's upcoming iOS 27 update will feature a revamped Siri built on Google's Gemini models, addressing long-standing performance issues. The new Siri can index personal data (texts, emails, notes, calendar events) to answer contextual questions, recognize real-world objects from photos, and provide commuting tips from local news. A dedicated Siri app offers more concise responses than other LLMs. However, limitations persist, including accent recognition issues and problems with Health app integration. Early beta results suggest the update will make Siri "at least better than bad."
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· 5 pulledSiri in iOS 27, launching this fall, is built on Gemini models after years of poor performance.
A dedicated Siri app provides more concise responses than other LLMs.
Early beta results suggest broader release will make Siri at least better than bad.
Siri can use real-world knowledge, recognizing a Knicks parade from a photo and explaining why it is happening.
Limitations remain, including occasional misunderstanding of a non-American accent and inability to answer activity-related questions without Health app access, even when access is enabled.
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